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• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  Hole, where I chilled in the corridor outside Black Hole lounge for a bit ... fifth of my life so far, I have lived in Random Hall, MIT’s smallest and nerdiest dorm. Right now I am in Florida for winter break, and as often

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  where the speakers shared their insights about the ins and outs of being a science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in ... . I chose to concentrate in Science Writing. In Spring 2006, I took an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  's Candy Bar (where I contemplated buying a shirt that says "I love nerds" on ... (where we contemplated buying Donald Trump (flavored?) bottled water) a ... Square a return to Chinatown, where I bid Sam farewell Special thanks to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  Hey everyone! Some people have asked if I'm still blogging (mostly my mom). Yes, I am, but I've just been very busy/lazy/boring. The only major news on my end since the last time we caught up is that I got my EMT

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  , more often than not, I can write whatever I want and post it without a ... , by the way"s it was wrapped in, the criticism still stinged. When I ... close enough to that. I justify it in the sense that, having a regular

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  'll do an entry on MIT campus legends, if I can recognize enough of them ... from the off-campus grocery store (which isn't on the card). I also buy a ... , which I will editorially comment is not a weird question. I live in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Formula SAE: A Turbocharged Experience Join the MIT Formula SAE team to design, engineer, and build a small formula-style autocross…

  

  your participation can give you a serious jump start in academics as well ... competition's website or the MIT team's website. I thought I'd jot down a ... the FSAE team members: - I had the chance to sit in this year's FSAE car

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  student, because I’m not really sure where it started and where it ends. Did ... summer has been really fun. I really wanted to stay in Cambridge this year ... with me in East Campus over the summer as well. But the first two weeks

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  . From the website (biographical links added by me): In Fall 2020, all MIT ... up for classes. I'm co-teaching an a first-year advising seminar on media and the election, and so for the past week I've been meeting with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  joy of the subject. It can feel lonely at MIT in general—at least where ... dinners in the fall. Also, this is an old draft. I can now attest that ... , in my months of deliberation, I fell in love. With my life at MIT. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  in full supply. I am sitting in my palatial room in East Campus as I ... not sitting in my room in East Campus as I type. East Campus no longer ... open, because that is how you make friends in college. I met with my

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  Marching Band grew out of a group from 2nd East. The guy in the shorts was ... /www/oldmb/history.html">here</a> and rearranging the words in an attempt to avoid blatant plagiarism. I ... the amazing Bill '07. He's on the left in this picture. I'm next on the

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

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I ... , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... local ABC affiliate, boston.com, and Reddit. In light of these events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  pm. i'm studying progenitor cell migration in planarians, which are ... to say, i was in survival mode every single day until i finished my ... 't reel it in i might end up somewhere i don't want to be. it's just really

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more ... Saturday afternoon, I wandered over to East Campus where I promptly got ... is an annual event at East Campus every IAP where  people get the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why

  

  goes, like, ten feet in the air and has seat belts that I suspect are ... If you weren't aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in full swing soon, and for East Campus, that means lots and lots of stuff

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 27, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  dedicate my life to something so important when i’m in a place where i can ... original, and I’m not sure I can convince you to read Homestuck in two ... . Instead, it seems, I can eat. I've always liked food, but now I'm bent on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  in high school, I'd pictured myself on a pretty green campus with ... ="alignright" width="300"] steps of the fancy majestic Lamont library, where I used to ... excellent study environment. I don’t mind working in corporate corners of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  … (in)tense. I haven’t experienced that much uncertainty in my life ... in high school (like holding a job or tutoring or helping at home)? Can ... acceptance as well as anyone else can. If you feel lost and alone in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  , disappointment rapidly setting in. I refreshed the website a couple times to make ... empty."]a rock inside an empty tin can.[/annotation] For the accepted, I ... home that day, and I was competing in two events: student congress and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020