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• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  over the weekend, where you can visit one of MITOCs two New Hampshire ... beloved green covered in snow, and those from equatorial climates suffer at the horrifying discovery of what "windchill" is. This year however, is a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  latest happenings at school and mine about the novelty of the US, and video ... ?  All of this plays into my friendship experience at MIT as follows~ I ... In an Uber ride during my freshman year, one of my friends turned to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  quick recap of how the semester's gone for me so far since I've wanted to ... .021 As many of you know, I failed/dropped out of 8.02, Physics E&M, last spring so I was eligible to take 8.021, a lecture-based format of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  majority of my friends, and how to essentially survive my first year at MIT ... ? Should you really be striving for all 100%'s at the cost of your mental ... MIT trying to find new places to study. Some of my favorite places are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  Hello! I have some new pandemic-flavored poems published as part of ... seven and the kids at school pull up the outer corners of their eyes, call ... China—the constant buzz of Beijing streets, the proper way to haggle at

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  111-year history, in 1918. That was because of World War 1. So it's not ... Susan Hockfield, but I'm sick of hearing about global warming when I check ... 've been much more of lame-o about running outside since I got a MacBook and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  in advance of the deadline. Most people's problems at the deadline ... into January. Do not send a second copy of any document at this time ... those of you who have procrastinated and have not yet submitted your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  at that rate doesn’t work for me. I’d have to cut big chunks of it. I ... down three months of working extremely hard at something I sort of care ... classes that fulfill me instead of the ones that are required, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  in one of the organizations i'm in, esp, we toss the phrase ... continuity, like living groups. other groups collapse, often from a cascade of small failures. a single bad recruitment cycle goes by, maybe because of a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  of these walks, I reflected a lot on my time at MIT and my relationship ... . At MIT, with these flowers comes the optimism of students. They signify ... her at the time, but I had started to feel the hefty impact of my feet

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  : One of Petey’s former students came in to give a talk about his work at ... . Tuesday: I did have a lot of white space on Tuesday, but I also went to the Society of Women Engineers event as well as the HackMIT Git seminar. (Free

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  -defining laziness. At the core of all this anxiety was the biting fear that my mentor ... everyone around me hanging out at 3 a.m. with their New Chosen Family, well ... profound connection with others, by necessity of being at MIT together

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  within a week, the base choreography of the heels set was already done. at ... studio. i have to have the schedule up at all times so i can stay on top of ... had three hours of practice each weekday, with practice ending at 10 pm

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  if you fit in. Below is a list of events happening at Random this ... moment of glory is at hand. Do you have what it takes to be a hero?  Foo ... You walk down the aisle at Shaw's, trying to pick the optimal set of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Renewable Energy in Spain

  

  at exploring different methods of solar cell characterization and ... have made at MIT so far. Going abroad made me realize the scale of ... Vivian Dien Class of 2013 Materials Science and Engineering w/ a

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring break Q&A: Part 2 where I FINALLY answer the rest of your questions :'D

  

  to the second half of the questions I got, so I'm going to answer the rest of those in a fresh post here.   Unfortunately I'm not a MechE student 😔. I was heavily considering becoming a MechE at one point

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I'm approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a ... adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and ... :18 PM[/caption] In case you couldn't tell, there's a lot of snow at MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  think of nefarious nerds tapping away at Internet terminals, fueled by ... that hacking indeed originated at MIT, where computing and cleverness go ... steps of the Student Center. The Tech Model Railroad Club has been

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  being in a hospital while also managing being a student at MIT:   1 ... color pictures of dolphins.   6. Miscommunications between doctors ... again, or at least for a very very very long time. Also, now I'm terrified

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015