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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  ," which allowed it to move to Cambridge and build the core of the ... of the Institute wanted to make a new interconnected technology complex ... undeveloped, unappealing, and industrial. “So it made some sense from a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  -fledged business proposals, submit them to various Institute competitions, and ... with that logic. Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your own shirt and convince you that he’s going

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  students who call alumni and solicit donations to the institute. A third of ... summer between junior and senior year of high school as a carousel operator ... school year, and then worked the summer between high school and college. I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a visiting committee at MIT. At the time, MIT faculty and administration were ... research facility on campus that would be known as the Whitehead Institute

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  I like standing at the edge, stopping there and looking down at the ... world – it's been ethereal and intense and beautiful. And now I just ... months to settle back and see what it's like being here and meeting other

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  research on the expanding universe, and is only offered once every two years ... me that I was pulling a “freshman spring” and taking too many classes ... brain can successfully absorb, and learned what it was like to have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  my life (fun)^-1. The only thing worse than being sick and wanting to ... compares to wanting to just curl up and die while also knowing you need to spend hours working on 8.02, 2.001, and 18.03. But, as any MIT student

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  Intro to Solid-State Chemistry, Intro to Western Music, Calculus I, and ... the fun things about going to college is having to relearn and adapt to ... upperclassmen and they give you the latest tips and tricks on how to not die at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  professors and departments at Wits University and the University of Cape Town I ... wanted to be when I grew up and I would tell her about my plans to traverse the world and help people with the amazing, affordable medical

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my head. The warmth, which had faded, returned, and lingered over the past month, is decidedly dead. The sky is white and my bed is very warm. So I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  occurring at many universities, and that there are far more serious situations ... follow the path of an exponential function, info here) and research into the 1918 flu epidemic suggests that closing schools and cancelling large

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  The other day I was watching a video about typography and the speaker ... bright objects, awkward s pa ci ng between words and letters is visually displeasing. The whiteness screams out, “Look at me, I exist!” And we reply, “Go

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  Currently listening to Currently with: Raymond, Lucy, and Shannia Currently drinking: Odwalla Superfood Currently feeling: warm and cozy in the ... to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  's Spectrum newsletter that goes out to "friends and supporters" of MIT. I agree ... graduation. For most of my time at the Institute, I fully believed them, using their optimism and encouragement to convince myself to pull through just

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  assembled a mailing list of faculty, grad students, undergraduates, and more ... more around… 7 people. The date rolls around and everything goes ... -spicy.”"][/annotation] The food was amazing, and I’m definitely planning to go again

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  never realistically go. In fact, if I had not visited the University in August and completely fell in love with it, I wouldn't have even applied ... about the competition I was facing and the level of excellence that would

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  top choices with notes of praise and hints of acceptance letters and ... differs from many of the schools who employ them. At MIT, we read and summarize the applications over the course of a number of weeks, and we don

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  simply curious. And then there are the blank stares - the heavy gazes of ... this orphanage, giving donations, and implementing new programs for ... children had just lost their parents, their homes, and their country. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  bit and plug it here. The other event is running on Friday and Saturday ... combination of fun and information out of your CPW: Make friends. You'll stay ... . Plus, it's a lot more fun to roam freely through events and around campus

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  from you and the due date was last Friday. You can have an extension ... those hours. Good luck with the completion of the semester and your ... 12 pages written, and sketchy headers for the next 7 or so sections

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009