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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  demonstration of some modern music. On Saturday the marching band headed over to ... . When the cultural houses moved to New House and non-Russian speakers moved in, the new residents decided to dub themselves English House and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  . From the website:  In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build working alpha prototypes of new products. Students learn about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  week since I watched Hamilton on tour. An entire week of attempting to do ... anymore. And so you do the two things you can do: listen to the playlist on ... life interesting. I needed a reminder of that. Raise Your Glass To

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  On June 14th, I began my journey to MIT. I packed all my clothes ... socially at your own pace. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I called ... my friends and I played, or trips to Boston Burger Company I went on

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  to four of these classes must focus on a specific field—Connie is ... adds so much value to your education and to your sanity at this place. I won’t harp on how the humanities can add to and enhance a STEM education

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  /petition, coming up on march 9th"]Add Date[/annotation] quickly approaches. My ... in order to simplify all your required math. Solid Mechanics is a bit ... teaching relies on the assumption that your materials are mostly homogenous

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  's hard to overhear more than a phrase or two when you're just going about your day running errands. If I were to redo this entry, I would sit down ... Bluebiked to Star Market (off map) in Somerville to restock on frozen fries

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  your vehicle is pointing relative to the Sun, Earth, and other reference ... start to tumble and spin, disorienting everyone on board, and (2) you ... on your strengths, you might coast through a few semesters at MIT too

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  two days prior to the start of CPW to visit family and such. One quick ... rambling about my fixation about the East Coast culture and move on to CPW. :)So, I officially arrived at MIT on Thursday, only to be greeted by my

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  do I want?  Long story short, on the job front, I decided to pivot ... to spend time and attention on into these three things, from the ... focus on your craft, on your own terms)   Happy 20th anniversary, MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  we do send notes on your behalf to the admissions team so they know a ... 't be summed up on a few sheets of paper. And I get to meet lots of young ... to learn. In your life so far, you have of course also found things

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  .  Sometimes, people send me: Links to fun websites or videos, "since you're ... your essays and only then do they decide to interview you. So what i ... hear that you're so enthusiastic about MIT, but it's always alarming to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  on to discuss the "politically embodied concepts and dances originating ... questions to ask.   Killer Mike on Race Relations    On ... you--look to the left and the right like you in black church--your life

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  supposed to equal one hour per week spent on the class. 100 units is absurd ... being with it and in it, and having motivation and desire to keep on ... munching on pizza, listening to 80s music, and gossiping. Jessie wrote an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  advice is to say you don't watch sports or say your favorite team is any ... move again, I look forward to seeing what this new area holds. I feel like there is never enough exploring of Boston to be done, so be on the

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  's kind of fun to sit in your car while it wags around, a tractor's tail ... us? Woman: Oh, you're trying to get to the festival! Me: Yes! Woman: Oh ... , the what? Other woman: You're not her mother! Okay. Time to go. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One more baby blogger Or blogger baby? I don’t know, is it the same?

  

  my torso; she’s not due until after the deadline to contact your EC ... your EC now, because you might get to have an EC plus a bonus fractional ... The new baby bloggers were introduced about a month ago, but I have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... beating a dead horse is betting on one, so why keep putting your hope in ... strong enough to get things done on my own, and I shouldn't need help. In

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in ... reminded me that I needed to come pick up my cute new cheerleading t ... grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH -- day

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  and I quickly bonded Friday afternoon on our drive to Seoul due to our ... projects. And here I am on a plane. I haven’t been back to New York since ... to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014