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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  ," as it was known then, was established in the Back Bay in 1865, but ... early 1900s, MIT was quickly outgrowing its Back Bay campus. The leaders ... but there wasn’t any room to do that in the Back Bay. In search of a new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.

  

  . ;-) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230253143995 We

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in so long! My friend Rose '05 came to visit, and we took a mini-trip to Santa Cruz, Capitola, Monterey, and Watsonville. We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is rated the #3

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  -S requirement and luckily for me 9.00 is offered in the spring time! I'm really ... -paying and bigger internship offers and I feel like I've sold myself short in the internship process by accepting the first offer I got. It's a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  , State, and Utopia in 1974. This book would capture the public imagination ... controversial claim of Anarchy, State, and Utopia is that the only justified ... or theft. Or in its own words, “the minimal state is the most extensive

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  studying, I'm on fire. But it's often hard to get into that state of high and ... state trumps 3 hours of distracted studying, so I try my best to set myself up for frequent maximal states of flow. Then comes the hard part

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  large masses of land, where cows on drives are common, and the state ... to MIT. They offer perspectives that are grounded, innovative, and

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  really teach the students that they have so much to offer their future ... state.I enjoyed helping host this visit for many reasons. It was great to

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  offering me so much opportunity. How dare I feel like this is all too much? I ... feel stupid. I made poor decisions that got me into this state where my

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  Collegiate Athletic Association, which is the organization in the United States ... step is having all of the academics lined up because MIT does not offer

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  checkboxes this semester in a list

  

  things I did:  [caption id="attachment_83837" align="alignright" width="225"] quogs in a 'metastable state'[/caption] spent more time ... word for sarcasm and somehow, he still remembered it this year. I offered

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  supplemental portfolios may feel especially useful. We offer portfolios of the ... do your best to build a portfolio within the stated parameters. I

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  I spent this summer in a relatively “chill” state. My UROP that I did for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that ... doing things well to try to get a return offer, I could essentially focus

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  students were always happy to offer solutions and advice.  As it goes in most ... didn’t know what state our robot was currently in, or if we were going to

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  and its surrounding forest into a state reservation, complete with ... this philosophy to its extreme, rejecting an offer at Apple (!!!) and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  that whenever you go to the doctor's office and state your birth date ... , looking for a place to crank out 20 minutes' worth of a pset. I offered him

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  ? Yeah, they would probably be worried about my mental state, and scramble ... imagine what it would be like to have people around me offering sympathy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  for the night - she offered to bake the cake for me. LIFE SAVED ... more to do with his concern for my sleep-deprived state and less to do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  (Provincetown, Cape Cod). Carpooling along the cement veins of deserted state ... offer. Around 11 pm, I left the house for a walk to the beach

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  classes even though they're not technically offered by the HASS department ... at the Granite State Regional last weekend... It was wicked awesome

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006