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• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  to cruft tell stories for hours, but sometimes I'm the one telling them ... for myself, but for the future students who will come to MIT. And hear ... for this entry came to me a few days ago, somewhere in the midst of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... , short for Women's Independent Living Group. Last summer, there was a fire ... 't living in the house at the time, but there were about four WILG members

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  semester stupid. Unfortunately for me, there is no overlap between the ... comforting that time would not slow down for either my last-minute studying or the eventuality of winter break. [caption id="attachment_95733" align

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  with prospies and tell them how cool MIT is. I'd been on the tour for, oh ... , it's time to accept the fact that another class is about to start applying. I know it's fun to complain on the internet, I do it all the time

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  jerk. Miraculously, it didn't even bleed one drop for the rest of the day ... -sounding piano ballad, but the distortion was too great for me to figure out which ... get at MIT, with all the work they have to do? Well, yesterday I broke

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  the time in the world for me to sit, staring at the ceiling, letting my ... drive from campus). In the midst of observing Ramadan and searching for a ... what you can do today for tomorrow Go out more, embrace the beauty of the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  't worth taking an LOA; i had too many plans for the year that couldn't be ... world was still there for me, and although the path i walked seemed scary ... in my feelings all the time (like i'm sure lots of us have been for the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  "the new Ben." For those who don't remember Ben Jones I can instead say that my name is Dave and I'm the new Communications Manager for ... No I'm not a Cylon (or at least not that I know). But for those with

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  call, why do I do this I have to workout, for the team, for me Hang clean ... coat goggles gloves, Can I see myself do this for the rest of my life ... *written by a '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the softest members of MIT Video Game Orchestra we

  

  it's one minute before the MIT video game orchestra spring 2026 concert, which both Victor and I play for!! watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/fBTr1-t82vM?si=EOV6VSJNJHrtabQG I'm taking the rest of my precious time

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 10, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  [/caption] Living on my own for the first time and spending most of my day on research ... dwindling, but I managed to get together enough to apply for the grant and was ... out? Maybe those are thoughts for some other time."]One Of The People

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  organization and student-run activities, which is probably for the better, seeing ... bazillions of froshies, eager and excited to start the MIT experience. Going ... to campus as a freshman, for almost more reasons than I can count. My

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  have to order out. Thank God for credit cards and the internet. Within a ... So the other day, I was totally out of food. Like, completely. I hadn't been grocery shopping for weeks, and after making a meal out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  costume. So, here I am as a duke: Note the plume in my hat. Hats with ... my friends in Senior Haus. Note the mural of Death (from Neil Gaiman's Sandman) in the background, which is one of my favorites, out of all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  every commuter for several miles! It was a lovely start to the day. We ... of the day)EVERYONE I KNOW: There are elephants being marched down Mass ... true; you only know us. ME: Oh, right. Every year in October, the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  years at MIT, I was always able to make time for the American Idol ... last two shows nearly started a war for control of the Conner 2 floor ... DID YOU KNOW? The first time I ever went to New York City it was to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  The day I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. For over 20 years, the Student Center housed an MIT treasure: LaVerde's, our beloved on-campus grocery store.[annotation note="The earliest mention of LaVerde's I could

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  use headphones for maximum sense of transported-ness   The ear ... an uninterrupted 20 minutes, approx. 9 am, my room on the fifth floor ... seamless web around us. We say, "Music shall fill the air." We never say

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  /CMS and now writes for SciShow. Mostly Ceri works behind the scenes, writing and editing science content for the show, but a few days ago she ... Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn't first tune into the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  . Whatever. It ain't the same. For those of you who don't remember me: hi ... imagined that that it would be the place for me. If you're a prefrosh and ... writer for MIT’s student newspaper, The Tech. I took a gap year in Cairo

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012