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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  Birthday Dad! And also Happy Muslim Women’s Day! I’ve been toying with the ... of the most amazing women I’ve met at MIT. Throughout the past year, they’ve become my closest friends, my shoulders to cry on, my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  of the class and related research. I've embedded the webcast below. You

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... events. So today, instead of diving deep into what I’ve been doing all this ... be a mechanical engineer, I’ve grown into embracing my own girl-ness a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017 fourth time seen, first time competing

  

  . This past year, I've been increasingly fascinated with blockchain ... that uses it. One of the most interesting companies I've seen in this ... roof for 24 hours to code, hack, and build. I've been blogging about Hack

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  points still, but at least I don’t have to worry about swimming. I would’ve ... benefit of DEW: multiple adrenaline rushes, something I’ve avoided before ... kicked in on the third try—or it could’ve been the embarrassment of having

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  : An informative diagram that I doodled Here’s a list of all the books I’ve ... read more Asian or Asian-American authors and more nonfiction, as I’ve been trying to diversify the books I read. I’ve at least successfully

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  The May 1 reply deadline has come and gone, and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. During the past week, we've been waiting for all our admitted students to submit their final

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  . This is the first rat I've seen in a commercial, though. And it leaves me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  said, “hm, I don’t know.” It’s interesting, I’ve heard people use that ... describe how I’ve been feeling, but I know there was a point in the past when ... that “MIT is amazing” and “MIT is hard,” that some days you feel like you’ve

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  were younger than me, and I'm only 20. But they've inspired me to continue pursuing my dreams of starting  my own company. They've shown that ... are some of the people I've met/spoken to. Amanda Bradford, creator of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  closest to adulthood I’ve ever been. Next achievement to unlock: receiving ... wonderful. Bonus: all the other awesome HASS courses I could’ve taken this ... MIT’s newest foreign language offered: Korean) I’ve covered most of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  It's been over a week since the May 2 reply deadline, and we know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. During this time, we've been waiting for all our admitted students to submit their

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  with the longest hair I've seen at MIT. We haven't done much writing yet, so I can't say too much about the course, but so far I've enjoyed the ... being dry but fundamental. We've learned about "measure", what it means to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  feelings tend to sneak into my experiences at MIT, but I think I've found ... actually the greatest number of technical classes I've taken since my ... -discussion-project-workshop classes that really help me learn. So, this is it. I've fought this hard

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  ramen in one night), I’ve been spending virtually all of my IAP at home ... Friday so I’ve had this last week to relax and destress before the spring ... this post, I’ve included a starter pack of movies and books that I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  of APs to the warm spreading feeling of “but I’ve taken X number of APs ... days at MIT. Ultimately, they average out into happiness. And that would’ve ... realized you couldn’t figure out life.  I’ve lost track of those memories

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  would revolve around science and engineering. I’ve definitely found it ... they love and find it’s not so bad after all. I’ve talked to both ... , hope to never read a history book again. But I’ve found that when you

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  any of the buildings on that side of campus. I've used the tunnels quite ... larger, color posters printed for event publicity and I've been told that ... students can learn glassblowing over IAP. I've also passed by the MIT

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  sensation. If you've never been before, I really suggest trying it once in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014