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• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  the rest of us with a few games and toys to play with over the next few ... , but it's all in good fun. For the living groups, the different pieces ... that happen? Most of campus is already cracking down in preparation for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  I found myself with my fists clenched against the wet tile wall, ready ... through my fingertips. I’d broken up with my partner of three years from ... watched the flames grow, it struck me for the first time that I really wasn

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  to look like. Instagram feeds filled with beating rays of sunshine ... in the serenity of the people you've grown up with, the people you ... around. Yay for knee dislocations! To give you a little context, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  On the floor where I lived last year, Elaine L. '18 was known for ... her free time, she blogs at FoodParsed, where she shares easy-to-make recipes with the rest of the world. If you're interested in learning to cook

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  lot trouble admitting it. Even after several days of waking up with ... to MIT Medical, where they tested me for strep (negative. First test ... MORE sick. I went to the doctor willingly, which is a rare thing for me

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  should I do in order to know MIT better?" A great starting point for how ... , which makes me incredibly sad -- why did I go back and fix the code for ... do with me being amazing and more to do with the fact that I know my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  particularly struggle-ridden afternoon with a class intended for students with a ... , especially since so many MIT applicants also apply to the slew of top schools ... inform you” (or perhaps the demoralizing “wait a few months for an actual

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  shouted along for the fun of it. Let me talk a little bit about cutting ... blogger is honoring them for their birthday, not to mention a little creeped ... *’m not two years older than I was last Saturday, I was celebrating with

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  There was a nice article in yesterday's Boston Globe about the ... building is a plan to try to combine brain-scanning with genetics to figure ... Govern [Institute for Brain Research]. Currently, he said, psychiatric diagnoses are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  MIT played radio games for the first time shot a real pistol ... resulted in way too many essays for my liking. On the bright side, I didn’t have any final exams so I got to go back home early for the break and

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  're only looking for this from students with something to report -- so if you ... , feel free to add some extra info in the "Subjects taken" box. For example ... also an option in the Report for students whose schools do not provide

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  . What if I like to sing stuff/build stuff/draw stuff just for fun? Does ... reading your responses to the “What do you like to do for fun?” essay ... ’ll stop there for now, though I plan to update this post with any

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  flew to Greece for a couple of days to spend time with my parents (who ... I had scheduled another one-on-one meeting with a colleague for Friday ... filled with light linen shirts. I was not dressed for the weather, and in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  for me: speak up! At least half of the comments said something like ... before the spring semester started, I heard there was an opening for a ... as the Teaching Assistant (“TA,” in MIT-ese) for the 1:00-3:00 section

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  , i'm the gra for burton 1 (go b1ners!!). it's very fun to be the b1ner ... choices i would like". i can choose to go to LA with friends for a week ... advice for your mit app. that one is not a recommendation.] it's been fun

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  period, culminating with a ceremonious shave on mailing day in March. Only one other has embraced this pact with me: the fantastic and wonderful ... when you see that picture at the top change to clean-shaven Ben, you

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  (people on my hall have been playing it :P) for around $20! Just in time ... hang out. Here is a full outline of all of my plans for IAP. Physics ... slowly because I refuse to pay for Crunchyroll premium. Also, I introduced

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  double-checking of schedules, I signed on as a stage manager for this ... Materials for Biology, which hopefully will be a blend of my interests in science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  Here are some FAQs for deferred students... Is it all over for me? At ... weeks before January 1 working on regular action applications for other ... keep us up-to-date with any news in your life. This is not required nor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Learning about the ABCs Apple Bake Competition, At Burton Conner

  

  "]Mentor[/annotation] for my floor this year. I also happen to be a little obsessed with ... . It’s a competition where people bake a lot of goods with apples, to ... -picking outings that MIT dorms help subsidise. For most people, it’s a great reason

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 29, 2024