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• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  green blob is Petey, naturally), the conglomerate of blue, red, and brown blobs is comprised almost entirely of East Campus people, and the very ... in the first half of the first semester, then I imagine that this graph

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  thunderstorm. It was liberating and reminiscent of all the crazy times I had ... apartments with [annotation note="9 out of the 11 other freshmen, one junior ... remote UROPs/jobs for the summer and it's nice to be in a space where we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  , but every now and again I feel the crushing guilt of climate change ... Sciences"]HASS[/annotation] requirement. With poli-sci and theater out of the ... engineer and that this was my life's greatest dream come true. A lot of the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about ... the harbor with a number of shops and restaurants. Commercial

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  ; And every goodbye since, for both of my parents, has mirrored the ... the couch, of slipping into accidental tears over FaceTime. And while ... grasp of the language and culture. Here, I feel uncharacteristically

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  and the application readers to be careful not to fall into trap of ... question tells me that you want to be respectful of the interviewer and that ... process, and want to learn about the important things that make you you. As

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  alarms, the torrential rain on the first day of classes, and playing tetris ... love the seattle summer, with every sunset being a thousand shades of ... 'm slightly afraid of the person i would become if i lived in LA. portland is

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  time, and while the concept of blackness sometimes seeped into my ... profanities at him until he’s in the bus and out of sight. I turn around, and ... calm and I’m thinking of their kid in the back seat. And I’m staring at

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  with the phantom taste of salt and light broth on my tongue, there was ... --something that reminds me of home and childhood. still, it doesn't change the fact ... thing of ben and jerry's, and made my way to the cashier. chris had also

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  enjoying the writing classes and my job outside of class working with ... quickly. We met and the next thing I know I'm handing in a sheet of paper ... major, and I was sick at the end of last semester. Michelle G. '18 wrote

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  hour in. We sat on the rocks and watched hikers pass by. A lot of them ... popular paved hiking trail and one of the most likely ones around Tucson to ... number of classes for the spring will give me more space to be wild and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  basement of the library, went home, roasted chickpeas and cauliflower, did ... Bluntly put, this was the worst week of my life. Geez! you say. That ... a throw pillow*. Alright: Let's just say that the week of October 19

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  and Chris Peterson here -- On the Conservation of Frosh by Rachel D. ‘16 ... friend. Ask the names and experiences of older students and peers. No ... . But wait, don’t rush. Don’t plunge into the ocean of choice immediately

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school ... the first floor of McCormick, you'll see a lot of little rooms called ... the Brown Living Room and the Green Living Room: A lot of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions ... 're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2012!), that ... you can. This way, we can ensure the fairest treatment of waitlisted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  month Ceri blogged about the MIT Maker Faire. Earlier this year Dawn and I ... month, after our first year of having a Maker Portfolio, I gave a talk at World Maker Faire New York about how we admit and empower these kinds of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the ... academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  now the proud owner of a Brass Rat! The ring's design, which I covered previously, was carefully put together by these guys, the Class of 2014 Ring ... friends from high school and from the Institute, my old coworkers and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  cannot afford the costs of the travel [...] Since I cannot make it, what ... since 2004, and that there are, in fact, about 1800 blog entries in the archives. You have probably not read anything before the summer of 2006

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  hours and hours of rehearsal, packed into the crazy four weeks of MIT ... been released! A little bit of background, in case you missed the ... of MIT lingo - hacks refers to the "anonymous technological pranks" set

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012