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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  Madrid, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Through the madness of MIT, savoring ... sane among the challenges of MIT, and I think that's the biggest reason ... I think one of the greatest things about going to college is the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  planning the weekend and hosting one of our visiting students. While we work ... , and attending school in an urban environment. As one of the STARS ... STARS Ambassadors and I met the visiting students on the first evening and

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Sunsical The sunshine of May 12th

  

    a musical by Erick '17 sung to the tune of "Summertime" by Bon Jovi press play, then scroll down and sing the new lyrics   ... little something more than this at the bottom of my Verde's cup♪   ♫I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 12, 2014
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  , the thought of doing this for years and years after I graduate, you know ... that your work has, and wanting to own a good chunk of the product. But I ... month here. And although it's hard to think about the scale of years, I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  . This was the first semester where I’ve felt like a load of mid ... novelty and the excitement and the euphoria of being in such an incredible ... like I’m on top of my work and can keep everything under control. This

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Stu, Matt, Nance, Daniel and I are all down in NYC for the College ... Manhattan, but I'm not complaining. That's one of the things I love about New ... blogging more frequently in November. In the meantime, here are a couple of

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  feeling of diving head-first into a project and making it my own, in the way ... . I wanted to get into the best schools, I dreamt of MIT, and, well ... familiar comfort of science and academia, to dare to dream that the poor

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -long assortment of classes for middle and high school students organized by the MIT ... Covert Operations in Deep Cover and The Game Mechanics of Pokémon. There ... priority in current research is deciphering our DNA and the DNA of other

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  pieces. On the first day of the IAP class, I stared at it and clanked it ... , searching the empty cavities of my skull for words.  I was busy and not ... ; everything you need, and lots of things you don’t know how to use. The place

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5n, n=1

  

  couldn't help but think of Fenway Park and the Red Sox. Fenway, I think, is ... Commencement (graduation), usually the first week in June, is also the weekend of ... Networking Brunch," and, perhaps the best of them all, Tech Night at the Pops

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri's novel comes to the Cambridge screen

  

  stranger to MIT. She spoke here as part of the MIT Writers Series and ... ; Ashima's first years of marriage in America; the Ganguli's trip to India ... -seen adaptation of The Namesake. The film was based on the fantastic novel by

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  the students new (and hilarious) methods of approaching math, literature ... Todai on big poster boards in front of the campus and you have to go to ... Amazing Discovery of the Day: After nearly three semesters at MIT, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  blend together and influence one another. First, there is the love plot of ... follows the activities of the Fairy Folk, whose leaders, Oberon and Titania ... lot of hard work and extensive knowledge of the action in the play

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and come from one of those families where you are the only one who knows how to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  't remember what the 5 wits were. Fantasy, who loved to dream of castles and crowns. Estimation, who was great at estimating the amount of pizza she ... , you may be wondering why this is the story of the 5 Wits. Well, there

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  front of others, there’s a whole different set on the inside. And ... moment that feels like it will define the rest of your life. You’ve got one year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you choose to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  voices in sci-fi/fantasy, and the importance of story. On good weeks you ... , though that could have been the hour. I wandered all of the second and ... tools piled high on the shelves. The place smells of metal shavings, and I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  of the city. Exhaustion and adrenaline ran through our veins. Time felt ... because the trip seemed logistically inconvenient, I was tired, and I had ... tonight, and if my tracker is accurate, we should have a chance of seeing

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  of there like a shot. Being adventurous and exploring the outskirts of ... College, and then home safe by the gentle hour of 6:30AM. All this, dear ... jokes), and much appreciation for the company of other people (Cam

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  . The table at dinner. In the first picture, Ethan, Desh, Matt, Maggie and ... Thursday morning, I got to visit many of the finalists and their projects ... . Some of the underclassmen projects I visited: Iddoshe and Yi, Peter and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006