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• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  in July. For a period of about 2 months I was the only mechanical ... relationship with the city and Chinese culture (which I also wrote about of ... international student at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, who then did

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  step is having all of the academics lined up because MIT does not offer ... Hi, everyone! My name is Emiko, and I am one of the new bloggers :) I ... thought I’d give you guys a glimpse into the life of a student-athlete here

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  's recent entry, Sam is in fact an engineer, and I am queen of the humanities ... : Now, for a PSA. MIT Libraries is the collective organization of 8 ... , hence the title, and is in room 10-500. For those of you keeping track

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  at the forces affecting the development of cities around the world. If ... gain a better understanding of the social, political and economic systems ... . At the beginning of my sophomore year, however, I decided I did want to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  , we headed to Quincy Market in the heart of Boston, where I had been explaining for weeks the assortment of foods one can get there that my family ... showed them Newbury Street, the Prudential Center, and some of the areas of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  I am graduating (at the time of this being posted, graduated), I ... I go to them every day, but some of the further away buildings and ... I guess I satisfied the “or two” part of this prompt. Ace a test ✅ I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Events

  A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

  

  ="National Society of Black Engineers - An organization that works to support the professional development of people who identify with the black community"] NSBE ... 1: So the whole trip started off on the Tuesday of that week with

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  Following up on JKim's entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  , have dinner with an older one, and attend the latest iteration of the ... hours in the architecture studio and a full day of presentations and review, I'm deciding to be at home. I'm taking stock of the semester that

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  butterfly that chugs along the top of a giant golden cardboard stag head ... the world of “making” by signing up for MakeMIT, even though they had no ... for different categories at the end of the night. Hacking officially

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  Under cover of darkness It's that magical time of year: the sun sets ... . These are the unmistakable signs of application reading season. If you ... even the most simple of observations about our admissions process

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  to take me up on the offer of an MIT tour. A week later, Josh Shiode e ... most of us: the PhD physicist-turned-politician, one of two physicists in ... one of his constituents, and the last time I was in New Jersey I was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  much else to learn. But in the last year or so, the old dream of doing a ... prickling in the back of my mind again. When I was in middle school, I wanted ... professional artist, but I was hit with the familiar panic of damn am I the worst

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku ... /selection process, and clearly we were not prepared for the overlap of our recruitment

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  's missing one of his front teeth. The typical eight-year-old's look. "I'd just ... , well over a hundred visitors flow into and out of the building. They ... of meteorites. At the end of the hall, there's a room with a projector

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at ... , for the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  It's nice to meet you. I'm a new freshman at MIT, a member of the Class of 2009. I was admitted early action and received the news around ... schools and committed my near future to the progressive locale of Cambridge

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  subject. Begged. We're talking knees, clasped hands, tears, and offers of ... in the comments), but I've had some experience with the bathrooms of ... changes (except the length of the hair you find in the shower), so don

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a ... inescapable truth will catch up with you. You’ll use up all of the S^3 support ... sheer delusion of your dreams. Release an album? Get a degree? Get a UROP

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  artificial) - think of the scripted conversations you have with recruiters over ... near Camp 4, one of them spotted the MIT Outing Club patch on my backpack ... Promenade, or even in the elevator of my parents' condominium. Networking

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014