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  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  hometown, and has much to tell you about the virtues of serif fonts in this day and age. Boheng C. ‘28 from California, who has biked all the way from campus to beaches and shipyards, and liveblogged from the depths of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  sweeping vistas of Southern California. After hundreds of miles of riding ... joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego Springs, CA. The beautiful photos are by Peter Vanderwarker. All of them can

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  't know any seniors. This year, however, I knew tons of seniors, so there were plenty of people I could root for as they walked down the aisle proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  : the view from on top of Cambridge's tallest building. The MIT Radio ... stand inside !!!). We also spent a good deal of time taking in the view of ... . (All the beautiful photos in the rest of this blog post are by Leif C

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  .org/blogs/entry/thirteen-things-to-do-over-iap-1-5), I spent the first half of IAP in sunny California where 50 ... . I googled "how to write an ode" but then got distracted by one of my ... impression that they were tunnels in the most adventurous sense of the word

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  's charge for the graduates, the receipt of the diploma—these are pomp. The ... the Department of Education. At the end of my gap year between high school and college, I wrote a blog post quoting the chorus of At Least It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  ) MIT diploma We began closed beta testing of the game to our Early ... admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT education (burritos, roller coasters, and such) from the comfort of their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  and a fault. Because of one of my interviews, I got to go to California ... of recommendation and proceed to your personal statement, where you ... strangers.”) Have no fear; there is light at the end of the tunnel. Second

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Currently at Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square awaiting the arrival of ... ... try the Kickboxing PE Class Looking for History of Magic, try: 21A.211 ... Introduction to Astronomy Looking for Care of Magical Creatures, try 21H.909

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  City, California. The day of taping, I congregated in the first floor ... the bottom of this blog entry. You may have caught this news item ... . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  craziness of the semester is already over, that I have completed my finals and ... home, heading away from the bubble of MIT towards the place I grew up. I ... at MIT for only two and a half years of my life, compared to the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  The MIT Class of 2017 Brass Rat was revealed on February 13th during the 2017 Ring Premiere. I had the pleasure of serving on the 2017 Ring Committee, and I enjoyed designing our class's Brass Rat. As a lover of MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  train with my family, and Boston is now out of sight. I haven't managed to ... across the front of the student center and almost all the way to Mass Ave ... or so. Inside Johnson, I was struck by how many people in the Class of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  CPW doesn't get boring, even for current students. Despite many of us ... Independent Living Groups) in general put on a lot of events to dispel the myths of MIT fraternities and sororities and show what our communities are

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  , "undesignated" sort of means "same degree, fewer classes" -- many people, for ... In my last entry, Jonathan Foley asked an interesting set of ... kidding, but since we do have a lot of numbering systems at MIT, and since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  's campus. But lo and behold, yesterday I received my diploma. This won't be a ... am: Ah, the bond of the brass rat: At 9:45ish, we began to leave ... first three years of college (and currently my next door neighbor): Many

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  country to visit the great state of California!  Growing up on Long Island ... landing of Curiosity last summer while in California, and he says that he ... California! So of course, Herbert and I made out way out to Hollywood to see

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  this blogger does not exist join me in the uncanny valley

  

  A reader of the blogs emailed CJ the following, which CJ then ... generate blogger avatars, just for the fun of it. also there are different ... up my alley in terms of what I do for my UROP, so I gave it a shot this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 28, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  This is the third rush to happen since I graduated MIT. And most of the time, MIT is not at the forefront of my mind. I've got code to write ... remember feeling like a failure a lot. I remember being in a state of shock

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  a Master of Engineering degree in addition to their Bachelor of ... -level classes and a Master's thesis. An S.B. (Bachelor of Science) degree is ... .), which is why it's called a Master of Engineering degree and not a Master

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006