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• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  wrote “LEFT” and “RIGHT” at the top of my paper to ensure that I wouldn ... and physics exams was new and horrifying. Worst of all, I could just ... ’ve also gotten a little better at the kinds of things that will probably

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living? Find orientation housemates/roommates.

  

  From Star Simpson '10: Nando Paniagua '10 manually created this database of housing info for at least half (so far) of the class of 2010, so that people can find other orientation housemates/roommates. Check it out

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  , for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few ... inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do ... couple hours about the unbridled stresses of life and then hitting publish

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  year ago when I spent an entire day writing essays for a number of ... here in Central Standard Time except for the classy new decorations my mom has introduced to the household.   why   To those of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  It's an ordinary Thursday! I'm living at an apartment in Cambridge ... day for the past week, probably because of the abundance of natural ... -seasoned piece of avocado toast with one. 9:32 AM I start work. My UROP is data

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  've never really understood why but at MIT there's a sense of honor that ... life at MIT so much better. And for a lot of you these steps will look ... a few aspects of taking care of yourself we wish we had learned two

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  who you are at MIT. ------- When I found out I got into MIT, I was probably one of the happiest people on the face of the earth. Unfortunately ... reactions weren't so positive. A lot of people told me to my face, "Bryan, you

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  after your first term, and at any time during your course of study. ... Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT ... of A/B/C. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  (This is the second half of the Art of East Campus series. The first part can be found here!) My first and lasting impression of the standard ... camps - at every single camp I went to, I was housed in a dorm room that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ! Here are some of my thoughts. We want you to be yourself throughout this ... an admissions committee, we desire diversity of all sorts, we don't want everyone to be the same -- part of what makes MIT exciting is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  these blogs!). Back to the help desk for most of the afternoon. At 5PM, I ... fun. Almost all of the below pics were taken at the MTB party. And ... to meet all of you! But before we get to that, the rest of the day

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yes, that's right. In just a few hours, a simple flick of a cursor, a click of a mouse button. Many childhoods of anticipation will come to an

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  MIT community. The purpose of the FSILG Office is to enhance the out-of-class experience for the students at MIT and be a proponent of the shared values that ... principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  accomplishments at MIT include being an Emerson Piano Scholar and winner of the MIT ... prior to MIT. Jenn: I began playing piano at the age of four. Of course, at that point, it wasn't really my decision, and there were a lot of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  experiment using a pair of CosmicWatches, which measure muon flux. At the end ... ’t have a big learning curve at the start of 8.14 so the class is much more ... >=3 semesters of theory classes. The first few weeks (the Intro

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  " 049. Song you've listened to? RHCP, track 9 on CD#1 of the new record ... more hours of sleep" 022. Do you shower daily? yes This Or That? 023 ... . Drank alcohol? yes 032. Gone to a mall? no 033. Eaten a box of Oreos? no

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  . Awesome music at ZBT's Battle of the Bands at 8pm Saturday, with special ... Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  The Infinite Corridor at MIT is the pulsing spine of central campus. As the artery which connects most of the main academic and ... visits at least once every day. Because it's MIT, the Infinite is also a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Cheat Sheet This amazed me when I first saw it.

  

  Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn't an entry about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  lot if you would write the names of what's in these pictures down and casually glance at the first letters. You know, just in the spirit of things. : ) ... Sometimes you should stop to identify all of the different pictures

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009