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• Blog / Summer

  Short Story from Last Summer

  

  It is June of last year. I am interning at a medical devices company in Seaport and living near Kenmore Station, so my daily commute is either thirty minutes and…

  • by Sara N. '28
  • June 11, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  Come one, come all to CPW! I don’t know about you guys, but the energy on campus right now is absolutely amazing. The Infinite Coordidor is packed with hosts and…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  “Books wrote our life story, and as they accumulated on our shelves (and on our windowsills, and underneath our sofa, and on top of our ... discovery. Exaclty how this came to pass is a long story and I'll skip it here

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  I got the urge to write this short story about 2 days ago. Then, I decided to kind of throw most of my writing rules out the window and have ... . ***** The idea for this story came to me 2 days ago after a shower. I knew

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  In mid-December a friend of mine, Jared ’10, asked if I’d be interested in being on a team with him for a LEGO robot competition during IAP. It would be…

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  featuring stories that capture and communicate the richness and diversity of ... bits on the Cannon Hack and robotics, among other stories; Episode 2 ... the stories, and, yes, about the hosts. Please be honest in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Short Stories Description: Introduction to the short story. Students write stories and short descriptive sketches. Readings from European and American stories from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Class discussion of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  on the walls. The story is bizarre and not terribly positive, but it ... story as she moved in, and she was really interested, and thought it was ... rooms on hall contain history, history that's passed on through stories

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  decisions. The story makes all the choices, and you get to just sit back and ... living in other people’s stories that I don’t have time to live my own. But sometimes I don’t entirely feel like living my own story. I’ve occasionally

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  of great stories HelmetHub has given me: that one macgyver'd (if ... years worth of stories here captured through the eyes of the people who ... . Looking back, I can relate to so many of those stories, and I'm sure many of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  , you may be wondering why this is the story of the 5 Wits. Well, there

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  these stories were sad and hard to hear, but I also cried because of how ... with gun violence in high school), yet when I told this story at my ... any individual story that affects me at this point. Rather, it’s the

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  year that EA acceptees were sent cardboard tubes, I thought my story ... .) Since I just tried to rewrite this story and did so poorly, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  , books, shows, or short stories, science fiction always gives me an ... amazing layers and character lines that tie into one overarching story that ... earth and the show follows several different stories of characters all

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  Note: all stories below are unedited accounts of current and former students' MIT acceptance moments, prompted by a pre-Pi Day email thread ... .A. ‘19 Early Action story: The decision came out a couple hours after

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  If you are at all following the news, you’ll know that the US Congress just raised the debt ceiling, after a protracted deeply partisan debate. Just like every political debate,…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  their story was particularly relevant because this is the time when the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Video: Friendly Robots! Professor Cynthia Breazeal shows off her interactive robots.

  

  The PBS show NOVA scienceNOW had a wonderful story last week on MIT Professor Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group. It featured not only her robotic "children" like Leonardo and Kismet but also her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It includes a nice piece on MIT athletics as well as a Thanksgiving story. Zigzag is produced by Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) and is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ZigZag Episode 5 MIT's podcast has a new episode.

  

  Episode 5 (The Empire Strikes Back?) of MIT's experimental podcast ZigZag is now available, including stories about the 2.007 robotics competition and HawkCam. Marsha Bolton hosts this episode. Check it out: You

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2006