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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  wear it on your hand, to the many references to punting ... One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness ... to tradition and propriety very much at MIT - the closest thing we have

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  the MIT routine sometime. Later that day, we went to get food with a ... ’s go on a trip. To Salem,” I asked my partner a week ahead of a long ... , I had to choose the latter. One perk of being a poor college student

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  absolutely no idea what college would be like. the whole concept of getting to choose your own classes? that was entirely new to me. the whole concept of ... recruitment cycle to a dating app. except unlike a dating app, when you get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  't get enough), I made my way to Tech East, one of the sections of CES. The ... startups in completely different industries. I didn't get to see much since ... vibrating your cheekbones and speakers that are only audible to people who

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  .9000/intro to linguistics. I wasn't really thinking specifically about getting ... make a website or add-on to make life at MIT easier, like Courseroad or ... semester, I get to work with the Language Acquisition Lab. The Lab looks at

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  then wind yourself through a bit of awkward hallway to get to the library ... tap your ID to reserve a room for hours. Although I like to work with ... to EC if you're into that kind of thing :0)   Hayden is what I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  , a TA is hovering around Google Earth on the side trying to show us ... always get past it and immediately get behind another battle before we even ... my year is ... CODING. Yeahhh - What the... I’ll be first to say that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  from near my home about 7 miles to campus. I get a nice view, I get to stay almost entirely off the main road for safety, and I get to bike to ... to get from one side of the road to the other. Because there aren't any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  staying to get some home-cooked food from my mom during travels). There were ... college admissions, I often get asked about how hard it is for me to read ... times this year, yes, we care! We care because your context matters to us

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  to Medical! One drawback to the program, however, is that you don't really get to know other MedLinks very well. After training, you see them ... 't go away? Sudafed, Robitussin, pick one! Hey, have both! Sprained your

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  whatever I wanted. Admittedly, maybe the teen angst was getting to me, too ... decided to stick to the east coast. After googling things like “safest ... market scene is just beginning to liven up. Crowds of people are shuffling

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  happened, but I’ve got to get back to making pretty pictures for my ... come to MIT, we wouldn’t even have the time to find rotten tomatoes to throw at her. This past weekend was an extended holiday because of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Get Animated A holiday comic.

  

  A random highlight of some holidays is getting emailed the latest comic from my friend and former apartment-mate Jen '01. Here's her comic ... Jennifer's Comics. Jen is also a fantastic baker -- if you want to drool

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  MIT’s month of “choose your own adventure” mode looks like would be to ... semester, explore boston, get ready to UROP, and train for track season ... ’ for the 1st time in college, but after that i had to get on larger poles

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  to do otherwise. So, while you're here, I figure that I might as well ... minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote ... and my friends to not say anything about it if I don't get in? That

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  don't do that. But it still gets to you after a while. Sometimes it ... and one letter that has to be included. It gets more fun the more you play, because you get to know the quirks and idiosyncrasies of the person

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study ... , home to some interesting and important transportation research. Visions

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  heavily on each word, so bare with me as I'm trying to get back into the ... through this right now"]pressure to talk to everyone at any chance you get ... whirlwind of finishing finals, flying to DC, driving home to Pennsylvania

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  min bus rides to class sound incredibly unappealing. As does getting ... dish. I read an article where Martha Stewart said to gently push your ... run key. Hardware is a little different, to say the least. When your

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  goal is to put your satellite in three different columns of air and try ... know that if you get a skeleton to kill a creeper, it drops a music disc ... My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022