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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  something that's been on my mind quite a bit ever since I moved back into my ... years. Although much the renovation was sub-optimal, I'm really happy to ... post, I want to take a closer look at dorm structure, how it impacts

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  Since my sophomore year at MIT, I've been an associate advisor, an ... the most fulfilling things I do here at MIT and I really have loved ... couple of years, I've picked up some advice and tips that my advisees have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  Tech: The M.I.T. Symhony orchestra will be heard for the first time under ... drumming (led by Lamine Touré). I arrived at the Linde building at 1:30 PM, exploring the lobby that conjoins the facility’s three halls. Even though I

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  the Institute"]I3 videos[/annotation] for certain dorms, you know that ... years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  from, and I even have some tips on how to use them effectively. First ... years. I happily spent many hours freshman year building out possible ... , where I carefully planned out various double major combinations, none of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  “It'll be over before sunrise.” The first time I heard it, midnight ... Virginia, the most important city in the world that night for all I cared ... explicable context. For two protein-deprived days, I had lived off the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  , a citizen only as of last summer, I'm pretty especially excited to be voting for the first time. In 2004, I'd worked as an election official, on that day which began 4 more years of the Bush presidency, and I remember

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  i think i have achieved a state where i feel like i should be blogging more and yet don't want to spend my free time blogging more. like, i've already squeezed out so much free time out of my week. i am in class 3 hours

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  It's July again, which means that: I started a co-op Stardew ... gardening when I can to stay cool during extreme heat waves I'm fleeing to the mountains for a much-needed vacation, where I will sit in backyards

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... there were many issues that we wrestled with, the topic that I found most ... guided by service to our mission, which I tend to summarize as utilizing

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  blogger application." While some days I'm in Cambridge at the MIT Welcome Center, most of my summer is spent in Framingham, where: I go on my ... "]an açaí tradicional,[/annotation] and sometimes to [annotation note="What I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  early in the term and you'll see what I mean. https://vimeo.com/893853200 ... of products that spun out of 2.009 and into the market. I remember ... ://vimeo.com/showcase/10857025/video/894149655 I went with five colleagues from admissions and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  Do you ever stop to think about how incredible computers are? I don’t just mean software innovations like generative AI or the internet. I ... everyone’s mind and today being National Nanotechnology Day, I wanted to take

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  , alongside remarks from Diane and Rafael. [annotation note='Shuli and I got ... creative energy that characterizes the MIT community. [annotation note="I'll see if I can post a video later if it becomes available."]In a Q

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... to hunt them down.[/annotation] All of this is realistic as well, I assure you... I told the people in the Minecraft Discord about our hype

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  this project had me SHOOK. I got Minecraft a week ago and had never ... it, but now that I've seen how impactful it is, I'm hooked. When I first logged into the MIT server, I was completely awestruck. I took in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  by numbers and puzzles. When I think about palindromes, I think about Nick Montfort, a CMS professor with whom I took some grad school classes and who works in/around the field of interactive fiction. I think it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  ; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... ...solved what used to be [annotation note="Last year, I made an offhand reference ... with some of the current bloggers in our messenger chat, I emailed the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  here’s your reminder to follow @tinycarebot automated reminders to care for yourself

  

  .    One question we are often asked at this time of year (i.e. right ... : Network Cultures, which I taught this past fall (syllabus). The purpose of ... ,000 people as I write this blog post. I personally have found it really helpful

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  ‘18 and I moved into Dream Machine, a cozy double in the third floor of ... for us, since I didn't know the first thing about wood, drywall, or ... a loading dock nearby. I’ve had the good fortune of never having to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016