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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  We’re approaching the end of the semester with remarkable velocity ... classes have already assigned the final pset of the year. Post ... the first floor of Burton-Conner (and by first I mean second, because we

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  . Throughout my childhood, a small walk in closet in the basement of my house was ... !). Birthdays and Christmas were the only days of the year on which we'd actually ... got to do the same thing! Except instead of LEGOs, we started with a

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  other interns…as well the quirky side of Beijing. A few days ago, an ... 's just say, at the bottom of everything was a turd. That would be me and ... This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  branded balloons are tied to the mailbox. There is a poster of the Dome on ... going to one. There's still some happening the second half of this week ... wrote this post with the uncomfortable help of The Most Dangerous Writing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  when I read the Admissions Blog entries of a certain biology major (thanks, Mollie!), MIT rose to the top of my list. Even so, I couldn't help ... nerdy side of things, I also joined the MIT Science Fiction Society at the

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  preparedness for this next stage of my life. More specifically, the independence ... and the people around me that the realization of me having this much ... making decisions. Because at the end of the day, you aren’t alone. Yes, I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The summer begins…

  

  Now that I've completed the FEE, it's time for the math diagnostic. I ... and housing lottery preferences. With most of this behind me, it feels ... this weekend to explore some of Europe by rail, and I promise to post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  reality halfway around the world, but I’m sure a lot of you have heard all ... niche in the giant machine of moving parts that is college? I was sure ... , waistlines be damned. Of course she would always foot the bill because she

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

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  this series of directions to follow to find the train home. START HERE ... 's Dashboard Dilemma Seventeenth in the Case of the Sleeping Dog Tenth in the ... hopes to find a coin hidden somewhere on MIT's campus typically over the

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window

  

  's a screenshot from the Neri Oxman episode of "Abstract: The Art of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 21, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  of MIT in the game Minecraft. And given how dedicated, ambitious, and ... members of the MIT community, from prefrosh to grad students, are helping ... played it before in my life or even held the slightest bit of interest in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to become the antidote to my homesickness. I’ve always been a fan of the St ... [/caption] Suddenly, the end date for my stay was years away instead of days or weeks

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  them, canker sores are circular ulcers that appear on the soft tissue of ... layer of skin dissolves, exposing the nerve endings, so whenever the sore ... the years, I've tried a lot of remedies to ease the pain. Here is how

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  ’ve forged plenty of fantastic memories of the Friendly Toast. It was my go ... of a coffee machine somewhere. Quirky knick-knacks dot the lime ... seem too long for the rest of his body. He folds and unfolds his arms

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  defined by Wikipedia: "the act of engaging in activities (such as ... entry of computer systems. Hacking is no less than the building of the ... . The second-place-winning project of HackMIT 2013, in the making. I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  can to travel alone internationally for the first time. Of course I ... attempt to grasp harder leads to doubts of whether the memory had been real ... finding authenticity – the feeling of being in a completely different world

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  Whenever I hear the term “open house,” I think of panthers ... fans by the way), and the panther was lost in the process of moving in. MIT is having an open house of its own this weekend, which will be the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  had the added bonus of being a great excuse to procrastinate studying ... the sacrifice. By some stroke of luck, I found a large cookie platter at ... . The morning of, Anoushka and I got to work in the kitchen, but waiting

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2010! By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube".

  

  By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube". Let me hear from you! Are you excited? Are we your number one choice? Do you have reservations? Are you still in shock? Drop the Nance

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  the construction.         If the density of ... ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way ... Brothers greet the late-comers with a barrage of snowballs. Many athletes

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012