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• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  , that said "YOU GOT THE GIG!" I simply did not believe it.  I was sitting ... .  I looked at my computer and I saw the e-mail, and it was just ... reaction on that day. Now, how about a proper introduction?  My name is

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  've got a very lost American kid somewhere west of Central Tokyo. It ... to the landlord's office, and it happened even worse when I got off the ... think it's down that way, but I'm not sure. Just go down that street about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties

  

  Have any of you attended one of the Admitted Students Parties that our MIT alumni have thrown in various cities around the country (and around the world)? If so, how was it? I'd love to hear how it went. Also

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

  farewell, first semester p/nr-ing just hard enough

  

  wistfulness. It occupies my thoughts as a mere figment of my past; when I think ... of my life.    As a friend so accurately stated, it feels like I ... .  “It felt so much bigger back then,” my friend remarked as his eyes

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 19, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  working (some would even call it playing) with my team. To help us get to ... itself has been an necessarily more stressful decision than it needed to be ... ultimate optimizer engineer, my long convoluted decision making process

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  that have long divided the world, being the source of almost every battle ... the dinosaurs). After fighting two world wars over it, in 1946, the ... (this year, it begins at sundown on March 19). In the interest of keeping

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  Mario Brothers mural that plays the game's theme song when you touch it ... around here as the Assassin's Guild. Players generally call it the "Guild" for short. Since its inception, Guild members have infiltrated the KGB

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lit Analytics How humanities classes can be analytically rigorous, courtesy of a Shakespeare scholar

  

  rigorous," but it hints at how even a music class can embrace technology in ... Today after the admissions info session in Kresge (where it also took place in 2005), a parent asked me if/how MIT humanities classes were

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  . Mike asked how much time I spend on homework each week, and if it would ... four free hours each weekday -- although it can be possible, so long as I ... the GRE biology subject test that I'm taking on Saturday... it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  surprised you the most about MIT?  How quickly it felt like home! And I ... Morality. It’s a very “MIT” class, counting for both my Philosophy and Neuroscience requirements. And it’s been pretty amazing so far. This week, we are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  pretty long post; it’s been a long few months. I’m proud of what we did. We ... observed how it’s so funny that every director spends only six months working ... How do you raise hundreds of thousands of dollars, design the merch

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  steak in a long time. esp has a yearly traditional texas roadhouse ... a game for the assassins guild. it didn't happen in 2022 or 2021, and i couldn't make it in 2020 for some reason i don't remember. in fact

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  playwright, who was piling boxes into the back of a truck. I asked him how it ... happy to tag along. (It is very telling that when the crowd started ... quirky little hole-in-the-wall bookstore (in my friend's words, "it has

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  whatever it is that you're officially "doing" this summer, summer days pile ... structured but now that you're in the middle of it, quartered and chopped so ... metaphors (did you notice half of them were about food?), so suffice it to say

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in ... in the long run that only degrades the full impact and true value of ... the Admissions Department has cooked up for its Early Action admits. If

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  loves it and it always has a long line. Anna's even has its own Facebook ... . Kim asked if it's possible or easy to get a single as a freshman at MIT ... the perks of MIT being a fairly small school), and in most dorms it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  Pizza Delivery Guy - "Soooooo, how was it?" Me: "School? It actually went ... When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two ... organizational method works for you. Oh, and did I mention it's also about having

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  [/caption] this is my daily commute to work. it usually takes about 5-10 minutes longer because of the world renowned LA traffic, but it's a pretty reliable ... that i take full advantage of its proximity about once every week. the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  stretch all the way down to Mass Ave and around the corner. It took a long ... and the fabulous glamorous divas of popular culture. Got it? Now ... and a good fraction of the freshman class from going to check it out

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  couple of Arts Scholars actually skipped it, because of how risqué it was ... dozen naked men on stage, as long as it contributes to the production ... The pre-Spring break week is always a nightmare; a friend summed it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013