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• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  eat the lard for the next year." Alright, so it wasn't actually like ... means that you have to live in that dormitory for the year (unlike ... ), and can move wherever and whenever they choose), since the program is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  can’t seem to escape. The best we can do is take a moment, evaluate our ... morning, however, when I woke up at 9:29am for the last conference tennis ... times as many things as I am, but stress is relative and if the bone

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  fractions is a total drag. Anyways, I waltzed in for the written portion ... the physics textbooks I would use next semester (my personal record is ... -pressure probably helped me. I made the cut, for the live round. Turns out my roommate

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  for the rest of the day because the spoon is angry. Jason has two ... responsible for the deliciousness of caramel, golden-brown cookies, bread crusts, and seared meat, but in this case is responsible for huge, gummy brown

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  something to strive for) wanted to release this into the world, as it has been ... picture getting married to him. So we revelled in the teenage dream that is ... to be friends”. But that’s part of the fun I guess. We’ll see. For now

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  So it's mid July, Summer is well underway, all the major Holidays have passed (read: the 4th) so what's your favorite blogger up to? I don ... programming/designing for cool things for school. Other than that, enjoying the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  , manliest beard you can in the span of one month. Leonidas is the patron ... no control over it. See, some guys just can't grow a beard. The best ... worse – the dreaded neckbeard. And for something entirely automatic

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Designing the 2025 East Campus Rollercoaster by Zack I. ‘27

  

  year for a project of this scope) as the design is iterated upon and improved until it is ready for construction. From September 2024 until its construction in August of 2025, I was the designer and project lead for the 2025

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 18, 2026
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  worth trying anyway: best to get comfortable on campus before the ... appreciate the breadth of MIT offerings for athletes and beyond. The main ... toddler doors for mini-golf remains a mystery. The long-term benefit of DEW

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  about how I wanted more of the proof and verification for all these ... various techniques we used. By the end, when I was reviewing for the final ... proofs compared to how much they improved by the end. The experience for

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  thinking about the life decisions I've made to lead me there, I noticed a strange white glint out of the corner of my eye. I turned my head as best I ... my mind reeled to remember the name for it. Then all of a sudden I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  research involving polymer chemistry. I enjoyed the best of a friendly ... ünstig" of the German flag, cheered for the local soccer team, enjoyed ... research institute. The atmosphere - for me - was not terribly unusual, but I

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  community to be a smooth journey. The process is inherently one that requires ... academics, because for the first time in my life I wasn't a top student. I had ... there. Most of us MIT students have been there. I'm wishing you the best

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

    January 23, 5:00 pm Today is the first day of MARC 2024 (the ... Interesting Things) talking about all the cool ideas they have worked on for the ... 's not just all work and no play, so for the past six hours, we got to ride

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  stressed out- but all I can think about is how the finish line is really in ... MIT. Even though, I lost the bottom case and the top is chipping and ... campus. This sticker is one of the older ones that I have and it is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what not to pack for the dorms pretty much everything, honestly

  

  hangers.  My advice is to pack everything you need for the first two days ... from Boston. As much as I love a long drive, that’s not for the faint of ... the things you fit in there to sustain you for the entire year. I could

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • July 9, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  decisions and making the right decision and seeing if MIT is the place for you ... to one of the top universities in the world. My freshman year is ending ... questions and concerns regarding MIT, like: how do I know MIT is right for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  for school. For some reason, the whole sci-fi/fantasy world has never ... the heck out! But I'm sure if anyone is learning a lot from robots, it ... dreams because all I wanted is to have any job, and not live in the

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  , for an 11:15am flight. I made it in plenty of time. Got on the plane ... just went back up in the air." Yes, thank you. "Um…this is quite normal, and happens quite often. Usually the reason is that there's something on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013