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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  geeky awesome? There must be something in the water. That might also ... The Forbes blogs broke an interesting story early last week that I ... blogs that aren't MIT Admissions blogs, I'll sum it up for you: The US

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  smuggled out of dinner. Now, you may be wondering, is the above: 1) a ... sub-par metaphors that, upon deeper analysis, actually expound on the ... questions. One could certainly argue that the connotation of the word

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  how much that would be appreciated, though... The EMT class is much ... still glad to be in it. When I interviewed for the class a few months ago ... of being in the class. Imagine how excited I was to have made the cut

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

  

  hidden crannies waiting to be discovered.) I took the opportunity to bring ... At the start of this month, I had the chance to eat at a Studio ... extremely excited when I heard about the upcoming pop-up from Gilford T '26

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled ... fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning, boys. How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT in honor of International Women's Day

  

  class of 2016) released a report on the status of undergraduate women at MIT, sharing and analyzing the findings from an extensive survey designed and administered in 2014. The takeaway: young women at MIT are every

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  center of the city, right where I want to be. There's so much waiting and ... wrote down "computer science" on the line of my application indicating my intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  the fancy shit. You knew it would be good when the names of the pizza ... A bit ago, the larger group my UROP lab is a part of had a free lunch event. I was initially hesitant about going since it seemed like the event

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  be wondering how the night of the ring delivery unfolded. It went ... at roughly the same time she said it. Could be why we're friends.) Even ... 'm nearly halfway done.) But let me start with the most important part: I am

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  from the first 8.01 physics test, thanking all the powers that be for ... because I thought I’d be spending the rest of my night on the erg. On the ... that had been left after the rest of the rejects of the art lottery that

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  be re-written from the ground up because the writers find a plot hole ... just knew deep down in my bones that it would be ours. Then the game ... manila envelopes lay on the floor, most of them only partially filled with

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  -notch engineering and science programs, this school actually has the resources to ... writing and the visual arts. But more importantly, we believe that we can tap into the wealth of creative gems embedded in all the scientific

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  what...October 2? o_____O One of my favorite stanzas to the Engineer's Drinking Song goes like this: An MIT surveyor once found the gates of Hell He looked the devil in the eye, and said "You're looking well" The

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  . To be honest, the food tastes a little too "healthy" for me, but plenty ... Last Thursday, I went to “Food Truck 101: The Conference”, a 4-hour ... planning to go to the Nate Silver event the same evening -- but that’s okay

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  Stanford pen because I really liked the campus but staying here over CPW I ... like it here despite the weather. MIT rules!!" -actual '14 testimonial ... happens every year). Starting from meeting a couple dozen of you at the i

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  movies related in some form or fashion. It has the potential to be an ... As I've mentioned before, each semester the bloggers all get a ... are Wednesdays with that gap in the middle, but the rest is pretty full

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  a UROP! I never thought I'd be joining the ~85% of the MIT population ... entire week free from classes! Back in high school spring break was in the middle of April, but here it's at the end of March. Most other colleges

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  mortar to hold together. And of course the machine should be fast and ... On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D ... importance (biking for fun, blogging, sleep) but hey, saving the world involves

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  understands how I feel about being stuck in an Athena cluster generating graphs all night, it is this disgruntled bull. Although the 22 other students in the cluster with me may have some idea as well. ...On an almost

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  's something to avoid if you can. It's unlikely to be the difference between ... errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about using spell check for that. More often, I see spelling errors in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008