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• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers ... one student $10 and names him "the dictator." That student can give as ... have in common? They are the only two people in the world who can put a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  that will help prevent the spread the cold/flu! The posters can be simple and can address ANY potential route of virus transmission. For poster ... free ahead of time! Sam performed at this event! I went and heard it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?

  If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university level. The transfer application is intended…
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  One of the interesting things that I do as a commonplace concert goer that non-concert goers may never understand is waiting. I wait in line, a ... ride on Space Mountain, I wait for 8-12 hours to get front row at a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  [annotation note="not gonna lie i pondered just...inserting all the ... kicked off campus in March. With all the meetings that were scheduled, I ... . Here's what I did! 11:30-12 I met with my supervisor for the Japanese

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  I was extremely stoked to finally visit. Not only was it my first time ... went.) I was instantly stunned by the campus and the intriguing architecture. I was especially awed by Simmon's Hall, aka "The Sponge." After

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  below, Elizabeth '13 and I were modestly involved at the beginning of that ... proof of concept. I am so impressed by where the CSH team has taken this ... an interest form. Then, anyone can submit an idea for an article or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  during Splash, you can get your feet wet with a short introduction to any ... knew existed—or you can dive headfirst into an in-depth seminar or
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is there really a swim test?

  requirement can be met by completing a beginner swim course or electing to test ... during the academic year. If you take the right mix of classes, you can
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  quite so. I'm a senior who's majoring in Course 4 Architecture and will graduate as so, but this semester I'm taking: 1.00 - Introduction to ... "thing" will be 1.00, every day of this semester. But I promised myself I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  YOU'RE A PREFROSH AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU AND I WANT TO ... roll your eyes at us. In all actuality, I am really excited to call you guys, but the phones are kind of all busy right now so I have to wait a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  college. I happen to fit both of those descriptions, so I (who happened to ... later) scrambled to borrow a laptop and sent in an application. And - I'm a finalist. A lot of the time I'm not very serious - but I'm serious

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  I've never thought of myself as a sorority girl. In fact, I ... sisterhood and the chanting and singing and oh god, the chanting and singing, I ... dry. Suffice it to say I was not expected to participate in sorority

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  it's gone Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of my eighteen years. I'm back at MIT now -- got here the other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  were busier than usual, but I didn't notice since I was doing, uh, the same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I ... feel like I was nearing the end of my coursework and deserving of feeling

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  and what I'm doing this summer. I'm doing this because a) I need to break my blogger drought (rip sophomore year) and b) I'm working on a really big blog post but it'll take some more time, and in the interim I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  10,968 hours. That’s 457 days, which is 1 year and 3 months since I’d last been home. This past Thanksgiving break, as I turned into my driveway as I had done thousands of times before (driving was weird in and of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I'm currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I arrived, he suggested that I borrow his sister's mountain bike for the summer. I hopped on the bike with the following points in mind: The last

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  gesturing towards in this picture, hang on. We'll get to that. As I hope you ... afternoon about a month ago, there was a knock on my door. When I opened it, Akash asked, "Hey Laura, do you have any bread?" Now I'm a friendly kid

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  blocking my driveway. Buy your friends a drink w/ your savings. Have your

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024