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• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  me from getting too hurt when I leave, or to prepare me for starting a ... changed. CJ lives in New York, where they work for Stainless, a company that ... for Windows. I travel more than I used to, mostly to visit friends who

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  politicians as. I asked him to come by my house some time for dinner and meet 30 ... by Cody C. '14 When it comes to politics, there is one argument that ... process by which projects come to fruition, and how very political those

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  very lucky to find out that my high school sponsors college trips for ... undecided in which colleges I wanted to apply to. All I wanted to do was get ... 11PM, so just for fun we went back to MIT! At the Student Center we

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  , texting people if they want to get lunch or go grocery shopping once they ... made. i asked my therapist if we could switch to weekly sessions for the ... taking me to the new mccormick basement gym and i showed them my dorm and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  pistol team is on its way to West Point in New York for a shooting ... evening against West Point, but first we had to get there. What we ... you miss the black center and hit the white part you get to stare at

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  to 2 prefrosh, so I’d get at least 1. But then I got 2… I also realized ... prefrosh, so I had to come up with some clever options for “prefrosh tetris ... probably help host. It would be extremely awkward for the prefrosh to sleep

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  the external examiner (“extern”) for a PhD Viva, and now I’m trying to ... , a flame to protect from burning out. I get to study the cosmos with ... , and went off to get her PhD; I stuck the program from her commencement

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  TFUEC has been working for two and a half years to redesign MIT's GIRs ... part of MIT culture, that they believe in, that they wish to uphold for ... , here. There's currently a new undergraduate dorm being designed for the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend ... ’re excited to meet other new MIT admits so we want to let you know about some ... the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  , played with her for a bit, and went back to sleep for a few hours. At 9am ... , where I had a line of duties waiting for me. My first duty was to take ... session at 11am on Narcan administration for EMTs. I went straight to see

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is Splash?

  For one awesome weekend each November, thousands of high schoolers flood MIT’s campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything ... during Splash, you can get your feet wet with a short introduction to any
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  Hey guys, I first want to start off by apologizing for not being ... met since coming to MIT. For the most part I spend about three days with ... time we also just go get food together or go to the movies, but all in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  at that time, but I asked my friend Tiffany L. '24 to get a strawberry ... , I'd gotten myself a shiny new UROP for IAP. It was my first time ... that rose up within me was enough to make me giddy for a whole day

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  eating everything at eastern edge a rave review of a new food hall!

  

  places to try food. Eastern Edge is a new food hall located right in the ... off just getting a [annotation note="brown sugar cardamom latte to be ... restaurants without having to eat full entrees. By far the most popular spot was

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  introduction). Our professor for the semester was Marjorie Liu, a New York Times ... began the semester by learning some basics: how to format comic scripts, what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate", which varies a slightly by academic year (for example ... all exercise some common sense. And so, walking back to my new dorm

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  Congratulations on being accepted to MIT! You're amazing! And your hair looks especially good today! Did you do something new to it? Nope ... dark ages of 2006 (in my day, I read my acceptance letter by candle

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  the questions above. I would get excited by a scientific breakthrough ... ;grad students” worked long hours and seemed to get cool results ... .” He was looking for funding to start OpenLabWare, which he explained

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  installation. For the blogs, I wanted to go into a little more detail on the ... for decades. The magazine we send to donors is literally called Spectrum ... was also working on a lighting project for the new MBTA headhouse

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  hours for no apparent reason. Hopefully my blurry photo does something to ... give props to whoever organizes the whole thing for the wise insight to ... , back in the day, we used to get our decision letters in the mail. I'm a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009