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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  legitimately brag about at home. The shockingly low prices at a market in ... Boston is a marvelous city! During the school year, I have ... Street MBTA station, the Boston Common, oldest park in the country, is the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  very modern China--my mother, having left in the ‘80s, is a bit more ... “single story”, a single perspective on an issue. For China, the frame is ... China in June, UROPing in Boston with a surprise stint at some Google

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.

  

  free food on campus, but for a whole week is actually kind of hard to do ... last four years <333 11. Take a class during IAP - yup, in Spain too ... . :) 38. Participate in a UROP - did you know something like 80%+ of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 15, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  in the admissions process; a ruling is [annotation note='The Supreme ... historically under-represented in STEM education. This is a crude standard, and ... [/annotation] — who all meet [annotation note='There is a widespread myth that

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  prepared. Based on a bevy of data in your application - your scores, your ... at MIT. Now obviously "preparation" is in some sense a range. You can ... is comparatively much less prepared than a student who has. But there

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  living in Switzerland, I didn't really have a social life outside of work ... to give advice and out of frustration with prefrosh who posted a bunch ... getting in were, or who posted their very high SAT scores and then asked if

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  , and i've unfortunately since [annotation note="this is a tangent, but i ... for our living spaces, and 2. the free art is REALLY GOOD. the program ... pick out a piece from their collection that they can hang up in their

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to Make Money at MIT for all of us who don't know how to make a startup :(

  

  As someone who is notably not a millionaire, I started working in ... semester, or at least more socially acceptable in a sense. Instead of having ... with is difficult, especially if you have a mid-semester major crisis and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  bed of a pickup truck, climb Mount Hua in China, and explore the ... may seem. To the left is a representative picture from Sophomore Year ... , Alpha Phi Omega, I was interested in and involved in a lot of activities

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  the contours of a wild ride 2.009 😤

  

  2.009 presentations were December 11th. Theme: WILD! 2.009 is a MechE capstone class in which six teams each create a new product. It's known for being intense, silly, and a lot of fun. This blog is my story of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  choose to get up and move to a different bench 20 feet away, one that is in ... , which is a big reason that I'm writing this post. In one week, I need to ... waitlists. And so that path is now open for me to walk down — a path that, in

  • by Phi A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  first of its kind in the US. (2) A student who participates in research ... corridor in the world, the Infinite is occasionally treated as a highway ... ; graduate students who actually live in each dorm on campus and serve a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  is a room with a rich history. i can name the past four people who ... only changed in 2019.']as GRTs,[/annotation] the GRA is a graduate ... in the room. H306 is listed as "Jeanne", who my wife and I are quite

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  In 1870, [annotation note='This was a “special case”, one ... the day—[annotation note='I have... many thoughts on being a “woman in ... , this blog is mostly about a really cool lounge, though I thought it was

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Axes of Confusion ????

  

  everything in between! Here is a diagram to slightly better (but definitely not ... course 6. And in the yellow means it is unclear. With a glance at the graph ... skills would be buzzing in our heads, like on a daily. MIT is so special

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 21, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  ! Everyone loves a free concert. In conclusion, WMBR is awesome. If nothing ... (I started this post wayyyyy back in January. Ask any blogger who ... basement of an entry in Senior House, eventually moving to a studio in the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a ... has a giant banner in the lobby with a collection of trophies on a table ... like a college student, based on the college-centric questions that they

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  everyone thinks this is a niche spot, but half of campus has worked here. fun ... on, so I'm not sure how reliable of a spot it is anymore. last year, it ... alone in a big space nowadays there's always events going on here, good

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  is a Putzen. Two or more people who live on Putz are also Putzen ... free stuff culture. Offices or people who are getting rid of things will ... live in an apartment with some EC friends, who all lived on slugfest in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  education from MIT is like… Witty quips living in a state of dreaming ... free money. —Robo-CJ being sold a watch by some sketchy dude in an alley ... you did. —Rian being in a long-term relationship with someone who has a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020