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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  for that project made me a half hour late to 4.42J/2.66J/1.044J ... break for a week to clear our heads. It was a really smart idea, so I ... University. Our studio class met at the T station to visit the site for our

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  and interesting people who want to go to MIT. For me, it's a fun and ... the privilege to interview. OK, you are probably scheduled for an ... depth. We'd like you to be clearly destined for that next breakthough

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can ... can look into it for you, too. I've already been able to track down some ... give them a call to chat a bit about things... As for the food, I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  . course requirements, how to plan a career in physics, finding a UROP) I ... classes. Uh...right. What if that's just an annoying chore for him, to do ... catch my reference to the movie Aladdin. Apologies for all the fangirlism

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  class ended, I took a mini-break – only to return just in time for the ... convinced me to commit. For the next four months, MIT Sports Taekwondo would ... point for it. And with no baskets, holes, or lines to guide a judge in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  training hard enough to qualify for Boston. There's a reason that Boston is ... anyone runs bandit--you have to qualify for it. You have to run really fast ... marathon for you to run, and then your parents won't have to make the trek

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  how Ryan describes TOFU: TOFU is a project to explore new ways of ... First of all, apologies for the radio silence. I've been sequestered in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules ... Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the ... that number isn't actually that high by comparison to the coastal cities

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  for a single student. Last August, my family elected to not put me on ... like crap, they were able to send me to the lab for a blood test without ... arrangements to put charge for the services, either on the MIT Student Accounts

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  festivals for students in rural, underserved communities along the way! to ... the blog, and the rest was history. a HUGEE shoutout to angie for ... semester, explore boston, get ready to UROP, and train for track season

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  sports, the marathon - a sport that doesn't even have a side to cheer for ... about a community by how it reacts to a tragedy. As the news broke ... This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  . So why then do we ask for this information? Simple - it helps us to ... As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment ... be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  me for a few seconds longer than before. Walking over to me, he asked ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... phases: Flying from Boston to London Taking the train from London to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  text in the art for accessibility (and because my handwriting is very ... , but I'll try to find my peace in this sprawling city, in you.  You ... from the fire escape. We listen to a drag queen read children’s books in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  air, falling over, grasping for the wall to stop the bouncing, and ... a group picture or two to remember just how awesome this all was ... the Moonbounce. I ran off to find phys plant and thank them for

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  were plenty of people I could root for as they walked down the aisle proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy ... zones away, I had to throw myself out of bed by 6:45 am. But on the plus

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  entry in the works, for those of you who are sick of hearing about it.) On Sunday when I heard there was going to be yet another snow storm ... morning 6 inches of beautiful packing snow graced the MIT campus - ready to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  than for some young researcher to be tagged "the new Einstein," so don ... . David is off to the CUNY Honors College next year. The STS awards ... event. With all the glitz, the people dressed to the nines, the great food

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  " to "Salsa Dancing". Students in grades 9-12 can sign up for classes and ... -of-classroom mathematical topics if it wasn't for the inspired students who decided to be ... !!) ;) It's a great way to get excited for college classes. There are

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  (ABC’s) for the 2nd semester. I'm going to grade my IAP. The following ... , so the report card was just for fun, but the serious question to ask is ... -walked along the Charles to put in some minutes for getfit@mit. I was happy to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010