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• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  . What did they find so intriguing about a green tree, scary reptiles, and ... the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture of the beautiful skyline and fall-colored trees, I think back to my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  or hamentaschen? The latke and the hamentaschen are both Jewish foods ... , economic downturn, and cataclysmic natural event (including the extinction of ... scientific community convened for the first time at the University of Chicago

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  . *blushes* Last year, I posted Taiwanese pop songs to "encourage" the EA and ... students from an underachieving high school to getting into Tokyo University (Todai), the most prestigious university in Japan, through a year of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  across the world. And of course, MIT has more than its fair share of HP geeks, and thus you might be asking yourself, if I went to MIT, what would ... readings, movie, activities and live music for the whole family!" What Makes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  I split the month of August between three states, between two coasts, two mountain ranges, and about a million different thoughts. The states: Oregon, my home, New Mexico, my camp-home, and Massachusetts, my new and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  multiple interview rounds, and finally received and accepted an offer to work ... school has to offer. The Future The future is looking brighter and ... our last problem set of the year. I laughed, and felt my heart sink as I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  Bros. hack, and a subsequent one answering people's questions. She answered a lot of questions, but she also got a lot of questions, and other ... -world adventures and social-engineering, and they use 'hax' or 'haxxed' to denote the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  where I spent my days eating Steak n’ Shake and fishing in the lake by our ... quite a few memorable experiences, and even some seemingly unmemorable ... . As we drove to our hotel, I looked out the window and watched as

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  life. Last semester's demos in 8.022 (Electricity and Magnetism, with ... 8.03 (Waves and Vibrations) with high expectations. I was not ... he upped the intensity-- and in true traditional style, we started out

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at ... freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through ... from their first two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  institutions, governments, businesses, NGOs, and individuals are addressing the ... to Round 2, and the idea to "Establish a 'Global Challenges Wikipedia ... , and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for ... two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  fine institutions across America and the world, I wish you all the best ... Last Wednesday, somewhere between a biology test and a chemistry ... DME, devouring free food and enjoying countless activities during

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  's office to say hi and check in with my pi, a postdoc offered me a ... from time to time about events, dining hall swipes, free covid tests, and ... , and i've unfortunately since [annotation note="this is a tangent, but i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  intern at a start-up that focuses on artificial intelligence and data ... learned this summer and what it means for me going forward: I shouldn ... position where they can't care about compensation. And to be honest, a large

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  . They now both have (extremely generous) job offers from this company, and ... /astro master's program as well, and he was offered admission and a research ... is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  (offering free ice cream and challenging engineering-themed games), the crowd ... , and she was just petting its head because she was bored, but then Joey ... , and walking around on the floor of 10-250. Okay. This was especially

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  members at the Activities Midway. We mostly utilized free candy and the ... -cheerleader.) Well, after training the new girls (and guy) pretty intensely over the ... yesterday. Although the weather was miserable, we all curled our hair and put

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  high school, and I had lead roles in five of them. I made all-state choir ... the state of Ohio, and we went to the Macy's Parade my senior year. So ... what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  blog is the album Blue Moon Safari by Air and Vegyn :-) Last fall, I ... myself blink out and in of existence as I crossed the threshold of the office each morning and evening. The meat of each day was some combination

  • by Gloria Z. '26 MEng '27
  • August 16, 2025