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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  causal relationship with a dorm's culture. Let me explain... Take the East ... ), with hobbies, decorating styles, and group cultures that reflect this ... , and among the halls and entries in those dorms. With such living group

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and ... operate, events with free Bertucci's, hallway colloquies at four in the ... sorts of things of interest when you poke them. But along with all the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  proposed to deal with an epidemic that is threatening 600 lives: one program ... separate occasions, many give incompatible responses. When confronted with ... with SAT scores in the 88th percentile (roughly a 1290 old SAT) have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  . as with any piece of writing, there is no obligation to read further if ... relevant to me to the only thing that I talked about with people, the only ... , with stories just like mine. But I’m writing this anyway, if only for the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  had a massive potluck Thanksgiving dinner with our housemaster Nina and ... with my brother from Pennsylvania a week ago and I joined them on ... this year was borscht with garlic and rye bread, turkey with homemade

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  resonated with me and something I could see myself doing that is at least a ... was hit with an equally devastating feeling: I-will-spend-the-rest-of-my ... heavily considered 6-7, but with more and more time to ruminate over the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  from my first sunday roast with some grad school friends and ... part of my research giving them more math materials. i've worked with ... life in this way. and now i'm friends with his partners, and friends of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  general boredom with virtual classes, part of it was me not having a clear ... contained intro-level content i was familiar with, the fourth (film music ... (organic chemistry) was being graded on pass-fail with massive curves. when i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  supermarket and it is absolutely DIVINE with honey"]tea[/annotation] to ... " align="aligncenter" width="1000"] virtual mug of jasmine oolong tea with ... Caltech, which I was also applying to EA. I was completely in love with MIT

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  to recovery remains riddled with uncertainties, large and small, but I ... , and we begin singing, a little hesitant, still somewhat unfamiliar with ... time in over a year that I have been able to sing with people, in person

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  , but I’m renting an apartment in Cambridge with two other lovely frosh ... magical. Interacting with humans outside of my family has been a well ... kept coming up and I was basically playing whack-a-mole with the way I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  unruly and fit with my general comportment. Here’s a picture of me from my ... letting my hair do it for me. Here’s a photo of me at nerd camp, with one of ... ;   So nowadays, mostly my relationship with my hair is a relationship

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  affiliated with the department through a major, minor, or concentration. You should also check in with the professor in the second week of the semester ... additional computational thinking requirement is being considered, along with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  Spain as we could. Logistically speaking, I stayed in a homestay with one ... with the intention of posting them formally on this blog so some of them ... to shoulder with children on ladders and umbrella toting adults alike

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  on one of those rare cold days, with icy sheets of rain washing the ... navigated the labyrinthine marketplace with the ease familiarity bestows on ... , screaming for my mom. Muddy water pounced on my legs with icy strength. A few

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  've been doing with my life and which flights of stairs I've fallen down this ... cold with nothing to read about, though. (Speaking of, why is it so ... men and women who live with and depend on each other. One can always

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  advising, a non-credit option in which advisees simply meet with their ... combine weekly exploratory classes with normal advising; and learning ... and bond with fellow classmates. There’s also an emphasis on making and

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  with the data Figuring out what rural and small-town means isn’t as ... , right? The USDA provides further guidance with maps. [caption id ... small town.” These communities are incredibly diverse, each with its own

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  , and stories, so without further ado, I present you with Note: I use ... MBTA stations. If you’re looking for a cafe with delicious food… This is ... selection geographically and gastronomically, you can’t go wrong with these

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  , visiting family in Delaware and New York, and traveling to Cape Cod with some ... thinking about this upcoming year. It feels brighter on campus with a ... heavily on each word, so bare with me as I'm trying to get back into the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024