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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  the closest you can get to living in the Internet," and Ms. Chinea ... and say ‘I can't believe Haverford students get to do such interesting ... 't seem to remove the exhilarating smile on your face. And it's in that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  to stare at the Great Dome, still in disbelief that you’re actually ... Every freshman’s first few weeks at MIT tend to follow a predictable ... to Newbury, creating long notes lists of all the restaurants you want

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  . Thoughts: SPOILER WARNING -- skip this section if you wish to keep your ... third or fourth time around, when you’re trying to see more between the ... him to free Sirius. No way did he plan for Sirius to get captured

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  every single detail about your work. The week leading up to it teaches ... leave for the launch site (if you were lucky enough to get some sleep ... Hi, Cami here. I'm so excited to bring to you this guest blog post by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  you’re trying to print something huge, you can’t have a regular printer ... , there can be multiple ways to get to the same point, and you have to be ... ’m hoping I get enough funding to finish our well project; I’m hoping I can

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  the last several months, as you have been waiting to find out your ... staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... different from yours. This opportunity, in fact, may turn out to be the one

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  ." On Monday I had an appointment with MIT Medical, to get the irregular ... said. "You're the only person with an actual job that I talked to about ... between us. "Probably," he whispered, "that I've started to think like an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  in his drawer. Mr. Yemi would then proceed to shave your head, except ... assembly and after class, to get shade from the sun, to avoid nap time, to ... people to wake up filled the stalls, and from them, a queue emerged. We

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  problems on sheets of paper, and talk about your unwavering dedication to the ... 't, shouldn't be the real reason. It's not getting to the heart of the matter to ... ", leading with a question like "what does it mean to be you?" or "what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  . Welcome to my dorm's implementation of CPW! MAC.0001: Introduction to Mac ... for other people to cook better food and deliver it to them). Much of Mollie B. '06's post re:MacG remains true, but I may need to update some of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  country, and your job for that weekend is to faithfully represent it while ... Time to state the obvious: the world knows MIT pretty dang well for its contributions to science. That includes the obvious disciplines

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  and IAP, I did my best to take it easy. That’s the wonderful thing about IAP-you operate at your own level. Want to go abroad or do an externship ... day relaxing and then have to recover from the effort of recuperation

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  as well be on fire. When you're used to life in Hell, sometimes a ... , you actually expect MIT kids to remember things that aren't numbered ... features include an über-convenient café, an Athena computer cluster (not to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  Two or three Thursdays before finals, Peach '09 and I went to Au Bon ... complained about something or other, I began to enter the Summer Jobless stage that can only be described as Full-On Panic Mode. (I didn't get final

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  Yesterday one lucky prefrosh got to be hosted by me through the MIT overnight program. Be sure to sign up early and sign up often, to increase your chances of getting to meet me and Mitra! You could see such amazing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until I get used to this "eating healthy food" BS. So I'm going to write ... Simmons offer made-to-order stirfry, so you can "have it your way" without

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  Head) came up to shake my hand, saying, “Thank you for your leadership in ... the future of MIT.’ Your presentation to Academic Council was one of ... We often think of innovation as tied inherently to engineering and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  the Maseeh Hall announcement screen: “MIT gets hard. I’ll get to fixing ... soon the path to solution worked, getting the right answer was definitely ... We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains. We need to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  ? Sad is when you get an undesirable grade in a class or your favorite TV ... death. There was guilt that the last text she sent to me promised to get a ... remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  Getting Home Instead of flying, my boyfriend Cory and I took a bus from Boston to New York City and another bus from New York to Pennsylvania to visit my family. After we got off the first bus we wandered

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012