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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  profanities at him until he’s in the bus and out of sight. I turn around, and people are staring at me. Their expressions are variations of a theme ... calm and I’m thinking of their kid in the back seat. And I’m staring at

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  existentialist crisis at the end of sophomore year, when I realized that I hadn' ... gave a decade-by-decade look at the history of the Institvte, and helped ... historian of my undergraduate dormitory East Campus, here at the Massachusetts

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  4th and Goal – College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  meshed at the end of the year and we’d spend every friday hanging out in ... [The following is a collection of ramblings and memory unloadings ... titled each document “I miss application season,” but over the course of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things in My MIT Household that just make sense

  

  'd say we're managing to keep our heads above the water...at best. Living ... 've got a shit ton of other stuff and I figured they were worth sharing, so here are some highlights. Our MIT Wall This is one of the first things

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  This is a short appreciation post for fun., one of my favorite bands ... right now. It feels as if my schedule this semester doesn’t have a lot of ... happens between 11 AM and 3 PM. I guess part of it is just because my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  ’m improving as a person both in and out of the classroom. At the same time, I ... March was the busiest month at MIT so far. It truly felt like it was ... belief. Now, as Spring Break comes to close, and the month of April has

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  inordinate amount of time sitting at my desk. As a student studying computer ... driveway as I had done thousands of times before (driving was weird in and of itself), it felt foreign, nothing like walking through the familiarity of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  Natalya Brikner and the judging panel   At the beginning of this year ... I look at the clock - it's 5 am. I started working at 3 pm. What just ... very few undergrads (Now I'm excited a lot more of my undergrad friends

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  of costumes worn during the day around MIT's campus. I personally was ... weird being out of the norm. It's strange that I still feel that way, like ... dressed out of the norm. Wearing just a flannel shirt is out of the norm

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  last year, so decisions came out at something like 9:30 AM on a Saturday morning (Pacific time). During that time, I was scheduled to be at a day ... thrill of waiting for the admissions results page to load by proxy, via my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  falling under the term: every branch of engineering - from aeronautics, to ... seemingly only a science in a purely semantical sense, is a hidden gem here at the Institute. More importantly, in ways, it's a bit of an art, too

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  of being back and Matt McGann and Chris Peterson have already called me ... (biological engineering) sophomore (whaaat, I'm not the baby of campus anymore?? Crap.) here to tell you about life at this "quirky and special" place. I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  Due to an Act of God, I am in the shiny new JetBlue terminal at JFK ... informs you of the options you have, at which point you can decide what's best for you. I know you're all getting a ton of stuff thrown at you now

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  watching 230-lb guys (who can also throw a ball at 99 mph) Irish step dancing in their underwear. Who isn't a fan of that? Seeing as I fall into neither of these categories, I put off of grading 5.112 problem sets (which

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  -Hamentaschen debate. Some kind of party held at the height of Nelly's popularity, which ... : Pimp My Sukkah. Hello everyone! FYSH (first year students of Hillel) is ... decorating the Sukkah in the most fantastic of ways (think Pimp My Ride meets

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  nature of these photographs.) Since eating seafood at an overpriced ... the way down, we wanted to stop at the restaurant (Top of the Needle ... to celebrate the wedding of one of my floormates. She met her husband

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  and paint it back at the end of the year. Just so my readers know, I ... couple. :) Nicole R. asked: "Do most of the dorms have bunk beds or two seperate beds?" I can't speak for every dorm, but at East Campus, most rooms

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -every-birthday-card-in-a-cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the-potential-value-of-a-random-reciept-sentimental-types. We’ve always kind of been like this, and it wasn’t a problem in high ... and decided to give us a bag of things she no longer needed, but thought

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  150. At the same time, I bid the Class of 2011 goodbye with the promise ... to even realize…ways that will be a part of them when their time at MIT ... I’ve found myself being reflective recently about a lot of things. A

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in touch with one of my favorite English teachers - indeed, one of the best teachers I've ever had the privilege of taking classes with - from time to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011