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• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  before, but I'm just excited to get a project down and ready. Friday ... this class since it's a class I'm obligated to take rather than one I'd like to take. That being said, I did originally apply to MIT as a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  only way I could think of exploiting this situation was to go buy a ... was as good a time as any to have my first Boston Pops experience. I ... guarded by police, redirecting anybody without a "pass" to a dirt trail. I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  ready to give it his all so he can pursue a career in robotics. Studying ... Mary Lou Hazal, A&M-Commerce News Jun 29, 2009 ACCEPTED TO MIT - Cory ... determination and a good sense of humor," he said. "I was very happy to write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A circle of shared breaths rediscovering synchronized skating at MIT, by Eleanor L. '27

  

  remember getting asked this question a lot since coming to college. If you ... other skating discipline (singles, pairs, and ice dance) to create a ... the song that deeply resonated with me. It’s a song I’ve wanted to skate

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  extremely quickly. Here is a list of blog posts I meant to finish, to no ... Buffet And after a while it became even harder to write a blog post ... inched closer to a month since my last post obviously I couldn’t fit

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  choose two between school, a social life, and sleep. I tend to think that there’s a way to balance the three as long as you're organized and realize ... research in CSAIL; I joined a club on campus; and I’m leaving time to keep

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  organist at Westminster Abbey, which is very strange to think about. As a ... Minor (which to my ear has no direction whatsoever) is a bit much. I do ... weird to listen to an opera, think that it must be in a foreign language

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  increased my distances until I was ready to run my first half marathon.  In ... BUT ultimately led to a lot of frustration because that's when I got a ... (I had submitted my 2 weeks notice 2 weeks prior).  I had a few days to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  to a river pathway where I could bike to the mall with my sisters, or ... ” neighborhood, closer to a grocery store, and with a greater density of coffee ... until I was eighteen. Then I moved around a lot, from southern Arizona to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  an average of 22 hours per week. Quite a variety (acording to Subject ... been known to tackle 72+ (and maintain a social existence). Additionally ... , letting my semi-consciousness take over to draw me back into a peaceful

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  choking hazard to young children. Blahaj is a meter long, nearly body pillow ... to perform what’s called a holy trinity, a move usually done with a ... you a Blahaj enjoyer? Do you have a baby who wants to meet new shork

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  waited for the bus from NYC to Boston in a cramped doorway whose grimy ... to black polished submarines, I suffered a J.D. Salinger moment. A sigh ... to nudge my chair back at a glacial pace, I would imperceptibly bend my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  this was a time when they had bake sales and sub sandwich sales to make ... , (0-12-0), and you'll be eligible to win 10 MILLION DOLLARS or a ... you want to join a cool marching band but don't care about being

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  Today is the fifth annual Save The Frogs Day, a day to spread ... to their home ponds, streams, or lakes until they're ready to lay their ... a state similar to stem cells, prefatory cells that can develop into

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  , currently one minute early! currently listening to: a baby crying (nothing ... commotion of a conductor trying to figure out some passengers who had ... ready to rumble. Nothing much else to say right now; after all, I’ve been

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  Random to MacGregor and back. Cory and I shared a single in the highrise ... thumbtacks, bought the summer before I came to MIT, probably during a 2 am trip to buy college things with my dad, possibly the trip when I forgot what

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Holy Grail of Hacks Returns and everything it took to get there

  

  start to hear gasps and delighted laughter.  But Bad Apple is just a ... , a perfect place to admire Tetris from. The Dot never did reopen ... software, which included heat sinks to prevent modules from overheating and a

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 3, 2026
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  become manageable. I was allowed to bring a few guests, so spring break ... public walkway Tagged along with Isaac to B&H, a film store, because ... , we settled into our new home for a few days, and drifted off to bed

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  -athlete: “Being a student athlete at MIT is definitely worthwhile. It’s nice to be able to take a break from academics and train with my friends. Outside of ... can talk to for help.” Squash student-athlete: “Being a student athlete

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  songs. Ready for It will never not be a banger opening song. I also ... thought about it like that before.  New Year’s Day is such a mellow end to ... has an overall happy, soft, purple-pink (but in a good way) feel to it

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023