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• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  be too spread out? I'm used to a dining hall culture, where you can ... places that bring everyone together?" That's a good question, and one I hear a lot from non-MIT people and prospective students. In order to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  horses (nope, whew) + MIT Send-off Here are a gazillion pictures from Gilroy Garlic Festival 2005: The entrance is flanked by two port-a-potties. A little bird tells me that between 120,000 and 150,000 people attend

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for ... a construction project in the Infinite Corridor. Formerly the world ... like taking a picture of a bathroom door at 1:30 in the afternoon in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  networking/social periods, and a few other things thrown in. (Check out the ... (the out-of-towners are exploring Boston) so I'm taking a minute to say hello. So what do admissions people talk about for 6 days in a row, 16

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a ... to a speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas ... Emeritus Charles Vest introduces Friedman. A big crowd shows up for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... Barbecue. At lunch, we had a visitor: Akash, a student admitted to the MIT ... chatting, Akash got a call on his mobile phone from another MIT '09, Anthony

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ

  

  arrived in the Admissions Office. For students for whom midyear grades are a big question, we will set aside the case with a "MYG" (midyear ... , we will make a decision on the case; when the midyear grades later come

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  , working in Professor David Wallace’s lab. Alongside a grad student named Chuck, I helped design underwater robots for students at a university in Portugal. Here’s a quick look at some highlights from the project—and what a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  this class since it's a class I'm obligated to take rather than one I'd like to take. That being said, I did originally apply to MIT as a ... requirements for 6-3 and honestly a class I've been dreading for quite a while

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  . When I entered MIT, I had a different name and went by different pronouns ... least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I hear it all the time from MIT alumni (I work as a techcaller yipee

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  In review — it’s been a good year. In reverse-chronological order, I… full sent a project, which was cool No one in my life has heard about ... having a complex system in my head, understanding one part of the puzzle so

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  I thought about this post while laying in a fetal position under an oppressively large comforter. A few days ago, my period cramps were as bad as they had ever been, so, after a sleepless night, I took some painkillers

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  A couple weeks ago, my dorm (Burton-Conner) got an email from ... email from BC Desk (that isn't this one) notifying you of a package delivery please come and pick it up! Also if you're expecting a package and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  am a junior, and I play midfield on the Varsity Women’s Soccer team. I thought I’d give you guys a glimpse into the life of a student-athlete here ... hackathon. However, what may come as a surprise is that MIT is very, very good

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  first steps on a 63-mile walk from Maine to Next House, an Odyssey which ... [/annotation] and stopping at least five McDonald's; a tragedy that would cost us 125 ... you that this walk reminded me of the power of perseverance; that, a lot

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  take about a hundred pictures of the most random things you can imagine ... . What did they find so intriguing about a green tree, scary reptiles, and a drink? I could not understand. Nonetheless, today, as I walk along

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  i. i watched the anime attack on titan last year and liked it a lot ... scene, one of the antagonists appears and transforms into a titan. the ... antagonists, they have already arrived   ii. this reminds me of a game i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  socializing a task I had to complete every day. I recognize that phrasing it this way makes it seem like a chore, but I needed a way to hold myself accountable. Setting it as a daily goal made it easy to see when I was becoming

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  gym four times a week I started going to the gym when I came to MIT and ... much progress I can make if I consistently go to the gym for a year! I ... things go. Get Smart maintain a 4.5/5.0 GPA Okay I actually don't know

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  pretty cool for a few reasons: IAP feels longer since we don't have to register for spring semester until the first week of February, we get a 4-day ... dorm on June 9, and into... somewhere that lets you sign a lease starting

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019