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• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  buildings at MIT have an even side and an odd side. Odd buildings are west of ... day of class. I know! It was terribly embarrassing. But I'm not an EECS major and I have no idea how to navigate all the crazy twists and turns of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  balls to carry to goals with a "ball gobbler" of two wheels at the front ... Electric Mayhem. But the biggest time sink of all of these is MASLab, the ... with that name after Brian '08, one of my teammates, said that on the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  finer points of life at MIT, we sat him down and had him help us with our ... freshmen dorms. At most other schools, all/most of the freshmen live together ... . Basically, they try to get rid of all of the overstock and damaged books, so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  the folks at the Annals of Improbable Research and hosted by Harvard and ... years of experience at MIT during Nobel week, I recommend getting there ... (Also see Bryan's entry) The first full week of October is always an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  night of sleep for a long time. The next morning I met Sara '11 at South ... is probably impossible any time of day during any time of the week at ... were no longer little pictures at the top of a web page. They're real

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  first time I even considered applying to MIT was in January of 2022, when I received a January MIT Newsletter and saw a summary of Ankita D. ‘23 ... anymore so! i am simply not an active-music-listening kind of guy" This

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  So, it's the middle of January and although it was an unseasonably ... take breaks from reading so I used one of them to take a quick walk around campus mid-afternoon today. I went by some of my favorite spots, the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  care of myself. I went to mental health & counseling at 10am, and I ... would have a class at 2:30pm, Industrial Ecology of Materials, which is a really cool class that lets us look at the life cycle of materials and the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  first at Head of the Charles and I want one more shot at the national ... lounge windows and play Smash and eat truly disgusting amounts of sushi at ... Every fall at MIT has felt like a new beginning. My freshman fall

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  studying for finals, of course). Turns out I'm bad at spreadsheets, so I just ... Baker respondents chose to eat at Maseeh, compared to only 31.3% of Maseeh ... -turned-blog-idea on the MIT class of 2029 Discord Server, where I was helping out

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  since starting college. I've made a ton of art for my clubs at MIT and for ... I found one of my old sketchbooks the other day. I'm ashamed that ... [/annotation] major at Tufts and invites me to a life drawing session the other day in a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  my work to my lack of self-esteem, because at least that, I know how to ... this Juanita of an open position, a medical technician or a nurse, at Allston or at Boston. I get maybe three or four of these calls per day. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  how much enjoyment I get out of yelling at the television during ... know, good schools and stuff and i have to get out of mit), internship at ... world. Hopefully, after four years of TFP, this hypothetical job will not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  transparent plastic top, this nautical party ship cost all of $10.99 at the ... My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch-long mattress in the middle of the Charles River, drifting underneath the hulls of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  , being physically, mentally and financially protected from the realities of what a lot of black people live through in this country. The fact remains ... bought by the blood, sweat and tears of the black men and women that came

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  amazed at just how much of a difference that kind of commitment makes ... running around out of control, so I figured I'd put it in an entry by itself. This is what got me going: Taking "advantage" of pass/no-record. "No

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  lovely springy pictures. This was drawn on one of the public ... the dome decoration is here.) It must have taken a lot of work and it really warmed my heart at a time when I was quite nervous about my next

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  . The Media Lab is much better at this sort of stuff than I am, after all ... , looking at projects that come out of the Media Lab reminds me of how badly I ... I emerge from three weeks of being fairly hosed WITH MORE COOL DATA

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  meets girl. Girl falls for boy. Boy and girl combine their knowledge of ... accessories. OK, so maybe it′s not that common of a story. Regardless, what ... on the leading edge of a growing fashion trend. More and more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... that a while when we were walking and later eating at a quiet thai ... when walking home, feeling happy and full with a sunset hot at our backs

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008