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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  video game. To reject that younger version of myself by consuming media at ... casual-enjoyment category. But then season two dropped at the end of July ... club at their school and have to dodge all sorts of trouble to achieve

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  arts at MIT, though, this post will just serve as a log of art ... ="aligncenter" width="550"] interior of the MIT shuttle at night[/caption] [caption id ... outlines of strangers at Peet’s, or crack open an old notebook and see marker

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  any of the vending machines at MIT were, so we wound up walking up the ... naturally, I set out for the nearest and most convenient source of soda ... found another cluster. I ended up getting coffee instead of soda and also

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  eyelash. He was quiet for a couple of minutes, stared off at the wall, then ... 'd already thought of that. At 12:55pm, I found myself outside my 8 ... through some possible courses of action, and settled on: moping. First, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  Learning at MIT is not about memorizing formulas, but understanding ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote ... getting in the way of their schoolwork.
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have a diverse group of ECs (just like the MIT student body) and they may have somewhat different styles of how the conversations will go, the main

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  the most general sort of advice I can offer. If you (mostly juniors, but ... in terms of general advice, let's see. There are no specific activities ... traditionally-thought-of-as-MIT-ish things like science fairs or math competitions

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  years together, and they were three of the most formative years of my life ... been retrofitted with an i7 processor, 256 GB of SSD storage, and 16GB of ... coding pset at MIT and every pset afterwards for three years. It ran my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the President of MIT?

  Sally A. Kornbluth is the 18th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kornbluth follows L. Rafael Reif, who led MIT for a decade and stepped down as president at the end of 2022.
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is CSAIL?

  When people think of MIT, they think of computers, robots, and internet—CSAIL is all of those things. The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  . The pace at which he thinks of ideas and puts the pedal to the metal is ... , but as the frontman of a punk rock band. I was a junior at MIT and went ... decade ago, since I spent my entire time at MIT grappling with the idea of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  . Boston’s wealth of seafood does not stop at lobsters – the oysters produced ... . Now, allow me to present the sequel to my assortment of culinary ... to shutdowns, and some people lost their sense of smell due to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  mirror (used to take a picture of me). Chris showed up at 6 and then ... coffee at the hotel was the bottom of the pot and burnt, not a pleasant way ... redeemed at the Livescribe table we had set up in a central part of campus

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  , which runs throughout the month of January"]IAP.[/annotation] I also got hit with a case of writer's block, so I went through at least five ... the wall collect a whole box-full of water bottles so we could make a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7:15PM ET!

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my fellow FIRST alumni out there, it's sort of like FRC, but for products ... work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  practically done everything my school has to offer and am also the president of ... address an email to Stu Schmill, Director of the Educational Council, at ... of the devil, so I don't want to unless it's necessary. At any rate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  off the train, I was greeted by a gulf of freezing wind. I mean ... tunnels instead of freezing and trying to make my way through snow ... path. And somehow I made it to the other side of campus. Somehow. But

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  "] some of my living community at the screening (featuring a slightly ... M[/embed]   At the time of the first viewing, my living group was scattered ... 't been able to live with my community for the majority of my time at MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  at Spark” and a collective mural to help create a sense of community at ... trying to find disinfecting spray at Target at the beginning of this school ... of the class in small groups staring at a blackboard and talking about

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  job to stop him! At 12:17pm today, hundreds of hunters gathered in ... picture. Third: Turn the cookies at the bottom of the picture into letters ... Mystery Hunt has begun! Prof. Moriarty from the Evil Institute of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006