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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  into three towers, A, B and C. My floor has both towers A and B connected ... live with other awesome ladies (provided you're a lady as well)? There ... there's Simmons. Every dorm has a good and bad reputation. Our good rep

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  compensate for my sad brunch, some friends and I went to Punto Rojo – a small ... , and it was (relatively) cheap. My order: A steak with salsa, fried ... limeade. Coreanos bowl (Korean fried rice with a fried egg and miso soup

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  helped me with classes and who I admired a lot but never had the courage to ... came out feeling a lot more hopeful for the future. I learned a lot and ... nothing is impossible (and in some ways, it did that for me), for the most

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  was charged to 3,000 V) vaporized into a shower of sparks and my ears ... about that shortly) and was faced with this prompt: Reading Assignments ... summaries are short and reading them will help prepare you for class. This

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  Walsh--a nuclear expert who's traveled to both Iran and North Korea (fun ... "I've always been a knowledge junkie; facts are my hit, and Wikipedia is my dealer." (I was looking through my old computer files and found

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  much looking around, and to my surprise, the place was great. A little ... . Now this made me a little perturbed, and if you who is responsible for ... '08, who ran up to us and surprised us. I can sometimes be a paranoid

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  the SAT or ACT, 3 SAT IIs: one in math, one in science, and a third SAT II of your choosing. For you juniors and sophomores, I highly recommend ... 3 SAT IIs in one sitting, and since this is only a small additional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  an MP3 player program on it and started taking requests for shower ... suite, but the 30-second walk down the hall was a small price to pay for ... ended up not being too much of a problem for me. Anyway, we were lucky

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  mechanical pencil, and the ensuing distraction becomes a euphemism for ... ) hosted a warm-and-fuzzy pumpkin carving competition with gift cards to ... stage in Kresge, thanking Pres. O for a great opening act - he was one

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  -relief and (hopefully) a mailbox stuffed with acceptance letters. These letters ... , many of us are receiving job and graduate school offers. It’s with a bit ... rough, and can sometimes leave you feeling as if you’re trapped in a sick

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  board with my foot, and minced up a baby mouse brain for papain digestion ... lifetime advice plus health and wellness blog, I will now share with you a ... Here at MIT, and - let's be honest, since this is more of a lifetime

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  mother and sister were both born in Manila. :) I am a born and bred Jersey ... summer programs called the "Governor's Schools," and there's one for each ... . My high school puts out a newsletter to the parents with all kinds of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  created by the entire team every so often for you all to try, and then a ... participate, and we had a blast. We've been participating ever since then, and ... befriended by a group of warrior women with a quiver of arrows. They give Joe

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  professions, in a way Santa and Poseidon both have a lot to do with to snow. I ... photos during the actual storm (I also thought I’d be fine with a sweater (which got soaked) and a dollar store umbrella (which broke)). Here are

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  cafeteria and taunted her, and she just LOOKED at him, didn't even make a ... to last me for like 3 more years now), a couple of mixing bowls, a ... . Yeah, that was a few days ago. I was distracted by the front desk and its

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  , grew up with a classical music-loving mother, and now live with a ... had characteristics I could recognize and identify with a particular ... ; harpsichord player. We spent the hour and a half class block with her in Killian

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  anticipated, MIT being MIT, not having enough time for viola; and, both ... Council for the Arts), it was 9:15pm, and I decided that, after a day of ... . The answer: a loud and resounding thud. EPIC FAIL!!!! But I'm being

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  amazing. Exciting. Insane. Definitely take a look at the main MIT site and ... work with pset groups and readily ask any and all of my friends for ... FUN STUFF. Hanging out with friends and having a life. Forgetting about

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  Yesterday was a big day for the news media, what with the automotive ... learn and had bought Santa hats and candies. It was time for a second ... Intense Satisfaccion (N.A.L.G.I.S)(3rd Floor Elevator Suite). btw the latino

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  couple of my friends and I hang out for a short time every evening, and ... us are gasping for a break. There's a definite pick-up in the amount of ... with a painful lack of time. My friend's Facebook status currently reads

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010