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• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  League of First Robotics, then you’ve taken part in a piece of MIT history ... of 2.007. This class is like the origin of everything engineering that I did in middle school. I loved lego robotics, and my mom can testify

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  Courses while in middle school. A lot of my early enjoyment of studying the ... high school years. I recall being floored and inspired by so, so many of ... ="aligncenter" width="300"] !!![/caption] Hank is a man of many passions: science

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  gatherings offer fantastic opportunities to meet some of your potential future ... admissions officers are celebrating the end of application season. Also, this ... incredible team of Educational Counselors and other great alumni to put

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  Sale is a great opportunity to leave the busy world of MIT behind for the ... big city lights and into the "suburbs" of Cambridge (which is where MIT ... BAHFest (Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses), “a celebration of well

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  ; consequently all offers of work which our fellow-students have kindly promised us ... ! Every day, and from all over the world, we receive offers of lucrative ... One of my UROPs this summer was exploring the history of immigrants

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  How I Made the MIT Orientation Trading Card Game The Insatiable Urge to Collect Continues...

  

  covered in cardstock and stacks of cards. I am furiously scribbling on a 2.5”x3.5” pieces of paper. I am putting the finishing touches on my Magnum ... Orientation Captain! I got [annotation note="captain of the white team 🤪

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  to actually write a blog. Life has been good, but busy. I’m taking ... campus for the first time. The novelty of that comes in waves. I love ... trend of a given math class introducing a concept, like parametric

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  anxious. For a little bit now, I’ve been taking stock of my anxiety levels at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a ... ’s much more helpful to ask Anxiety why it’s acting up instead of ignoring

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  happiest moment of the day for a school year, which I treasure now because ... few years ago but discontinued it because I got busy with school. I ... I started this blog post in the summer with the intention of posting

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  : That's good. CJ: But I've also been thinking about a lot of questions ... . Xian: I realized that, after talking to the rest of my team. There ... return offer, I could take it, or I could try to look for some other job

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  First of all, apologies for the radio silence. I've been sequestered ... awesomeness that is all of you, I wanted to share this different awesome thing. This thing is TOFU. TOFU is the baby of Ryan Wistort, a grad student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  , you should accept the offer of admission from another college before May ... I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the ... can admit. For now, we are waiting to see how many of the 1597 admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  school, where to work, and of course, where to live. Another person I spent ... Every year, I try to set aside a chunk of time to reflecting on the year. This is usually done in the form of setting New Year's resolutions

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  of the fall semester, that offers a chance to meet every chapter ... much more! I joined because it offered me a chance to meet a variety of ... oversees seven of MIT's women's+ organizations. I've never gone through

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  I've already mentioned how busy I am this semester and have gone over my schedule, but now it's time to show just what I've been busy with! One of my classes, 2.008, focuses on manufacturing and machining

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  the importance of a program's logistics. Back in high school, I used to ... You may have noticed that I've been playing a lot of video games ... 've been playing a lot of in the last two weeks is Slay the Spire, a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  Chelsea R. ‘15 to talk about one of her favorite classes, Writing for Social ... building a career out of her true passions, even though the road hasn’t been ... to be able to share some of her insights with you. I also hope her

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  for several days back to back was senior year of high school when a few ... graduate school to take up a lot of my time this semester especially having ... Recitation: Friday 11 am Professors: H. Ploegh and T. Orr-Weaver Biology of

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  schools may be the smartest applicants of all" http ... importance of attending the "famous schools." This one features our Dean of Admissions: In a kind of virtuous circle, the "second tier" schools got better

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  of the burdens of adjustment and culture shock. I've been busy ... I'm sure most of you are enjoying the holiday season with your ... various personal and professional goals. And I've been getting a lot of rest

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005