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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  topic together (generally something having to do with environmental ... by now, too paranoid to look at the calendar ("oh my goodness, it ... bottom. Here at MIT, it's rapidly coming down to the end. In a week and a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  So me and my 133t h4x0r roommate Yuan decided to take over Bryan ... of the Bands is an event held every CPW where ten local bands come to MIT to compete in front of YOU for prizes and bragging rights. Yuan

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  First of all, good afternoon to any visitors I might have who are ... with three people. I volunteered to organize and compile it by 3 PM today ... my laptop, taking it from wireless connection to wireless connection on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  ; The bed. We shoved our two twin-size beds together to make one GIANT ... I survived moving to my fall room! (I realize this is silly. But moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  time with my brothers by playing the games we always used to play. We ... kidding! I still called my mom whenever I was sick. I still talked to my ... to do laundry by myself or to know which medicine I should take for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Campus and West Campus, a distinction that, at least to me, always brings the Cold War to mind in entertaining ways. Here's the difference: West ... of campus tend to fit more easily into the "stereotypical MIT student

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  sped from lower Manhattan to the Bronx, they fell in love: (Boy) It was ... met. (Girl) Ah, the scene I can't forget We were thrown together in the ... supporting arm to you. (Girl) To which I answered, "No sir!" When the guard

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.

  

  To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me ... - they've done nothing to you. Thanks.

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  better than hot, and it’s fun to put together outfits with layers or ... Before coming to MIT, I consumed a lot of Content™ about college ... via the endless stream of short-form videos spoonfed to me by various

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  freshman arrived to MIT, never having felt the warmth and tenderness (and blow to the wallet) of an on-campus grocery store. With La ... then, over two years passed. To tell you the truth, it seemed as if all

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  Spring season has started, and guess who got to lace up their cleats ... roller coaster. As a junior, it was a bit tough to sit on the sidelines and watch the season slowly slip through my fingers. I remember going to the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  was for grad students/postdocs/researchers/profs to nEtwORk, but I was too tired to cook and just went anyway. The allure of free food is simply too strong to resist.  There ended up being a small handful of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  amounts dedicated to working and having fun, so we grind out psets on weekends and then party after. It's great to be surrounded by hardworking people because it motivates me to not laze around or procrastinate by

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  I got back to campus a few days ago. The journey here from South ... ="incidentally, this is the second time I've been on the same flight to MIT as a friend without planning it in advance"]happened to be on the same flight as a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  about 2016, then you probably know someone who is. Maybe you want to ... open to all MIT students regardless of identity. How did you find out ... adjust to life at an institution like MIT. I regret that I didn't get to go

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  new grad they’ve ever hired, so when I found out they were going to have ... , are you even old enough to go to a bar?” (“Of course! barely.”) My first month-and-a-bit was spent building a custom charting package to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  Friday, so I thought it'd be an opportune time to discuss the classes I ... year), the aim of this course is to provide the tools engineers need to ... , which I am, to some extent, quite grateful for, considering I couldn't fit

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  If I were to show you the following series of pictures, how would you ... installing solar panels on the dome in order to conserve energy while the T wastes in one day what MIT works an entire year to save." "Somebody

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  doors to Boston University’s Metcalf Hall. Along with the hundreds of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear ... his work in microfinance: Basically, banks give small loans to poor

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007