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• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  test. With ourselves often playing the test subjects. 5. We don't post

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You don’t know what a robot is? I dig Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert digs MIT. Thus, I dig MIT.

  

  better than two stars). Now, Roger Ebert didn't like "War of the Worlds ... on the scientific plausibility of a Steven Spielberg movie isn't quite ... -legged chair or table is very stable when it is still. However, the answer isn't

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it's only for those who have a school counselor. A principal, headmaster, or
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  first came to [insert college here], I didn’t think frat/sorority life was ... came to MIT, I really didn’t think frat life was for me. And there is a ... —he didn't think rushing was for him. To us, it felt like frats represented

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  don’t need to have a “We’re off to see the wizard” moment in the middle ... failed that wasn't at MIT was my driver's test."]I don't have to drive ... frustration on my notes. When MIT websites don't work You ever hate it when

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  picture from an event called Friday After Thanksgiving (F.A.T.), sponsored ... ’ contraption for the MIT Museum sponsored Friday After Thanksgiving (F.A.T ... Friday, Nov. 24.” I can’t believe I missed an opportunity to build

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I swear this isn’t an ad for Google But Bard is so much more fun than ChatGPT

  

  sometimes even correctly classifies hypothetical classes that don’t exist yet ... does it know that a typical non-MIT person wouldn’t? “How many windows does Simmons Hall have?” Ouch, ok. Just kidding, that wasn’t the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  favorite thing about MIT – the ski team! For those of you who don’t know, at ... , whether it be going to a party where I don’t know many people, or refusing ... extracurriculars, and the ones I did attempt didn’t really feel right. Desperate for

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  space below as well as one overhead. In short, it meant that you didn't ... probably couldn't handle that.) Speaking of Simmons Hall. I ran into it the ... a couple of pictures. But don't be fooled by its grandeur

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... simply shows up as "pass." If you fail a class, it doesn't show up at all. You might think this is a bad thing because if you get an "A", you don't

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  as a faceless recluse, I haven't been posting because of a drought of ... : NERDY AND AWKWARD??? Is that it? Rohan: ...I didn't want to say it, but ... -compressed exaggeration of MIT. We don't stay up until 4am speaking in rapid-fire Math

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  2003. Why didn't we have a logo until 2003? And how was that logo made ... the graphic identity, but there isn't really a standard standard one[/caption] So, we already talked about how I was surprised that MIT didn't get a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  You don't need MIT to be a success. Don't get me wrong -- I think MIT is an amazing, world-changing place. But it's not for everyone ... engineer. Gillespie eventually 'fessed up and told his parents he didn't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  courtyard, I don't think it's long before we expand into underwater real ... Stata Center on Wednesday morning. I haven't even gotten into telling you ... that don't go anywhere, and finding alternate routes to navigate the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  .03 recitation. 2 PM - please don't let me screw up the first two exams of term ... sick. Not test anxiety sick, but "well, this certainly isn't good" sick. Hope this doesn't screw with my ability to take 18.03 exam. 2 PM - Suffer

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  Note: Anika drew Anika and Jebby drew Jebby. If you can't tell who's who in the following series of pictures, you haven't read enough blogs.   Everything is jarringly British in Bristol (wow what a shock). I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  dichotomy... because 1) it doesn't have to be one or the other, and 2) it ... and the timing of it all… I don’t know! But it feels good to clarify the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  closest of friends and familiar faces you still haven't learned the names of ... friends What I don't miss: Working late at Steam cafe and seeing a giant

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  having sat on countless committees, that we simply don’t care if your ... Foundation’s book on legacy admissions. That chapter doesn’t actually contain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  11:30 am. For those of you who don't know, the GRE is a computer based ... go. Empty everything I had in my pockets; the GRE doesn't let you even

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006