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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  MIT is not about the challenges of problem sets. It’s about a ... doing homework with them and talking until too late. It’s about the way ... country, and then a far-off state. Now I’m here, and it’s so much better

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  , stumbling onto Anna’s post, “Being Qualified for MIT”, but only with distant ... could attend a university whose site I had stumbled onto from a friend’s Google search of “World’s Best Universities.” And then one morning

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  Dear Pass/No Record*, I’m breaking up with you. But don’t worry, it’s not you, it’s me. I’ve moved on. Don’t get me wrong though. We had our ... come to an end. But let’s not dwell on the past. I’m with spring semester

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  . That’s why investors like me. That’s why you like me. That’s why I ... dress like or what business decisions people normally make. So that’s my ... more from just going and thru-hiking then I ever could have from Greg’s

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  understanding anything until I actually do it, so it’s refreshing to have that opportunity to practice right then and there in a situation that’s fully ... it’s going well so far; the first challenge was to build, within budget

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  wondering why it’s been so long since I last updated you with anything. It’s ... awesome desktop image. 9. I was working on this:   It’s a wind ... with different themes. This year’s topic was Portable Windmills. At the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  doing the Housing Lottery—reading and watching i3s, visiting dorm websites ... , yet it was still difficult to make sense of each living group’s general ... early 2000s. It originally began as an opt-in survey of a very few, very

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  Hebrew, so it is definitely helpful to speak Hebrew, but it’s not at ... ’s the third). All I knew was I wanted to be in an a capella group ... groups sing pop music because that’s what attracts an audience

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  for what’s to come. Then, before you know it, blasted in the face by the world’s largest fire hose . . . ever . . . in the world . . . /universe ... -shirts I have, 50% were free. That’s not to mention the 2 water bottles, 2

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  every two years to the nation’s most promising economist under the age of ... academic job market in 1995, leading the nation’s top economics departments ... economists who have risen to prominence in recent years. They include MIT’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  discovered CollegeConfidential.com and began showing me people’s ridiculous ... there’s mail.) (Do you remember, mom?) So, thousands of people could log ... self-doubt. In hindsight, it’s easy to recognize that they spoke out of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  . It’s an uncontrollable reflex, I swear! Anyway, this whole concept of ... months has had me missing the security of home a bit, though. (Let’s ignore the part where it’s currently 77 degrees in South Florida, while here it’s

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what not to pack for the dorms pretty much everything, honestly

  

  from Boston. As much as I love a long drive, that’s not for the faint of ... carry-on. That’s not a lot of space at all, especially if you’re expecting ... that in mind if you have a big coat that’s taking up too much room. I

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • July 9, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  vestiges of 1900s industrial Cambridge. The image is vivid: a placid fall ... , softening. Maybe it’s because I grew up in the suburbs, but I’ve always felt ... event, and I don’t need notifications to remember what’s going on in my

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  by Fatema’s older brother Sayeed, also an MIT alum"]my friend Fatema ... thought about how the ability works beneath the hood. I mean, it’s just ... , let’s talk about how the game handles rotations… or rather, how I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  It’s finally here – the grand finale of the Fredventure! Read part 1 ... conductor who wasn’t on the trip with us) on the phone to help calm Fred’s ... by [annotation note="Well, mostly just Fred, but what’s the difference

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  windows, pulling on a man’s green smock and floppy leather gloves. You ... system drowns out all other sound. You turn on the welder -- it’s a TIG ... it keeps returning. When soldering, nothing will burn unless it’s

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  – it’s 8 pm, and you’ve been blowing glass for four hours straight. You ... not because it’s the forbidden food of the gods but because it’s heated ... then proceeded to lecture me about “lab safety” and “that’s not how human

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  From my journal the other night-- It’s 2 am, and I should be asleep ... never find my way back. Life is so much easier when there’s nothing that ... . It’s beautiful outside now. I keep thinking I’ll blog, about work or

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  worth it, especially as it’s my first embroidery project. My initial goal ... again. The tulle was so thin and flimsy. It’s width was smaller than the ... small and detailed painting is kinda challenging. There’s a lot of room

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021