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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  to know is that I love science (and other things, like bluegrass music ... 't like science. My reponse? When you're at a place like MIT, it's easy to forget that people have actually managed to pull off the incredible

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  the country come together to compete for $49,000 in prize money ... ;/param > Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.   Notice ... here, at MIT, on September 17th 2011! Our office worked hard in order to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  So, now that you're on campus, you have all this free time, right? I ... 't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external ... challenge would be a fun activity to partake in. Not familiar with the gallon

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  ’re moving locations, so I’ve got to get going; the clock is ticking. Wish me ... soon), but right now I’m coming to you LIVE from from Tetazoo’s freshman ... ’m inclined to participate in a three-hour challenge that the upperclassmen set

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  class is so incredibly relevant to daily life. (warning: i'm about to nerd out hard core, so feel free to go back to homepage and click on a ... . And it links it directly to the item that basically controls my life

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the ... 18 inches of snow, and ice on the roads to close schools. Being as ... if Bostonians are less accustomed to snow, or perhaps it really does

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  '08 had seen March of the Penguins, so she knew that the best way to get ... minutes immediately after getting to the beach before we realized that it ... Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan '08, nine

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  By Gordon Wintrob '12 Well my camera conveniently died during CPW ... to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... consider me to be a pretty serious, goes to bed at 10, enjoys jazz music type

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  I know folks love to see the numbers, so we've updated the Freshman Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012 ... % International citizens 9% Geography New England 14% Mid-Atlantic 18% Southeast

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  On Monday, I went to an afternoon tea sponsored by Course 21L: Literature. The event (which occurs weekly!) is open to everyone, so even if ... themes... in German. She introduced me to her housemate (at Student House

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could ... letters. They also didn’t look or feel like other silk fabrics I was used to ... it’s real silk, Andi, why would anyone on the internet lie to you

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February ... received all of this shiny new stuff in various classes today! ... okay, it ... work with at MIT these days. There's a lot to unpack here. (Indeed, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for ... , and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat ... my childhood clicking through the virtual Pick Your Own on Neopets

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  Center is no more. This past weekend, Subway closed abruptly due to issues ... wondering what all the fuss is about, but let me tell you: the Subway was, by ... the entirety of the MIT campus. Indeed, what does the Stud have left to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  -research course, to be called “MIT and Slavery.” Led by Professor Wilder and MIT ... to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to ... not happen overnight, and it does not happen to everyone. I'd like to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  , overtaken by an art installation open common space spanning 3rd to 5th ... Weird and/or neat things I saw around campus this week, brought to ... didn't stick around to find out. Upon reaching said class, our teacher

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  ’s relationship, and who are we to erase a woman’s agency by assuming she must be ... sported a brass-colored bob that I can now admit was ill-suited to my skin ... university I attended, but he clarified he wanted to know where I was from. “I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  common nowadays, but I think they are fun, so I wanted to bring them back ... as us, and I want to represent them, even if only in small ways. (Note: Unfortunately, I am not immune to the allure of selection bias, so the MIT that is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  Last Friday night at around 2 am I finally got around to visiting the ... second floor of the student center. This exhibit was put together by ... . '17, Sabrina M. '19, and Anna B.), which was officially closed to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018