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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  we will welcome them to campus for the first time as members of the ... options over the few days, there are lots of things to choose from and ... lots of questions. It’s the way our students learn and will work well for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  battle within where one part of himself –the compassionate and sensitive ... seeing this scene for the first time when I was much younger and not thinking much of it. But now, on the cusp of turning 20 and having rewatched

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  everyone was posting about first coming/coming back to college, and all the ... version of it all. I think the theme of my first semester at MIT was ... world” than I have ever been before, and it solidifies the idea of moving

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  , although it's a little hard to tell, because the first week of the semester ... 'm chilling -- and this chill, combined with the delightful chill of my IAP (and ... the knowledge that there are so many kinds of happiness, and it is nice

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  whole point. All that being said, here are the contents of MIT students ... . The bloggers are a diverse and multifaceted bunch, but there are thousands of other people at the institute who experience MIT just as deeply

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

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  residents could be shut out of the place they live and, in my mother's case ... institute-wide update on the situation and a reaffirmation of our values yesterday afternoon: To the members of the MIT community, First, an update

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  time, I first think of the long and cramped East Campus hallway that was ... after the first snow of the year, and making each other tea and cookies ... relocated to 10am-6pm and careening in the direction of 'hand-wavy'. The day I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  called Formal Halls, and of course attended these huge celebrations at the ... here), and of course the incredible amount of funding for class projects ... and learn the material, instead of drinking through the firehose. We

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver ... entire life and the student that started their first company while in the ... , and diversity breeds innovation. It’s one of the things I love most

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  where Romeo and Juliet first meet which is really the highlight of how ... Australia) and is a modern-day translation of the Shakespearean classic ... all the trouble of deciphering literary jargon, nix the expository sophistication and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  me it was in the cartoon "Herr Meets Hare" where Bugs Bunny first talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School ... ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  tune of the first Attack on Titan theme, which is still on my running ... my lungs and not a singular one of the runs I did there were enjoyable ... distinctly remember the burning feeling in my lungs and the nasty taste of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  . Generally speaking, numbers are odd on the west side of building 10 and even on the east side of building 10. Numbers are small near the river and ... , about about 10000 faculty and staff members. Most of the people that you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  've always been the first person to make fun of them. Between the claims of sisterhood and the chanting and singing and oh god, the chanting and singing, I ... in the vein of bashing sororities indiscriminately, I wanted a valid

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  so hungry and then I wasn't hungry after I ate the good food" "Juicy ... Kyle S’16 (the organizer of the event) if he could talk a little bit about the event and this is what he told me: "The Next House Thanksgiving

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  be incredibly smart and full of great ideas, but so are you. The key is ... up at the first bump in the road - speak up, connect, ask for help, and ... I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  time, and where I felt the same pride of being on a dope team that I ... being on exec and watching most of the people I respected graduate ... burning out were a universal Mocha exec experience, and part of the argument

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  . Hundreds of guidance counselors and admissions officers from across the northeast arrive for the NEACAC conference. In the first session of the ... good things. The topic of this session was stress and the college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  the ancient MIT tradition of repainting the Smoots.  But first, let ... inside joke turned into a source of pride for not only the fraternity and ... , the pledge class of ‘92 getting hauled to jail by Boston police, and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and ... through the middle of our room and you might even be wondering, "What?! Are ... presides over more than 1/2 of the room and provides a comfortable living

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007