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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  coming to MIT, I would say ‘ah yeah that’s true…’ occasionally, but I ... , but rather numbered. Or that we introduce our majors by number (“I’m a ... 18.701 to 701, I keep thinking you’re talking about biology

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• 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?

  

  IT SOB OK I THINK IT WORKS NOW LMK IF IT BREAKS Let us know what you ... -turned-blog-idea on the MIT class of 2029 Discord Server, where I was helping out ... each of our dorms has its own traditions, in-jokes, and lifestyles. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  , in the forecast, there was very little actual snow expected, but when I ... matter in the entire month…until Friday," to which I say, "weak sauce ... , snowflakes drift down to the ground. I think part of it is that these memories

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  years ago I received my temporary housing assignment (Simmons), and since being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system (West Campus, East Campus, Off-Campus). And from those experiences I think

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  It's July again, which means that: I started a co-op Stardew ... gardening when I can to stay cool during extreme heat waves I'm fleeing to the mountains for a much-needed vacation, where I will sit in backyards

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  information session with a primer on our mission, so I think it would be ... I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... there were many issues that we wrestled with, the topic that I found most

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  blogger application." While some days I'm in Cambridge at the MIT Welcome Center, most of my summer is spent in Framingham, where: I go on my ... "]an açaí tradicional,[/annotation] and sometimes to [annotation note="What I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... ), would have been yesterday had the events of the past couple of months not ... to hunt them down.[/annotation] All of this is realistic as well, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  . Last Thursday, I attended a Science Journalism panel sponsored by the MIT ... science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in science journalism would be like. Even at the undergraduate level, there

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  Your Mystery Hunt puzzle of the day: Dead and Gone I finished up ... , so I pulled up today's IAP calendar and realized that in 10 minutes, a director would be screening a really interesting documentary over in Building

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  how Chiron, the wisest of the centaurs, would have wanted his legacy to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.

  

  pumpkin meet the ground in McDermott Court? How much time, in seconds, does ... speculated that if we knew exactly why the pumpkin had thought that we would

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  finally started snowing. * * * i'm excited to report that two things i ... sports news -- specifically, how do reporters write differently about black ... last month. here's an excerpt: How do you know if you have a moral

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the past year went well, what didn't go well, and what I could've done better. But, as much as we can learn from ourselves, I believe we can also learn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'll entertain you with a list of my ... programming, game theory. My comments: The description sounded fun. I want to ... . Enrollment limited to 15. My comments: I don't even need this class. I already

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  participating in art, dance, or theatre for just as long. I mean, you ... . Not really. It only seems old because that’s how old you are ... who start your age or older. It’s like, when I was six, I

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  . I don't know about you, but I think that's a lot to take in all at once. I still haven't even read all of them. Which is my loss, really. Maybe someday I will. With over 2,500 blog entries, you might think that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  commonplace, and I remember that my mom would whisk me off to the doctor for ... Now with my internship going into its 8th week, I figured I should write something about what I'm doing. =p This really has nothing to do

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  the event. Several commented on the fact that I have (almost ... developments, I will soon gain access to the front of my cerebral cortex, where ... special solar car t-shirt. The day continued to be delightful. I got more

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  housemasters' dogs (confession: I'm not entirely sure whether the dogs have ... mutter to yourself, "what have I even done with my life?" Oftentimes, this ... once. I had this moment most recently while sitting in my 18

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013