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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  When I think about my time at MIT, my first thought is: it still ... views forever (looking at you, Music Building; also MIT Nano is very cool to peer into). But! I still have so many specific MIT memories I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  that she is "halfway done with MIT and I still do not know how to MIT ... get to redo my first year at MIT. Whether I liked it or not, whether I ... which MIT operates, I got over this fairly quickly. There really isn

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  Today is the 121st Boston Marathon, the oldest, and most famous ...  my friend Martin, and later MIT Police Officer Sean Collier. Regular readers of this blog may recall my post, last April, about MIT and the Marathon

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  , or #ragnasnow. Although that last one is mostly just me. MIT closed ... MIT ignores them in its curriculum. And IAP is a wonderful time to keep ... MIT's temporary emergency closure means I no longer have an excuse to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  You're a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because ... -off-the-boat/plane/car freshmen. (During freshman orientation week, new MIT arrivals swim four laps

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  the popularity of the show, but the basic principle is the same. You ... the show is so popular, though, you enter your name in a lottery from 5 ... —and geeked out about Wicked all night. Here’s the soundtrack if anyone is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  application into your other applications. [But MIT is my dream school, I can ... 've got some answers (updated for this year's very competitive EA pool). Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  applications. [But MIT is my dream school, I can't imagine being happy anywhere ... So, if you've been deferred, you may be asking, "What now?" Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  want to reread Marilee's recent post. [But MIT is my dream school, I can ... So, if you've been deferred, you may be asking, "What now?" Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  Hello world! I’m Song, I’m currently a freshman here at MIT, and I ... [annotation note="Fundamentals of Programming, but the CS department is ... "]interpreter[/annotation] for a programming language called snek, which is a dialect of LISP. But

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  .1040,[/annotation]MIT is paying my rent, health insurance, and savings too. It’s a ... I officially graduated from MIT last year, but I’m still here, doing what we call “MEnging” (em-en-jing). The MIT[annotation note

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just ... newsletter. It doesn’t really feel like it meant for me, though, somehow, it is. I’ve been getting MIT emails saying “please donate 👉🏿🥺👈🏿” which I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  one. :p Truth is, I have not been doing much this semester other than ... classes are 12 units at MIT), and I have been spending well over 30 hours ... aging pathway of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (a roundworm that is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a ... college is the big, spacious rooms where lectures take place. When I ... lecture videos one would see on [annotation note="MIT Open Course

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize ... , and is consistent with a set of key principles, including non ... a living person or group engaged in what we believe is extraordinary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  I'm surprised I still have words left. Being an MIT student is ... Allow me to (re)introduce myself. My name is Chris Peterson. For ... an unseasonably cold and rainy June day, I graduated from MIT, with my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  green house on Chestnut Street has a porch light on. This is pika, one of MIT's independent living groups. It's a "mixed house," home to an eclectic assortment of MIT undergrad, two cats, and a brood of hens. Every

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  March and the Women and Gender Studies program at MIT is sponsoring a ... interested - free food.  I commute three hours a day to my job at MIT and I ... be on a weekend is roaming the infinite, but March just happens to be

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  bit and plug it here. The other event is running on Friday and Saturday ... stated: too many events. Ask questions. CPW is orchestrated by distilling and compacting all the fun parts of a year at MIT into three days

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  First of all, Welcome to the MIT Family! (click to see full ... " with MIT! ;) 14. Sometime soon, Matt will post a blog about Admission ... peeled on the myMIT portal. Sign the guestbook to introduce yourself to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009