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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  flaws. MIT is only a 15 minute walk across the Harvard bridge and the ... extremely addicting) and watch reruns of Top Chef (there is a blatant abuse of ... my disappearance from the blogosphere. I’ve been meaning to post a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  eating everything at eastern edge a rave review of a new food hall!

  

  places to try food. Eastern Edge is a new food hall located right in the ... surprise of the evening, it was a latte that I both enjoyed the taste of and ... cuisine, and coming from Colorado where there is a decent amount of really

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  , and some visits to firms like Eleven, THE MEME, and even a hardware accelerator called Bolt. They also get a chance to explore the city of Boston ... participated in as a freshman... and now help coordinate! During the short

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  that’s kind of what everybody else wanted to do in a VR space too. The ... learning so much and it's all going to be worth it in the end. There's just ... designed to kindle the creativity again, and it is so liberating.

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  encouraged to use in official communications. The title is a little misleading ... news. To be clear, this idea is different from the push to integrate a ... further than this and rejects the notion that the language we use to refer

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  , and there will be ample space in the application to explain any issues ... Secondary School Report. We have always said that it is most important to get ... do to help us (and you) is make explicit in their letters any
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  door, Bryan was like "Laura! OMG we have to take a picture now that there ... classes that last an hour or two, and the idea is that you should teach ... .606: Introduction to Stagecraft. How awesome is that? Here's the course

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  , that is precisely why I paid money to have holes put in my body. And then ... and said the piercing would feel like a shot. He told me to take a deep ... horribly in a Mathcounts competition, so my mom and I decided that I should

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Guest Post] A Day in the Life of a Clown College Student by Joy X. Clown College ‘29

  

  look where I am now! …that is, soaked and sleepy with Entry of the ... unicycle) and unicycle my way to class.  A common question that us Clown ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0CyOAO8y0 It’s a special day for me, because on the same day last

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  of femininity to me, the height of girly-girl-ness, and that’s in part ... ” a bad thing--who wanted to be a girly girl??? Not me! I was rough and ... “girly girls” were smart. When I grew up a little I started to feel the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  'd imagine -- and sometimes, that picture in your head is a bit off -- like ... Mauritius (Geraldine), and of course to meet many of the parents, too (hi ... 's photos Rob's photos Ash's photos Eric's photos CPW is a crazy time for us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  lines, it's refreshing for others to embrace and impart a message that is ... serve and change the world here, and refreshingly, that drive to do so ... laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  Dining is a hot topic here, and rightfully so 'cause a tooling MIT ... fruit in the form of a campus produce stand that will open for business ... affordable. Modi, who called the fruit and vegetable stand idea a "unanimous

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  the housing booklet. I took that thing to classes and bragged to my ... salad), the Next Big Mailing represents a lot of decisions you'll have to make for the future, and a lot of those decisions involve advising. When

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings

  

  MIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP if requested. There is a whole MIT community that can’t wait to meet you. Congratulations and ... their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2017. If there's an

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  considering that I had a flight the next morning. on Friday, I woke up and ... the floor trip we take to Maine each November, except that California is ... that the semester is getting intense, I can't help looking back and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  , let's just say that the day was spent in a weird state of being ... breakfast sandwich and run across campus to the Koch Institute. I stepped ... . We had a microquiz in 6.0001 (Introduction to Python) that I didn

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  .” (It turned out we had to make a pros and cons list with the two halves ... and I made a meme shirt, which riffed off the MIT logo. We advertised to ... don’t have a superbly high risk tolerance and the start-up world is so

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  ) is the amount of dedication they put to everything that they do, and ... the program, there is an online application form, and a 10 minute ... , at that point, it wasn't really my decision, and there were a lot of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  breathe. Earlier today I got a haircut in the South End and I opted to ... the holiday decorations, and explore a part of the city I rarely get to ... the semester. We're almost there. 3 more weeks to go. Here's to a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018