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• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  Tuesday I had a bad day. I want to talk about what bad days look ... there's a constant battle about how everything is going. Minute-to ... that I'm pretty sure I need to. Nothing was turned in late, no task was

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

    a musical by Erick '17 sung to the tune of "Summertime" by ... ;   ♫Feels something like summertime Classe are over in a matter of time ... ♪   ♫These days life goes like this Wake up, go to class and then Gotta be a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  Seattle, and many places in between (not to mention Puerto Rico and Hawaii). If you have registered for MyMIT, have replied to a letter/email we ... invitation to our meeting in your neck of the woods (haven't yet signed up for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  industry and developed a super sick formula to trade derivatives in foreign ... paint with five other girls in my sorority. Further down the bridge is a ... ’s rewind 65 years ago to when it all began.  POV: it's 1958 In the fall of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office ... 's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or an ego-boost, or even to crash on his couch. And so a few of my friends

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2023 i3 videos megapost

  

  like a glimpse into how MIT students describe their own communities to ... As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year ... -description attached to this post may have, despite my best efforts, given some of you a ... might also know, as I gave away some spoilers. Brought to you just in

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  , to dress in cosplay and geek out with other fans, to go to a city where ... random leaves ended up in this picture. It’s really cool to see the wind ... he was a much nicer guy), and we were given a four-day weekend to catch

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  Now, I know I’ve had a tendency to bury the lede a bit, (although I ... before going out to dinner. Running is a great sport, but no one ever chose ... a hard day in the dust and sun (August) or mud and rain (November) or

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  like a glimpse into how MIT students describe their own communities to ... As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  underperforming. sure, half of the people in a class are below median, and i've been ... bad, in a felt sense. i've been having more and more vivid dreams ... 's because i felt that i've been left alone, out in the harsh world, to fend

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  mutations that give rise to cancer or sustain it. Proponents say a databank ... Great front page article in today's New York Times on the proposed ... it is being called for now, would be greater in scale than the Human

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie '09. A pretty nighttime shot from far away. Note how the medal design has a hole in the middle ... stayed in place despite its best efforts to escape. MIT's victory

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  to go be a writer! I'm going to write my essay right NOW!" So I went ... made a list in my head of the things I've made in the past few months ... to an Oregonian best friend studying abroad in France. Lots of eggs

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  every commuter for several miles! It was a lovely start to the day. We ... proceeded to crash, because seriously, who wakes up before 10? In any case ... (Answers to your questions are coming next entry; keep on sending

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  musicals (not to mention a brief mention of MIT). Soon after, we were wading ... a classic MIT moment for several reasons. First, it was a challenge to ... 2008 to do something about it: this is a problem waiting to be solved

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  in front of us. I snatched one! Yum. dinner: I went to a Sloan event ... pork, and a lot more options I missed or didn't want to stand in line for ... Campus, what do you eat?” My answers have varied, from “Free food!” to “A

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  Invasion MIT! the long war of general jack

  

  battles just as we prepare to defeat our finals once again in this infinite ... As I walked up the steps to 77 Mass Ave this morning I was ready to ... ; And finally, outside the President's office, a portrait:   With

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have a class rank or GPA?

  holistic admissions process, we're much more interested in how an applicant "fits" with our culture than if they were No. 1 in their school. If your school doesn't calculate GPA, please don't convert your grades to a U
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the ... head off to a team meeting. Come to think of it, I've been so busy this ... the degree I will be awarded: A Bachelor's of Science in Engineering as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008