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• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  students on F-1 visas to take a full online course load this fall if they are ... research pursuits. ICE is unable to offer the most basic answers about how ... Update 7/14/2020: we won.  On Monday, July 6th, as MIT was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  Music Librarian. So read on ahead, to learn about MIT's Libraries ... place to sleep on campus. Now, I developed the ability to fall asleep on command on semi-annual car trips from Georgia to Louisiana, but I think this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a ... Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without ... students who have shown a strong commitment to studying French at MIT. On

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  , Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... situations. If I was working on trying to come up with some new cancer idea, my ... get me a biology textbook and Feynman’s lectures on Physics because they

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  to all of Ring Comm and thank you for your hard work. The ring is ... classy event and one of the only times that the entire '08 class gets to be ... As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

  

  In this episode, which was most certainly posted on a Monday, I talk about making a pizza, and how Simmons hall doesn't have a sheet pan in any ... them even have ovens!! I'm going to ask them to order some more...oh yeah

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 7, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  on studying mechanical engineering and brain and cognitive sciences, to ... strains. My role in the project is to figure out how to deliver these si ... MIT is serious about research. The Institute is the birth place to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  TA waves at me, says "Bye-bye!", and points to the board, on which is ... It is 2:30 and I already stained my neurons and nail-polished them to ... starting my 5.60 pset (due Friday), and c) brightening your lives, many of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  ) test getting a head start on my 18.700 (linear algebra) problem set ... It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long ... ways of decompressing - imposing order on chaos, as it were. So I figured

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  ugly mechanical monstrosity on the left to the more modern and sleek gate ... Now that it's break, I finally have time to sit down and actually write about everything that's happened to me this semester. As I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  :28 - 8:40 AM: Breakfast made to order, the wonders of having your own chef ... : Stop by the Balfour booth to get my ring resized. All the running this ... to Shaw's to buy sorbet On a side note, I am very excited to add this

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  would do tomorrow. We agreed upon getting up around 8:15 (blasphemy!) to ... 2 AM, and I headed back to McCormick to get some sleep. The next day, Judy, Kevin, and I met up in Next House to get waffles. Kevin went a

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  figure out how to put everything together myself, after having relied on ... around two weeks ago usually we hire a sound company to handle sound on ... concert, and four days isn’t enough notice to book another company so we

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  classes I want to be on my transcript when I apply to college. Even if it ... college applications or homework or grades, and I just get to exist. Like last night: my mom was out of town and I needed to get to my math

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  get a start on the college exploration process. For that later group I ... about MIT, our selection process and how we are thinking about changes on ... I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  how to fix it. Anyway, that tire swing inspired me to get back to ... didn't know then how to train myself to get stronger -- honestly, I feel ... how the process went.   I went to a hippie middle school with

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  ). Here's when you know it's time to go to bed. Roommate Jon: "Did you get ... Mathematica could do it." Jon: "I know, the same thing happened to me. I think I figured out how to do it though." Me: "How?" Jon: "Here, look what I did

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  feel like you're stagnating. Sometimes, you have to really reflect on ... too warm? Did I need to cycle my heating lamp on and off? He grew, but ... perhaps to come from the verb alo, to feed, nourish, and develop. This is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  opportunity to just have fun. Students at MIT have launched Camp Kesem, or Camp ... expanded to 22 campuses in 14 states. Camp Kesem at MIT, founded by Caroline ... . The program is open to all children ages 6-13 in the Boston area. I will

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  back, head laid down on desk seemed to have a 1430. Each turn down the ... goes on. For years, I've subconsciously been trying to come up with a ... straightforward: study hard, get good grades, go to a good school, get a good job

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019