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• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  to take home for a week before I return to campus in June. [Friday 5 ... and biscuits. It was good. I realized I have a lot of groceries to ... super nice addition to my suite lounge. A lot of my friends also had a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  The 3D Lounge Experience For this part, I ask you to settle in a ... ; Ready? Welcome to our lounge! ________________ Ask me what a typical ... . A photograph of an unknown man in glasses. Paintings of bunnies and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  questions posted in this entry's comments and answering them, before taking a ... action process soon after). So, even if you've posted your question in a ... students applying for regular action admission to MIT. This means that you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a stage of grief so demanding" and "maybe you riot for nothing—it's just a ... whiteout conditions is a song by the new pornographers, and it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  turned out by the thousands today for a memorial service to honor fallen ... memorial service found other ways to pay their respects: Rest in peace ... Memorial Fund, which will support a Collier Medal to be awarded to people who

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  the best engineering school in the world—we have a circus live behind ... , then down Memorial Drive in front of Killian Court on their way to the TD ... excited, in fact, that I came home after class last Friday to this lovely

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  to a place radically different from home. In these first few months, I ... , once in mirror The glassy surface of the river reflects a portal to another world A fabled cosmos brews in the water.   Several nights

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  of life in three parts: to be with each other. To work towards a better ... scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I ... in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  inside the oven. You want your rack to be sitting in a shallow pool of oil ... through the Kresge BBQ pits on my way to Burton Connor. Grab a hamburger to ... an Arnold Palmer and some chips on a plate. Muscle to the front of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  in a tissue and is a rare occurrence that sometimes has to be ... and hung out in the iHouse kitchen. It was a great way to end a ... actually work on a blog post now, so I've decided to recap my past three

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  enough to know what he's doing, a rare combination. I think I'll be able to ... gather, it has a lot to do with internal forces of materials (twisting ... like the plague, so being willing to practice it is a huge first step

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  working very, very hard campus tourism and imposter syndrome

  

  UROP work just in front of me and a view of the Charles to my left ... -hanging branch frames my vision in a gentle arc of bright green. The Dome, the ... promise to land my role here, in the periphery of all these Great Dome

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • July 22, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  disoriented and appeared to not be having a good time in general - for instance ... wanted to be listened to - in which case, should i have tried to start a ... trading internships that, in their own words, amounted to playing a series

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   I wore a tie today, which might clue you in to ... . Tomorrow is a new day, and a new tie. I'm very much looking forward to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  rush wilg bunnies inside this blog post

  

  occurred at our house. I'm happy to announce that we did not, in fact, burn down, and that we still exist! I first moved to WILG after I took a gap year and thus couldn't get on-campus housing anymore. I used to live in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 13, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  problem was just absolutely hilarious to me at that point in time. Luckily ... our GRTs or the members of a particular suite are given $15 to prepare ... sounds weird. Trust me, I remember coming to campus for CPW and taking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gratitude. That’s not to ... somebody can feel like shoving a gift in their face that they didn’t ask for ... , life is precious and tomorrow I could die in a freak accident, so I should

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At ... information session was a stellar opportunity to "spend time with my friend in ... something to gain and something to give. *** Represent yourself honestly in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  ' return to campus, I reveled in the laughter and greetings heard down the ... research opportunities are available? In preparation for a visit program, I ... seminar was arriving. They were encouraged to play with the models in the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to ... professor encouraged us all to stay in the class: a 46 on the exam ... , and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There's homework, lab

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011