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• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  ? What's the procedure for declaring a department, and are students locked ... great and I hope it's a good fit for me. And if I end up there, you ... cheerleading and research?" I do have a paper which is currently in revision for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  , I lost too many opportunities to bond with friends and neighbors. Cook-for ... just microwaving a frozen meal in a cook-for-yourself community. And ... -MIT subscription food services that offer more flexibility and clarity for a larger

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  . It's a day long ordeal, with the actual career fair running from 10am to 3pm and then the banquet and afterparty following in the upcoming ... at Umeqo. I went with my friend and old roommate Anji after tucking in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  've been a bit sad this week, and many of you have been wondering why: "you ... look forward to bumping into them on the Infinite and watching them grow ... letters is as heartbreaking for me as any acceptance letter is happy. And

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  simply an in-person inpatient hospitalization that lasted for a week, and ... all fought for me and with me. And I made it through. Just like they all ... a really good time with friends. I went to the movies, I waded in the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  and looked around the courtyard… only to find a complete lack of wood to ... basement, and after hosing them off for a while we deposited them in the ... been covered with plywood and then heavy-duty plastic sheeting, covering

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  , and so we proceeded at a crawling pace for a number of miles. Eventually ... both at the ideas I have for revisions and the original quality of the ... and the fries were good. Paolo also got me a soda; I had asked for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  opportunity to meet with other students who find film a fascinating and ... auditions for tv shows like Beauty and the Geek. There are also a number of ... precious and inspiring, and its taught me to look for art in unexpected

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  be helpful, too, and for many students/families can be a more ... scholars, 2) are not awarded annually, but on a less frequent basis, and 3 ... , where I have a membership card and rent videos (my last rental: K3G, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  , and is consistent with a set of key principles, including non ... disobedience for the benefit of society. We’re seeking both expected and ... , and the freedom to innovate, for example). Disobedience Award objectives

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  "]REX[/annotation] chair for Next House. This was a stressful time—along with a co-chair and ... acquainted with them, they might have a strong preference for a particular sub ... unstressed during these times—on Thursday, for example, a storm blew in and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  where I try to communicate my vision and they make it into a reality. For ... on the idea, and came up with options (1, 2, and 3 ). I gave feedback ... ways to interact with each other and their environment. Coming up with a

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  of my blankets for them to cuddle with at night, and then they suddenly ... quite a bit of time in Ilani’s room. For the summer, though, PUF was living with me on 5w in EC, and got to freely wander around the Wood

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  and get an ad for body wash where everyone is talking with a British ... knife. I was stuck sawing through fish and raw potatoes with a butter ... and I both take frequent breaks blogging because creativity takes a lot

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  ... Nervous Systems jewelry and accessories began with a very common story. Boy meets girl. Girl falls for boy. Boy and girl combine their knowledge of ... NewsDaily about designing jewelry with a computer, making art with fluids and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  . What are you doing in 21E? Like Danny and Allan, I am a 21E major with ... minor in CMS, or double major in CS and CMS, or do a major in CS with only ... every summer at MIT with great prospects and opportunities and a steady

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  so we (me and another very close friend) met him for a meal before ... with a few anarchist symbols spray painted onto the wall. And I mean ... for me.. well, I guess I’m lazy. Or busy. Or a bit of both, because the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  , and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for the next 5 days or so. We hope to meet with 3 students from the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  paper and do that pset when you have a puppy to play with. Thanksgiving ... a withdrawal, which looks a little ugly to grad schools and such. MIT ... semester which is different and wonderful Oh, boy, I have been awake for

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  　（電車、でんしゃ）) accidents that happen when the train collides with a person and causes death ... にぎり、nigiri - the kind that you're used to with a rectangular blob of rice and a piece ... urban jungle for too long, but there's just a sense of convenience and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009