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• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers ... Gregor Convenience, or MacCon) which is open until 2 AM every night. As you might ... out of pasta. Or Mountain Dew. MacGregor is divided into nine "entries

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  small talk, which is something that I thought I’d gotten better at, and I ... Here’s part two of my “I wrote this but procrastinated on editing and ... On Wednesday, December 20th, I took my last final of the semester. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny ... . Once you register on MyMIT, you will be ready to begin the application ... with each recommendation letter. Also note that MIT is not a member of

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  , go back to my dorm for a couple of hours, and then spend my night running between dance studios on campus. I'd get back to the dorm at 10 or ... moving at all, so I held off on doing any this year. this IAP, to be better

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  Cambridge, either to UROP on campus or to live with friends and work remotely ... of my friends were staying, or to the Boston Commons and the area ... have only gone out to Boston or taken the T a handful of times. I try to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  didn’t compromise on substance or truth. i felt endlessly drawn to their ... moment very few of them feel like magic to me (the main exception is 6.2540 nanotechnology: from atoms to systems, which is why i am enrolled in the class

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  of us humming "I'm on a boat," eagerly awaiting our opportunity to be ... hips to the hokey-pokey. (he doesn't know this video is on the ... It's about to go down Dorothy is rockin' it, but still all alone on

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  campus for their orientation, of which one major component is Residential Exploration, or REX for short, which is part of how housing is assigned. According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  lab. The main application of this effect (as far as I know) is to make ... this semester to convince myself that quantum physics is real. 6.2410 is ... a video of a monkey reacting to a magic trick, that's exactly how I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  Player One, I never got around to reading or rereading any of these books ... things I'd actually managed to do. I sort of wonder if there'll ever be a ... reality is that I still don't physically have enough time to do all the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  the heck out of the way, and is the furthest place on campus from Burton ... one of their librarians the Friday before the Tuesday on which my 30 ... - Rotch. Rotch is on the second floor of building seven, but extends over

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  , so, unbeknownst to him, I'm commandeered his office, kicked out on his couch, and put my feet up on his desk. The downside, I guess, is that I ... legendary, landmark effort. Ben's central use of blogs to speak honestly and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  which I ended up pursuing. There is a new version and an old version of ... , talking to your advisor or upperclassmen in your major is incredibly helpful ... truly absurd amount of time figuring out how to graduate on time after

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  really is better to get a good night's sleep before a test than to stay up ... kindergarteners! 5. Food made from scratch (or close to it) tastes so much better ... earning it is time-consuming. 16. On less than about four hours of sleep

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  have is a mouthful of dust that I am trying to breathe, breathe out. ... prefrosh, as so many hosts refer to theirs, arrived on Thursday morning. We talked about logistics; this is how you get to East Campus, this is the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  an ego-boost, or even to crash on his couch. And so a few of my friends ... pretty much one of the most popular guys on campus. (Not that we don't love ... 're admitted, as well. His office is almost always open to us (assuming he

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  . After that, I was working on my 2.001 pset, which thankfully didn’t cover ... while part of me desperately wants him to get the girl, he’s way too good ... 't seen her blog since I got hooked to the MIT site - four months ago. Is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  was a new experience which led to a lot of frustration and more ... “Aether” from now on because saying “one of the twins” or “traveler” (as he’s usually referred to in the in-game dialogue) is kind of confusing

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  beginning of this semester. There was a CI-H, which I needed to take, but it ... .012, which is a 15-unit two-part class consisting of a structure of materials ... on hall who get injured and have better judgement of when people need

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  parallel. That is to say, order doesn't matter. (All of this assumes you have ... teacher is on the ball and sends in your recommendation in September, we'll hold on to it until the rest of your application comes in. The same goes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007