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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  store, braving and somehow surviving the treacherous Boston weather. Being ... Picture this. A pavement somewhere along the infinitely stretching ... partially cut through. It’s 1994, Spring, chilly. The wind is silently

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  agreement will not be enacted in those 4 states until the 270 electoral votes ... regulation. I'm not saying it'll be easy or convenient, the switch-over, but ... , a citizen only as of last summer, I'm pretty especially excited to be

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  Tonight, mechanical engineering seniors will showcase the culmination ... presentation slides. It has been fun being the team cheerleader! I’m so proud of ... Kayode D. '27, who are posting their live reactions to the whole event

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  friends, or my mom's cooking, or the generally lethargic mood of my old neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT. From my FPOP (Freshman Pre-Orientation Program) to Orientation to the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  didn’t even think the person should be blamed for saying that, she ... could see no benefit in being the color of your skin and everything it ... will only say “See, those are the Asian genes working!” and “I knew

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  , and still be so ready and willing to take in a lost, naive freshman with ... , waistlines be damned. Of course she would always foot the bill because she ... give the usual spiel about how disillusioning it is to detach yourself

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Going for the Au An MIT alum will compete in Olympic skeleton.

  

  Today, MIT alum Pat Antaki '84 will compete in the Olympics. He will compete in the luge-like, super-crazy event of skeleton, where he will race ... in the Dallas suburb of Plano, the Dallas Morning News has the full

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  abstract. Let me get to the point. My hair is purple. Let's be frank ... redhead be the only acceptable colors? Wouldn't purple look awesome? Yeah ... act, be your own person and make good choices. I'm here to tell you how

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  consider to be “the most exciting thing i did over CPW.”   I stole a ... the VHS player show up on the tv (it had to be on channel 2 for whatever ... be the “King of Steak” and all the teenage workers treated him like

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  Although it may not be as apparent as other aspects of MIT, the ... follows: the piece needs to be shaped/ sculpted out of wet clay, left out ... be too small, but you get the idea: [caption id="attachment_94577

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  bowlers in high school, Protobowl is the website that trivia nerds use to ... things since coming to MIT, which really makes me wonder what the space ... math problem that I was capable of doing in the tenth grade. These were

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  freshman year could be summed up by a tumblr post I saw the other day: you ... communities are comfortable. They may not exactly be “your people” all the time ... be off the meal plan and experience cooking for myself. Simmons has a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  How much is the application fee?

  The first-year application fee is $75, payable online with a credit ... one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver will not have any
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  'm here now, so it's okay! Or something like that. Moving on to the point ... at MIT. Can people opt out of the meal plan in order to make their own ... , Next House's Country Kitchen is in the basement). Unfortunately, living

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  . As a side note, I thought that when I came back to the US, it'd be a ... 's what led me to see life the way I do: The world isn't just something you ... place you live in everyday, and even if you think you live in the smallest

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  Over IAP, I joined the ranks of bloggers who have fallen into the ... anyone!) At the end of last semester, the [annotation note="the undergrad ... -- the banana lounge is actually an incomm project"]UA Incomm

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  myself on the ground floor of the building, pretending to be lost in the ... content warning: multiple mentions of suicide.     the friday before the last one, i received some bad news. one of my close

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  , but for hers. Think of the children. Also, you shouldn't be driving in ... cowboys have gone. Gemma '06 is ambivalent about being named the Australian ... , because the lobsters looked a little unwell and there didn't seem to be any

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  21st Century Education? Food for thought.

  

  out of the 20th century. So putting this in the context of your college education, here are a few questions: 1. What are the skills you hope to develop the most in college? 2. What are the most important classes

  • by Bryan
  • December 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  MIT Graduation Webcast You can watch MIT's Commencement live and online.

  

  "pregame show" will continue until 10:00am, when the Commencement Exercises ... , including the Commencement Address by Ben Bernanke PhD '79, Chairman of the ... Webcast here The webcast begins at 8:20 am Eastern Daylight Time with a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006