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• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  , but I love the aesthetic. This is the San Francisco Museum of Modern ... Covering my walls in postcards and various other pieces of paper is my preferred method of decoration. I've covered pretty much every wall

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  MIT Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep understanding, and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere ... Mehta, The University of the Future: Lessons from a 2600 Year History

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  of working in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, or San Francisco ... whole bunch of other responsibilities, it's tempting to just veg out on ... summer! You can resist. You have many more options of things to do with

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  I don’t know how it started exactly–a nice lug of canvas here, a floppy rectangle of yellow there. I tried my best to retreat under the guise of functionality: this one’s dark enough to hold tubes of paint, and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  most pressing global challenge of our time. Solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change require an understanding of both the Earth system and engineering applications—as well as an understanding of human and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  culture at MIT. MIT has a lot of students who are creative, self ... . Now, Mark could do a lot of things in a lot of organizations, and all of ... . When I'm not doing homework, I'm writing programs and taking pictures of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  . ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars ... here's just one example of a) how hands on the class is, and b) how it ... ? Charcoal is the product of incomplete combustion of organic matter. This

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  ★ a recounting of Premiere (Oops, it’s been like 1.5 months since) Ring Premiere happened! For almost a year now, I’ve had the privilege of being on the Class of 2026 Ring Committee! Ring Committee, also known as

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  beautiful, inspirational maxim: Nearby were posted similar words of wisdom. Clearly, I’m not a fan of trite platitudes. I got a collection of ... finished redecorating my dorm room to constantly remind me of my

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  've been insanely busy reading thousands of applications - probably many of ... cool that I just heard about recently... One of my very good friends ... -founder, Chris '09, and one of my other friends, Scot '08). They founded a start

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  of Intuition   The deadline to accept college admissions offers is only a week ahead, so I thought I would share some of the things I’ve learned about making decisions in life. Some of you probably received offers

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  when I'm in San Jose. At the beginning of the season, I envisioned that ... would adapt and adjust to the rigor and intensity of the course load, if I ... constantly am reminded by the opportunity cost of training and competing full

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  , where I suddenly had an infinite amount of time to respond in a way that ... asleep and the story continued. Eventually, I’d be wrenched out of the world that the random firing of my neurons had created for me, but, for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  , the hostel bed is very cozy and has lots of wool blankets and a big ... Ecuador!) and gazing at Cotopaxi. t When I finally dragged myself out of ... with tomato, coffee, yoghurt and granola, a cup of all kinds of fresh

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the ... Class of 1985, has been named the Executive Chairman & President of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  Having received my MIT degree in Management Science, I'm still on the mailing list of the Sloan Undergraduate Management Association, or (SUMA). I ... Sloan Trading Room, E52-010 (Basement of E52

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  as large-scale or well-known as that of its nearby Ivy-league counterpart, there is still a contingent of incredibly talented, committed ... on a series of fantastic shows each term. This term I've been

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  excited for everything that I have lined up! This sort of breaks down into ... for the rest of my MIT career, honestly) because I'm finally done with ... 'm ecstatic about, because I didn't particularly enjoy many of the required

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  time I went to San Diego Comic Con to talk about the Riri Pi Day video ... little distance I can manage. I have a fear of appearing too crufty, so ... be more involved in some of my former student groups, I intentionally

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  In the first installment of "Making the Switch," Melissa '11 asked ... starts. i open the door to the quad only to see that none of my roommates are there yet the bottom bunks have all already been claimed. so of

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007