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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  one hour of musings we're so back

  

  fragile and raw, and I had to protect that. But, the chaos of life has subsided, at least for a wee bit, and I'm excited to be back. — Is this ... it something? Yes! And is there value in writing, again and again

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  music, and of course the titular runway show. Planning MIT Gala is a yearlong effort, culminating in one joyful night of celebrating art and ... begins at 8AM, and the event starts at 5PM, so come with me as we go behind

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  One of the coolest things about building and studying computers is taking rocks and training them to add and remember numbers. Wow! Rocks usually do not (and should not) know how to add or remember numbers, but we

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  It Lives. can i be nostalgic yet?

  

  clings and clangs of construction (because Boston-Cambridge is always under ... close enough, cutting through the chit-chat and the murmurs of the ... , consciously or otherwise, to it. That rhythm was their driver and catalyst

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 2, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  the purpose of documenting East Campus culture and history before the ... fall, and I want to encourage people to take it! [caption id ... school and early years of college. It’s not a seminar, either, where you do

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  year, I lived in a double in New House. My side was colored yellow and orange with my sunflower tapestry and comforter. I also bought a blue ... choice because the colors made no sense together and she moved out after a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  too tired to cook and just went anyway. The allure of free food is ... pizza and Indian food, we raved about how much [annotation note="I ABSOLUTELY LOVE my UROP mentor and elaborating on just how inspirational and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  The last week and some are a blur, a long, joyous drink of EC. When I ... I know now), they glow with a sense of MIT, and particularly East ... observed but did not participate in. I swung on a rope swing and stacked milk

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  access it here. You can review the dates and deadlines for this year's application cycle here. As you consider when and how you want to apply, please ... are still dealing with delays and disruptions from the ongoing pandemic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  Gabrieli. He's an incredibly intelligent and engaging professor that has some of the most interesting and fun lectures I've ever had at MIT. As a result, some students compiled a list of of his weirdest, strangest, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  general vibe is very modern and clean and shiny. Beyond that, though... I ... , through the building, and up to my room on the fifth floor. We'll start ... amoeba shaped cutouts that are just so weird and vaguely remind me of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  surroundings was limited to the MIT area, Chinatown, and the Back Bay. Now, I feel much more comfortable with navigating Cambridge and Boston. Here are ... 's super fun to hang out at and also makes for an unconventional date spot

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  situation. We’re in the part of the year between admitting one class and reading applications for the next—so it’s perhaps the only (and best?) time I have to focus on projects for both the office and for myself. You

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  the blog train for a bunch of reasons, and then never quite figured out ... a year, and I've been living in comfortable silence for almost all of ... don't know who I am, and I don't know who you are, but we'll make it

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  to boston, and to cambridge, and to MIT. they have successfully ... , thinking about final assignments and projects for the semester, thinking about 6.033, being with a community of friends i lived with and saw daily

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  calendar was a solid block of commitments from ~8-8, and the remaining hours were spent in meetings, labs, and libraries, trying not to get smashed by ... and finally feel ready to rejoin society. Today I woke up and looked out

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  facebook group last night, and wanted to copy it here in case anyone out ... ! * * * * * * * * * * * * * hey everyone! just wanted to pop in and say hi as decision day ... understand the world, and now i'm doing a senior project in that field. or the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  When I was fifteen, in the summer between tenth and eleventh grades ... described as "too goddamn independent" and my mother, much as I love her, was ... me in a rigorous academic environment and my need to be really, really

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  Engineering, and one of the most awesome experiences of my life has been rowing ... sport and can’t imagine my MIT years without it. I am sharing my story with you because I think a lot of you might be like me and would feel the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  from the firehose this month. This post is about that, and it has a ... my last blog post in a desperate attempt to preserve inspiration, and ... emails to professors: “I have been ill for quite some time now, and it is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014