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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  brings the world to your doorstep. You can meet a lot of new people, try ... First off, sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's been an intense ... over? A newspaper of course, silly. So my name appeared in this week

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  find a formalized way to get undergraduates involved in outreach. I hope ... . Um. AHHHH! I freaked, ran to his office, only to learn that he was in a ... resident woke up to find a personalized sticky note on his or her door. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  happens - you try to push the cart in a straight line, but at the slightest bump in the road your wheels shift and you begin swerving to the left or ... up stuck in a place much worse than where you started. you can get all

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  /no record, and a friend convinced me to take abstract algebra. in hindsight I ... to college, but pursuing a Ph.D. was a whole other issue. I grew up in ... college with employable credentials and get a job. to be very clear

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  completed his thesis earned and a doctorate in Chemistry. If you're coming to MIT grad school now, don't expect to get out with a PhD in less than 5 ... possible to get degrees in two courses at MIT in just your undergrad years

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  teams that hadn’t yet made a satellite scrambled to get the pieces they ... second-year GEL student (hereafter referred to as a “GEL 2”) is that the ... say that the GEL 2s devote at least ten hours a week to help plan each

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  giving a lecture in the Dowse Institute in Cambridge, and shall have time for only a short letter. Much occupation before the Committee of the ... man read in a very distinct voice quite a pertinent and touching reply

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  [Drown], a collection of coming-of-age short stories set both in Santo ... Short Stories Description: Introduction to the short story. Students write ... ’s “New Faces of 1996” and has since garnered a PEN/Malamud Award for short

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  your questions in this entry as I get them. Here we go. Dima said: A few ... checks in and out. The front desk is also where you can get your mail, find ... -distraction walls. It's a good place to study without being tempted by your computer

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  for them, or to do a summer internship. The companies span the spectrum ... , and much more. According to statistics from the MIT Careers Office, in ... popular, a "Pre Career Week") to prepare resumes, do mock interviews, learn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  Spring with your housemates in a pristine, remote locale untouched by the ... . Provincetown in the dark was a stunning approximation to the iconical New England ... with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  project. Those who decide to stick around can get a NEET certificate upon graduation in addition to a degree in their major. In a politically brilliant ... , follow the links to learn more. Visit openlearning.mit.edu for a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  put your hand in front of it, it’d churn out a piece of paper at about a ... again, without a need for always trying to better oneself — in essence ... enough to get some solos in Fugues songs last year, and when I did, I found

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  't live without my fridge in Next. You might be able to get a used one, I ... 'll probably have to store your bathroom stuff in your room or in a little cubby ... , thanks to free nights and weekends, I actually get to keep in close contact

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  Rainforest over spring break. We got to perform in a bright pink opera house in ... never quite know what you’re getting into with Fred. (In case you were ... person who led the effort for him to come to MIT! The residency ended in a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  to me.  1 in 10,000. Black squirrels are 1 in 10,000. A .01% chance of ... table to flip over. So when my dad scolded 8-year-old me in a Chili’s, I ... , but my source is my professor telling me and like a quick google search

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Touching grass scenes of spring

  

  College. I'm flattered for something I've written to get 211 upvotes, and I ... ago. I tried to reproduce the first picture in the post I linked. But ... walked to the other side of main campus to go to a class. The lecture hall

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  awesome Nigerian food—how I missed that!—and looking forward to a wedding ... circular dancing to a synchronized warble my cousins shimmied to, the heavy ... did visit a Nigerian restaurant in Boston called Suya Joint (suya being

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  . Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big concert ... Might Be Giants ("Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" / "Birdhouse in Your Soul ... Concert. Here are some of the highlights from past years. In parentheses are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  frustrating. When you contact your EC give them a little time to get back to ... still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the ... contact information for your EC is to log in to your my.mit.edu account

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008