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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  immigrants, there is no other explanation for where I am. I was born in the ... attending one of the most advanced universities in the world. I can’t tell you ... Massachusetts, where I now attend MIT as a sophomore. In some places more than

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  within my lifetime (in 2050), this is something that I need to care about ... taxa currently fished by the mid-21st century (in the year 2048 ... can be done, but it must be done soon. We need a shift from single

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  time in over a year where I've been able to make eye contact with a ... moment, though, I try to keep that analysis in the background and cherish ... service where you can check out bikes for a set period of time. there are

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  part, but I love how people in this major help each other out, lift each ... sleep than we will get that night. On Fridays I have lab in 2.678, an ... lab is not my favorite part, I think. But I like coming in, walking

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  around in college. I guess I have to recognize that things can't always ... ="missa was the nickname i went by in middle and high school ... , which i participated in from eighth to tenth grade. it was a good program

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  strange things that i have collected in the last couple of years. now that i ... , there was solace in having this one place where everyone could return to ... skill set is not that of someone who can make direct change.  i think i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  contradiction, you can prove anything. I had fun doing this in middle school by ... As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew ... of people. I've definitely succeeded in that goal, both at Senior

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  world and consider how I'm taking steps (however small) in the right ... you never end up participating in the program, I hope you remember not ... , and all I felt was overwhelming gratitude in the form of tears coming

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  skeletal structures, glued pipes together. I can code a bit in Fusion now ... ; I feel like I have not run in days like I haven’t slept I feel like ... of spring and what I learned, what knowledge I gained, and I can show

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  of the few meals where I can see the onions and tomatoes go into making ... vegetable-haters, I hope this can be another recipe in your limited list of ... cooker?  In short, rice cookers are amazing. I hear their younger cousin

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  take it all in, and I think that’s what MIT looks like overall. If you’re not sure what I mean, allow me to tell you about my check-in ... check-in until Sunday check-out, I was free. FREE. For a kid with strict

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  week, I work as a monitor at the N51 Woodshop. In Building N51, next to the MIT Museum way up on the tippy-top of campus (where top = North), I ... finished the pieces in this woodshop. It's really the most beautiful loft I

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  ’m Kevin, and I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the ... : 6 About: Hey guys! I’ve lived in exactly two places my ... being Benjamin Oberlton. I cannot say exactly where I am "

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  .042, despite doing poorly in the class. It's ironic, because I actually had a C in discrete math when I took it in high school and I absolutely hated ... confidence in my abilities as a CS person skyrocketed. I was an active

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  , and honestly, it can be hard to tell where to start. I spent a couple ... bio/about section of my blogger profile, which I wrote in either August or September of 2016. I thought, in the style of my last blog post, I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  'm pretty sure they don't actually see me at all in our room since I've been ... firehose? Well, this semester I can definitely attest to that. My course load ... classes are all tough, but I take some consolation in the fact that I didn

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  , most recently in 11.124 Introduction to Education. I loved hearing about ... , and I’m a sophomore in EECS. I also really love teaching. Unsurprisingly ... . Splash weekend starts rather early for me. I wake up at an absurd time in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have ... intention of this article. Instead, hopefully, I can be the umpteenth person ... on the weekend. With that said, I began applying to colleges where I

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  the previous term, I moved in last and thereby got put into a pretty ... luckily, I did. You can all send Kaitlin thank you letters for saving the ... -Conner (as well as in Senior Haus, East Campus, Bexley, and I believe Random

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don ... . Later life goals have less charm. In fifth grade I wanted to be President

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008