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• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  , I've felt like a fake at MIT. That I fit in socially and I have great ... pass. And this was good enough for high school. This was enough to get me by and, apparently, get into MIT. But it's this very method of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  the Institute’s ROTC programs, and we look forward to working with DOD ... of uncertainty and consternation. I write today, as I have in the past on behalf of undocumented and international students, to reaffirm our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  After considerable twisting and tweaking, I have contrived to design ... Sunday night, and I feel as though I've spent the last forty-eight hours traipsing through puddles of psets, EMT drills, writer's block, dance, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  course or attending any other university. -and- I know that there isn ... batch of them here, and I think that the time has come to do so again. A ... undergraduate studies...I am extremely passionate about Physics myself and am

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  out and about enjoying their first week orientation at MIT. During Orientation, freshmen learn about academic requirements and extracurricular clubs and activities. They also learn about the resources available to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  perfectly rounded and the insides don't slop out like Whoppers in the states ... I hope you (and the powers above) will forgive me for blogging about ... morning (10-1) with Profesor Gessa, and stayed with a Spanish family

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AND WIND CHILLS IN THE 5 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE ... EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY... TODAYS SNOW AND FLURRIES IN SOUTHERN NEW ... NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND NORTHWARD THROUGH WORCESTER COUNTY INTO THE

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  and universal experience for all MIT students. Recommendations for ... fun fact started feeling disingenuous as I strayed further and further ... undergrad degree with the rest of my class in Spring 2026 then with my MEng in

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  than 60 countries and more than a million participants, including more than 50k in the United States last year. One thing I like about Bebras USA is that it has really has taken root in the midwest and mountain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  graduate, and so, in two years, I should have a degree in mathematics from ... really bothers you, go download the game, play it through, and this blog ... also clearly note where spoilers begin and where they end.) 1. Voices In

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  Pi Day is a big deal around our mathematically-minded Institute ... , Koch Institute, Division of Student Life, MIT Dining. Meanwhile, the MIT ... student residences and clubs held Pi Day events as well. For a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  , and once caught a cold in 90 degree weather. I’m still not sure how that ... A week and a day ago, roughly 7:30 pm: Me: Hi Mom! Sorry I haven ... , I’ve been taking my vitamins. And I’m on my third carton of orange

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  had to take 15 and a half classes in one semester just to get one degree ... to get a UROP and do research as an undergraduate. Margaret Mac ... --sneaking into labs well after their closing times, RB used NMR, UV, and IR

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  scoffed and said that psychology was a fake science and didn't deserve any ... would somehow tie back to this quote, as we learned more and more about humans and their time on this earth (it was AP Human Geography after all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  me to fully articulate how I can feel inexplicably connected to and ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live ... Kendall/MIT stop on a daily basis, and I no longer spend my days with the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  MIT portal, be patient. We still have a lot of application pieces to enter and file. Before that, I've been catching up on email and phone calls. This ... staff to get together and catch up. And before that, I was sleeping off

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  Personally, I have always found it ironic how universities tout their student: faculty ratio. For freshmen and prospective students, how ... premonition I swear"]a future in these big lecture halls felt odd and foreign

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  semester are spent in a sleep-deprived and over-caffeinated haze, probably at ... would be too distracting, and any quieter spaces would only serve to ... the next few days. surviving on snacks and free food scavenged from

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  degree in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences with a concentration ... It was 86 degrees F in Boston on Wednesday! A blooming tree in ... and 1984, when Amherst Alley ("dorm row") was moved farther from Baker

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  entry, Kevin '11, Joe '12, and I had an on-camera discussion about how GEL ... undergrads out there, I hope these experiences show you how the Institute ... " ("Mind and Hand"). For all you aspiring engineering leaders in the classes

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011