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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  way it's nothing short of breath-takingly exciting (though as a piece of ... .S. in light of the dwindling time we have left here on Earth, I propose ... ’re thinking “But Chris, why on Earth wouldn’t shirk my responsibilities? What do

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  cold air puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on your lungs. I wear an ... is making sure you don’t overdo it. A good rule of thumb is to have a ... everywhere, tread was the most important factor in choosing a good pair of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  contemplating the prospect of having a class on Junior/Senior P/D/F. You get to do ... first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... eventually turned out to need about two and a half hours of touching) when I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  ." It was brilliant. The most powerful portion of CK took place on ... feelings. They held a ball of yarn when they spoke, and while holding on to ... 't have nearly as many hugs, spontaneous bursts of song, or sunbutter

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  of sweet memory. There were new murals, too, blooms and shoots where ... chemistry lectures?” I did—and remembered her buying us tamales on the way ... over the speakers; each painting hanging on the wall of the staircase up

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  already existing on OpenCourseWare. To gauge the extent of how well you ... ...well, let's just say that it's not on every birthday you get the luxury of a ... -MIT life, and something about the newness of everything, from American

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my suite on the fourth floor of Burton Conner shedding a trail of water from ... Washington, and I'm from the valley in Oregon, so we feel the same way on days

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  one. So, if you're looking at schools and the presence of Hillel on ... to all the hype I have heard from every other person on the face of the ... found out that I was going to be lighting the candles on one of their

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  "You're good to submit!". I was kind of doubtful seeing as how quickly I ... different kind of anxiety -- a waiting game. A countdown to 9AM on December 15 ... ?". After years of never really finding an answer, I had come up with ways to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  at MIT is from Minnesota, and they have a different way than me of ... 're here. When you stroll down the Infinite on your way to class with a ... So one of the questions that I am frequently asked my prospective

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  important new area of research. The effort will reach across the MIT campus ... developers of Bitcoin to continue work on technical development, as well as my ... managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

  

  know that you could only be awaiting (all of) my money to support your fine establishment. Yet I return with the greatest of news--I have arrived! After so many hot summer nights in Colorado reminiscing on your

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  anyway, after having another bowl of Chef Boyardee for lunch today, I thought it would be a good time to finally try some real cooking. April's food was real. Mine came out of a box: This neat little all-in-one box

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  were taken away. And there’s certainly no risk of losing votes that way ... on who should be the next President of the United States, and there are ... I have heard almost exclusively from fellow members of the MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  distance of MIT, so that's where we went. On the way, we passed by the MIT ... White put on this summer. After several hours of taping down old copies ... Parisian and Earth Dance, while I've chosen a somewhat bolder palette of New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  as to make it one of my new top choices (that, combined with a major in ... Friday (October 20). So, if you haven't yet, go on to MyMIT, get your EC ... , while you're thinking of it. And I certainly recommend contacting your EC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  to grad school. You are not the same person you'll be at the end of ... education at MIT. I'm smart, okay, but I'm not, and never have been, one of ... scores 2001: Pretty good, but nothing really outstanding in the applicant

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  post.  On the week of Pi Day, my friend and I both wondered how a ... even with it, the end of the first semester here felt like walking on a ... do enough. But think of it this way: you’re here for a reason. Find

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  're really good at shooting (we've won the national championship in pistol 2 of ... Olympics. Now I know that many of you may be thinking that MIT is more ... unsurprisingly, more than half of the competitors, and all but one of the medals

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  . So, every 4 years (or, in the case of years that satisfy yr# mod 100 = 0, yr# mod 400 = 0 must also be true), we get one of these odd days ... life. Going wayy back... (1988) - I was born on a leap year, but I guess

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008