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• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  large bonfire, their reason for being there unknown to us. It was starting ... over the bridge, there was a faint glow of bonfires. Always game for a ... , so we headed down intending to take over their fire and chill for a bit

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  every year for a few years, I suppose it's supposed to signify the first ... Bloggers for bloggers. Until that point, a lot of bloggers never crossed ... in, and many of us are busy looking at our shoes as we walk. So to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  so this subject is both fresh in my mind and timely for yours as the ... the introduction to E.L. Doctorow's novel City of God. I quote it for ... flying away from everything else for the last fifteen or so billion years

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  tunes a couple years ago. (For fans of alt-rockers like Franz Ferdinand ... the mechanism. And then you take it for granted. Which is lame. To ... frantically tried to explain it to us in the remaining minutes of class (good

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  for this day to come, for this year to end. But now, a large part of me ... . For those of you who haven't applied already, I strongly recommend that ... semester, many of us did our homework in groups - before we figured out that

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of ... questions you have about why MIT could be a good choice for you. They are

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  required for Biographical Forms and Secondary School Reports. Sue processes ... need to happen before an application is ready for review. It takes a lot ... the office fax number so you can have any missing materials sent to us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  operations officer for Boston NROTC. So what did it cost me? 1. Academic ... caused a bit of tension between us. She’s a wonderfully patient and ... in training for a triathlon before the semester started. That stopped

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally ... . As a side note, I thought that when I came back to the US, it'd be a ... even some wild animals. It all sounds really fantastic to me. But for

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  going to form some sort of crazy unbreakable bond between us that I will remember for my entire life. Plus, if I can run a marathon in sleet and get a ... dorm room, and I think my weekend was a lot happier for it. Special

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  entry to blog about my CLASS SCHEDULE for this term! In the meantime, I ... for a class. I feel so smart just being in a class with that name, to be ... hard as it's made out to be. In fact, I wish I could take it for the next

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  pretty much it for me. I was going to MIT. I never really entertained any ... out of Next if you move here in your first year - but that's a story for ... all, we receive emails about every month telling us they'll be shutting

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  You Are LUSCIOUS I lusciously answer some of your questions

  

  lucky enough to receive. You didn't mean for me to parade by myself, did ... of the mail/website, you can get an idea for the "vibe" of each college ... the student bloggers. These weblogs are here to begin to capture for you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  weird, and I'm not sure if I'm going to believe it for a while. Thanks so ... mustache, because he thought it would be funny for the official graduation ... gave the guest address, and he gave us a lot to think about. My favorite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  until September for this kid! (I have a feeling part of my inability to ... to be sad for?) Today at the end of 7.27 lecture, one of the students ... job to be educating us to be scientists and doctors. And I think he was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  a pirate certificate for the completion of a certain set of PE classes ... mythical. Darn, there needs to be a Snopes for MIT urban legends. One day I ... . At some dorms it's even normal for freshmen to have singles (most

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  design part of the lab was helpful studying for one of the quiz sections ... I always wanted to be. We came up with some funny ideas for satirical ... huge group of us (about 20 people) went to the National Braille Press to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  were most intuitive and effective for us. week 2: centering city In week ... , and one-time workshops, I threw on the wheel for an average of eight ... muscle memory.) week 1: the basics To start, the instructor tasked us with

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  strategies for repositioning the debate. Instruction and practice in written ... requirement for MIT. All students must take 4 CI's during their time at MIT. Two ... hate debating. I think it's stressful and nervewracking. I signed up for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  as us, and I want to represent them, even if only in small ways. (Note ... for censorship boxes.) I've also been interested in how we tell stories

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022