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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  the department  It’s been exactly one month since commencement, and I don’t think “being an alum” will hit me until it’s the first week of ... department’s minimalist but colorful website), I decided to apply. And for a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  dorm desk experience (Steve Jobs worked Desk), but also because it’s so ... shifts. I have no problem waking up that early; it’s just… well… that’s

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT YO Early Admits 2014!

  

  MIT tube? (The choice is obvious) And we have Lindsay S., from

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  members of the MIT Marching Band and MIT’s vocal groups. As it turns ... right. Let’s just say I smelled the smelly smell of [Insert your own ... take it all in, and I think that’s what MIT looks like overall. If

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is…

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  obnoxious. If I wake up, it’s not because of a clock, but instead purely ... a physics problem on time dilation. It’s very easy to feel windswept ... there’s a ton of colorful rectangles demanding I be at this place, at this

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  herself. Not to be outdone, she’s moving out of state as well. She’s one of the bravest people I know, but even so, it’s hard not to see the fear in her. She’s closer to my parents than I was at her age; since visiting me

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  : because at the end of the day, it’s about your lived experience, not just ... simple as drawing a line on a map. The U.S. Census Bureau defines "rural ... U.S. Census, about 60 million Americans live in these rural spaces

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  Hey, everyone! It’s time for everyone’s favorite update… soccer ... MIT Women’s Soccer all-time leading scorer!! I think this quote by my ... , her defender huffing behind her (literally eating Meagan’s dust), and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  guise of functionality: this one’s dark enough to hold tubes of paint, and that one’s foldable enough to take on the go, I cried silently. I need ... short enough to swing from my grasp without scraping the ground. That one’s

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  some silly stories, but kept learning and experiencing things, so here’s a full semester’s worth of cool things, none of which are particularly ... . That’s why I dropped to [annotation note="Physics 1 Long"]8.01L

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  ’s 2021 Blogger Wrapped post that said Indie Pop was the top Genre ... go there, Kayode, that’s all you listen to.” And he’s not wrong.    Now it’s my turn to inspire you with our random music tastes

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  There’s a trampoline in Simmons!!!! [caption id="attachment_94960 ... started rubbing off and making my feet black. There’s this video my parents ... propose a way to spend Simmons funds. Sometimes it’s for things like

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  Amazon’s six-month free Student Prime trial, I would like to offer a ... of my room’s most compelling ornaments, all prepared in the style of ... caddy & let water drain. There’s no dividers, which means it’s easier

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  After two long years, it’s time. It’s dark and raining slightly, the ... group of older men wearing Lambda Alpha Chi shirts. It’s time to continue the ancient MIT tradition of repainting the Smoots.  But first, let’s

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  years before me. In my case, that’s 10th grade, right before COVID hit ... that I graduated from grade school. Ironically, it’s really starting to ... drink water. (Speaking of which, here’s a friendly reminder to go get

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  the psets, untangling each other’s equations when they get in snarls ... , because by then it’s late and we’re all a little hosed, longing for more ... in this major is a trip. I struggle with the concept of having one’s

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

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/19/20, 3:14 PM ET

  

  replies with, “But, do me one favor. Make it anime! Because, if there’s one ... co-signs this sentiment)"]‘All I Want for Christmas is You,’[/annotation]it’s ... .mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you

  • by kellen manning
  • December 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  .031 as much as I do, even though it’s slowly draining the life out of me ... newsfeed, and find out the US government has spent it’s day thinking up ways ... friend (also international) calls me and swears she’s moving to Canada (she

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  with some friends. I walk outside on the campus, with a cool breeze. It’s ... of MIT’s campus this fall. Currently, I’m living at my home in NYC, and ... that have made this fall feel like an uphill battle. It’s often harder to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020