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• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  ; some new ones will be added. We've hired some student "experts" on ... content. For the record, I have eaten Anna's every day for lunch. I will be ... rote responses. "They talk about their friends or their dog or how they

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  . Here are the notes from the first day. Hour -1: 12:04 PM EST, January ... number of...other things. Over the course of the next four days, I will be ... finishing in three days, a notebook and a couple of pens, the piano

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  record for a 9 day adventure of 23.7minutes. I scurried along to submit ... a special added bonus, I have also included the diary of my ... , January 21, 2011 was definitely a GREAT day to start a weekend adventure. I

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  applying to MIT or what? Just curious. The hours between 5 and 7 are reserved ... So I was wandering around facebook today and I discovered this new ... during that time. So that means two hours of practice time each day (except

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  analyze Hamlet, or a Harvard student to solve a math problem. So I'll leave ... towards Course 6-7 (computer science and molecular biology) right now ... , but I'm fully willing to sell ad space on my body (and my integrity) for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  event, here are 20 things that I’m grateful for in my dorm. 1. I live ... . Just look at him – isn't he so cute? [carousel image1="83282" image2 ... the 6th floor: [carousel image1="83277" image2="83278" image3

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  Interphase EDGE/x, or live on Conner 2, or host an adMIT for Sin LíMITe, or ... /01/2024 will have a grace period of 7 days to complete and submit it. We will ... blogger application." While some days I'm in Cambridge at the MIT Welcome

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  find three programs that allowed me to travel for 1-3 months and I can ... Europe. I spent my days capturing the effect of surface tension on ... cure cancer" or "Most-likely to be senator" or even "Most-likely to be

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  ="the last day students can add a class to their schedule without a fee ... semester-ly schedules, or really talked about my major at all, and that maybe ... environmental engineering"]Course 1.[/annotation] So, here’s what I’ve been up to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  ="116097" image6="116098" image7="116281" /] [carousel image1="116100" image2 ... called Old Rag back in VA.   [carousel image1="116082" image2="116084" image3="116086" image4="116228" image5="116231" image6="116229" image7

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  countless films of [annotation note="as short as 2 minutes or as long as 2 ... . Conceptualizing FIRST THINGS FIRST, YOU NEED TO HAVE AN IDEA. 1. Create your ... , or a long shot from across the street to establish a location

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  the weaker side, how at the age of 7 I couldn't do a proper pushup or ... day after school and lay down on the hardwood and just plank or do ... sometimes when I don't go to the gym or if I skip a day. Spraining my ankle

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  included Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (featuring Arnold Judson ’47 as the ... break ground on Kresge Auditorium, the 1,200-seat performance hall and ... dedicated solely to music! Today, more than 1,500 MIT students take music

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  because of the earthquake of 7.6 that occured on the same day and caused ... from other examination boards (like GCSE O or A Levels that I am taking ... for the second short essay: can you tell me (at least three days before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  energy or willpower to even say "IHTFP"* (Thursday at about 7) Friends ... MIT's motto is IHTFP - “I Hate This F***ing Place” or “I Have Truly ... of them but there are only 24 hours in a day and you also have to get

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  fridge. If you are not lactose intolerant, I recommend adding mozzarella or ... within the same sitting. I’ve never regularly gone clothes shopping or ... District the other day, and the five of us spent a good while trying on

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  and a nice mix of Windows 7 and 8. If you have Windows 7, 8, or 8.1, you ... , get your money's worth with a good i5 or i7 processor. Now there's the ... than 250GB of space. Even 1TB is becoming super cheap these days.  

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  ="107106" image6="107123" image7="107124" /] The Lobby: [carousel image1 ... ="107192" image7="107195" image8="107193" /] I had a friend the other day ... the pics I took over like and hour or something, running around Simmons

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  actually contemplating adding another class (1.253) or getting a UROP. I get ... related to photography. I’ve taken plenty of HASS classes in my day, but ... photography class I am taking is 21W.749, or Documentary Photography and Photo

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  quantity. We don’t measure it in odds like 1 out of 8 or by how many Facebook ... made friends with 1 out of 8 people", it's more like "7 out of 8 people ... friendships, or be friends with more people, when they feel too isolated or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016