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• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  One. It was a lie that made me choose MIT. I was told, and I believed ... semester, that MIT had parties like any other college, and that MIT wasn ... my registration, saw that I had six classes listed, and said "I know

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  background from GIRs (General Institute Requirements) and REST courses, and ... , Described by a Frosh," and Day 4 - "MIT for Book Lovers." _______________________________ You may be surprised that MIT has a thriving HASS (Humanities, Arts, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  It’s the start of my third year here, and once again I am smiling at ... is home and nothing will ever change that. It was the new bloggers ... ’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  and what I'm doing this summer. I'm doing this because a) I need to break my blogger drought (rip sophomore year) and b) I'm working on a really big blog post but it'll take some more time, and in the interim I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  Hi everybody, I play ice hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the spring here at MIT and spend a ton of time practicing, cross training and competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  upcoming year, and I myself was graciously offered a spot—which means I ... of yet another great semester in MIT arts, and to celebrate this MIT Associate Provost Philip Khoury brought together the MIT arts faculty and

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  works out beautifully. And that no experimental evidence has ever disproven it. And that my smartphone – its tens of billions of transistors, LEDs, and other semiconductor devices – would not exist without our

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  me. every day is a grind, and keeping up with academics is about the ... advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and looking back makes me feel like i'm in another universe right now. i mean

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  network with businessmen, entrepreneurs, and investors. Even the physical ... startup scene and meeting more and more influential people. The center of ... sides. After I gorged on the cheese and crackers (this broke college

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Campus and West Campus, a distinction that, at least to me, always brings ... atmosphere. There are lots of parties, dances, and social events. East Campus ... Campus dorms) are more diverse and unconventional. Residents in this part

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  my floormates and stare at their food until they offer me some, or ... between “I’m currently eating” and “I’m currently dining.” Dining is so professional, deliberate, and sophisticated. It feels politically correct. But

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  the offer details, and sent me the offer letter to sign. I still kind of ... The end of the semester has come and gone, and although I meant to ... trip to India drained me of all motivation and I basically just sat

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  I've returned from France to the States just in time for lots of ... exciting time around these parts. It's great to be back in Boston. And now ... , Baltimore/Washington, Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco Bay areas. If you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  about colleges and universities. Many of the students I met already knew a ... County, having just spent the week in New York City and Long Island, meeting and talking with a lot of students and guidance counselors about MIT

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its ... economics, and am ready to embark on the next adventure: an internship in New ... general. Relief, freedom, and possibility overwhelms me, feelings that were

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  opened in 1970, and it basically screams "70s architecture"), but it's home ... . Laundry is $0.75 per washer and $0.25 per dryer. You can pay for it with ... owns and maintains a small exercise room for residents. This is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  do with as you like. Most doors have been painted and painted over who knows how many times, and each one has a story, whether it's that of the ... the door had ever been painted. I thought about it on and off for all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  (the one in the United Kingdom, not in the United States where MIT is ... ’m doing a [annotation note='mit international science and technology ... electromagnetism and [annotation note="graphene is so cool. basically, it's a novel

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine ... on the spot and then schedule it to get published right after. I ... down and watch more Hermitcraft after this, so yeah. This is pretty much

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  does involve a commute ranging anywhere from 20-25 miles - and that ... of 7:30 and 8:30 am. Thankfully, there's an incentive for my atypical early bird behavior. The fare, both on the commuter rail and in the T

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012