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• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  pretty cool people. If you want to see engineering in action, just take a ... ground. I seem to be one of the few people in GEL that’s majoring in a ... remember when I was a prefrosh (in 2008...ouch), I dreamed of one day being

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  I’m officially 2A, planning to minor in Energy Studies and Theatre ... always been a quiet type, and so I often find it difficult to make new ... first choice (because I wanted to live in a small dorm and cook for myself

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  . If you are new to the MIT blogs, mine in particular, there are a few ... development. Half way through, I got to sit in a meeting with Sangeeta Bhatia ... . As time goes on, it is no longer just a question of what you want to be

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  'm going to answer in a hodgpodge some of the straightforward requests I got ... AP classes, this resulted in a lot of people struggling to get by. B ... , and it serves as a nice cushion in the adjustment to college life. I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  inimitable Standard Deviants. Well, there were a lot of interesting things in ... suburban street before encountering an imposing and shadowy character in a trenchcoat. All motion in the room seemed to freeze as the shadowy character

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  east coast to a state you’ve never set foot in. But on the other hand ... took a flight by myself to somewhere completely new in the middle of exam ... would’ve meant the world to freshman me back in high school. But as I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  in my last entry. I wanted to title this entry "Now I'm a little boy ... Spain interns last night, I gazed into my wallet to find a total of 6.86 in Euro. Then, in reference to the quote, "When I get a little money, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  ” computers). Somehow, finding this led you to the grocery produce number for a ... Ginger “did everything he did, but backwards and in high heels,” a nod to ... (Read on to find why, after this commercial break). The third floor

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  .  If you cannot find a Medlink wherever you are, try to make your way to ... programs you are interested in, and try to see how well MIT is a fit for you ... time on academics, focus on trying to find a living group that best fits

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  asked So you know how if you want to live in a double, you have to find a ... 't forget to add in a HASS each term, and try not to schedule more than one ... , I think)? Do you have to find a bunch of suitemates if you want to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  commute! Some days you can find him walking from his home in Cambridge to ... Once upon a time, in a land far far away (called New Jersey), a young ... life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  weeks, we've been engaging in ideating, a fancy word for "trying to think ... What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that ... course they'll in, they'll hedge a little; they might say "6, or 2, or

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  this effort to grasp onto whatever bits of ec i could find, i collected a ... of windows, I want to live in a village. I want that now, Driving in ... i've been in a funny little writing rut, far away from the keyboard

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  semesters. Still, it's nice to look back at the past year, which has been a ... History is, of course, a famous book, particularly in certain circles. I ... intrigue, mysticism, and references to the classics. Is it a little corny

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  everywhere in NOLA, from the decadent parade floats that seem to be a year ... [by Janet Li '12] A house decked out in Mardi Gras swag in the ... encompasses a variety of different specializations, ranging from urban design to

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  came to MIT, it started way back in high school. So here are a few ... take care of yourself in a new environment without Mom and Dad around to ... sarcasm). In order to do these things you will have a job. With luck, it

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  well with my learning style. I found it really cool to program in a ... Good Memories -This year, I seemed to find new friendships in the most ... food places, from Fire + Ice (a hibachi place in Boston) to Ripple Cafe

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  have to nullify any part of any experience. just because i am calm in a ... that it is not a big deal. but to pull out of the details of the context ... reason enough. it is weird to say that even sadness is a rich feeling

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  time, and realized that if I were to become an actor, a major in theater ... running, though, I've returned to the idea of literature. I said a lot in ... find a way to separate whatever passions I can find and whatever

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  how some people might find it to be a little slow, but I personally didn ... Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I ... my head. "MIT's music program is like the fugacity of water in a water

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005