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• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence halls. You can read more about housing on our page Housing at MIT. Just as important as where you live is what and how you eat. At MIT, you may
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  inevitably care for me in my old age to play music that I actually like.   ... whole phase in October where I listened to Cab Calloway's version of "St ... : "Sweet Leilani" by Bing Crosby (1956) Tastebreakers playlist: how can an

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I'm in ... when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I ... made oats in the same pan, and was about to do the chicken, too, when I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  concern. But in honor of "Patriot's Day" (I honestly never quite figured ... project in case you couldn't come to CPW and see it for yourself), but I ... . As you can see, I spent some quality time exploiting the kid for my own

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  resolutions I accomplished in this list, as well. 2021 Resolutions Go to a ... History. In Chicago, I visited the Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry. And finally, in Seattle, I visited Museum of Pop Culture

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  ? Everyone! Even those already accepted in Early Action.   When should I ... Midyear Report.   Got it. Ok, how do I fill this thing out? The ... the MYR is February 15th. How do I fill out the grades section?  

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  In my last entry, I left you with this teaser: "I will reveal the #1 place to watch the fireworks in my next entry." Without further ado... 1 ... ). For an inspiring and entertaining read, I highly recommend the in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  : Just how would I break the search engine?" said Smith, 18, a Hollis ... : Lawrence Academy senior Quentin Smith works on an independent project in his office on the school's campus in Groton, Mass., May 19, 2006. Smith, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  to admit to how many episodes of MTV's Super Sweet Sixteen I watched in ... CONTESSA blog entry to me. I know how much that entry must mean to him, judging by how many times I heard that "good neighbor policy" story

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  , and feeling all right about it because I only had to be somewhere in the ... good... besides, I'm more productive in the morning when everyone and ... how much I wanted to come here! - and now I'm here, and it's been two

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  stumble across. in my time, I've heard it being used for parties, scavenger ... 're graded based on how well you can adhere to them. Karyn stated that many of ... installation in April, but you can still check out her other work here and her

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  the first day. How did I find myself at one of the most incredible ... who were interning in NYC. They didn't have a couch, I literally just ... either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  Kathy's post (A Day in the Life...), but I should also point out that the ... successfully, i.e. earning first-degree class marks on the exams. In particular ... glory. I have to say that I also feel like I learned and retained more in

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  (any % although whole is more manly) 2) You can't vomit I'm the one in ... So, now that you're on campus, you have all this free time, right? I ... 't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Full Reading Day So far you're all awesome, of course.

  

  camera phone here at the library.) I sit in the same chair every day and try to look mysterious so that other people in the library will think I ... monotonous. The setting? Indeed. But in the same way that a good book can carry

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  describe how I’ve been feeling, but I know there was a point in the past when ... thing, though, it’s more just an observation. One way to describe how I ... your own internal state, and I keep noticing in various unrelated

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  yourself to explore your options. Nine months ago, I was in the middle of a ... taken were very much geared towards science.  But after my work in LA, I ... in Sweden, I realized what I had to do.  I called the artist, Jane

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  Square Theater, ticket in one hand and notebook in the other, I wasn ... mathematician, I wasn't sure exactly how I would relate. I had seen the theater ... in the arts faculty that I finally decided to check it out and squeeze

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  under the bed. I can see the floor of my room, for the first time in days ... more interested in sophomores or juniors. I do not have a resume. The ... What I acquired from the MIT Career fair last Thursday: 29 pens

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  . Last week, I attended a fascinating xTalk by Professor Shailendra Raj ... . ________________________ Imagine: you are a prospective university student in India, 600 BC ... development of higher education in India. After the final five Indian

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016