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• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  After two and a half years here, you’d think I’d know most or all of ... . Every day, I discover something new about MIT; I’m so amazed by everything ... Electric Vehicle Team, Formula SAE, Marine Robotics Team, and more - all of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  ), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student-produced videos introducing each of the 17 (this year!) dorms at MIT (counting New House as 6 different dorms - New House, iHouse, and 4 cultural houses

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  would drop me off at the gym and i would run laps around the track, and ... that they tried to kidnap me. i spent most of my childhood distrusting ... vast majority of people are safe to be around in the vast majority of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  -year-old brother, and I am the happy owner of a shiny new Sony Vaio! My new Vaio is ... clueless about the actual workings of my shiny new Vaio; I know enough about ... the percentage of MIT students living at dorms owning a TV set

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  it's bad to eat within 2 hours of going to bed, so late at night when ... just to provide a more comprehensive look at what MIT has to offer. Here ... News Office). Congrats, Farhan! I took 21A.453: Anthropology of the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  dorms, at MIT. There is a narrative, I think, of fitting in to one dorm ... community. Some of the people I vibe with deeply wouldn’t live at EC, and others I would have only found at EC -- and the same is true of B1. When I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  wasn't enough, which is, unfortunately, a common occurrence at MIT. i'd done perhaps 70% of the lab at this point, but due to the way this lab ... a mix of places both new and familiar -- the mfa, chinatown, boston

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  -signed papers saying that I'm allowed to travel alone, I am finally back at MIT and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the ... . It's so nice to be back; I didn't quite have a whole lot of time to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  the highlight of the Lunch (my favorite part, at least) is hearing from all of the incoming MIT freshmen (Class of 2009) who were at ISEF. They ... all for a great time at ISEF. Tomorrow, MIT Admissions has the first of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  most of the tour guides, several live in my house and I appreciate seeing their helpful faces at the end of my information sessions. The time had ... , especially since I've had the pleasure of meeting him, as well as his wife at a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  up in her room. At last count (beginning of the year this year), I ... as Paul worked at for UROPs), won the National Medal of Science in 1997 ... -I-can't-believe-these-people-are-live!" kind of feeling (kinda like a kid seeing Mickey Mouse the first time at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  monolayer of Au nuclei (styrofoam ball contraption, behold below) at the front ... symptoms include: Feeling quite hot, but in a 100°F kind of way Fatigue ... month at MIT- IAP! If being relaxed and useless stresses you out, it

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  [annotation note="Fundamentals of Programming. Its new number is 6.101, but I ... Gradescope. New UROP I switched [annotation note="Undergraduate Research ... first 1.5 years at college because nothing seemed that interesting to me

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  . Regardless of your opinion of him, he is at least definitely one of the best in ... and March. There were a lot of emotional things going on at MIT, and in ... You know what I thought I was good at after getting into MIT? You

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  grades where life is at its best. Where one stays up until 4am, not out of ... ) own Dr. Patti Christie, PhD in Chemistry at MIT, Chemistry was one of my ... dozens of late nights, it was "Mandatory Fun" and the new people we met

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / CPW

  CPW will not be perfect and it doesn’t have to be

  

  ?” questions when someone new joins a circle. I was a bit sad at the (lack of ... , and as an overexcited prefrosh I probably read at least fifteen of them ... cool things or meeting cool people (I am truly the master of FOMO). At

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 8, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  frequent the blogs would love to stalk learn about one of the new bloggers (: Hello everyone! I’m Kirsten, one of the four fabulous freshmen MIT ... seconds, we’re going to start a brief presentation on the life of Kirsten

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  anything new. I bought the camera to celebrate the end of my dual degree ... 'll be taking instead of 5.43. I was at WMBR last night answering phones ... reasons. Pick your favorite one. -I love chem, but I'm not good enough at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  of which have houses. We help our party at the AXO "Mansion," which is ... !) At 9, we opened up our doors to everyone. I saw a bunch of friends, old ... event was particularly special for me because I was one of the four

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  somewhat reminded of the day I turned 18 and tried to buy a lottery ticket and the attendant REFUSED to look at my ID. I was hurt. Tuesday, my office decided to take the monthly company party outside of the office and

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005