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• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  beginning to get the hang of how to be at MIT, how to make the most of the resources here, how to be someone how can let this place change their life. it ... what a strange feeling it is to be in your last semester at MIT

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a ... do my part in trying. A smile can go a long way. It is not my job to ... vaccine to low-resource communities? How do we counter the economic and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  , until this summer when I officially moved to live in a hotel (aka Maseeh ... you in high school who want a taste of MIT culture from home and to ... frequent the blogs would love to stalk learn about one of the new bloggers

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  major in social science. If I had studied social science prior to college ... STEM and liberal arts. In another place, perhaps I wouldn’t have dared to ... in. I would’ve gone to the “right” college for the wrong reasons. So

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  surgeon. In his senior year of college, he decided to take the MD-PhD route ... Brass Rat.” In addition to pushing its students to, he notes that ... (competitive tennis and soccer) in addition to the classic science and math clubs

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / CPW

  an orange tour 🍊🍊🍊

  

  me. Isolated color is a fun lens in which to view the world. I hope you ... through a website on the Google Chrome app on my iPhone so pls forgive the ... compelling. I went down the list, and orange felt just right: rare enough to be

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • April 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  's a step in a proof I have trouble motivating, and thinking about how to ... aspects of) the world. What's not to love? As for how I got interested in ... this year in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange program. Possibly due to his

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  Reddit and ask how to be safer in the city, only to be met with friends and ... didn't know how to get home. warriors parade The Warriors happened to ... and live in a country that I haven't lived in before, I want to explore

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... with regulations. they get too attached to their murals, which makes

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  couple babies! But how did the little spiders get all the way to Lobby 7 ... Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya ... a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  The time is 11:23 am, and I am sitting in the Student Center. Then to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the ... , Huanan. My fraternity little brother, David. He decided to not smile in

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  strains. My role in the project is to figure out how to deliver these si ... slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... siRNAs to prevent and treat influenza virus infection in mice. If all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  pair of socks) but I came just in time to hear one of the Google ... out my resume to several other companies (which would result in several ... the twenty minutes or so prior to the first call. I was in my room

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  pay $26 for a ride--after all, you can just get upperclassmen to to tell ... . The other third of you are actually going to live in Boston! When other ... out of your dorm and take the T down to South Station, you can get on a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  . With Pass/No Record in place to make the transition easier, first ... . The primary time to have fun during the year lies in breaks. Whether ... forward to another great one. Tune in next time for a post about IAP, all of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  . During my time in NROTC, I have learned how to budget my time efficiently ... phones of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center by 0615; just in time to catch ... relates to Navy ROTC, or why I am participating in so many activities during

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  , according the ALS Association's website. Reif dedicated the event to Karolina ... video was to compete, I would have to get a great view. Shuffling my way ... university president. My favorite example of such continues to be MIT President

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  lesson in Italian: "Voray ordinare" Translation: I would like to order ... Pizza Now here in the US, I've heard this pizza referred to as a "Blonde ... joke that I'm not going to say in my blog for fear of offending my yellow

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  . ... Without laws of nature to anchor them, algorithms used in such subjective ... television to broadcasting." In other words, analogies matter. They form the ... in relation to debates over the ability of the Federal Communications

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016