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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  -hand last week, and it was pretty mindblowing. That’s right – the Music Cubes ... the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building) are finally open! For those ... ensembles typically rehearse and perform"]Kresge Auditorium[/annotation] and

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

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  a running joke between Fatima and me that started about a week before ... free for MIT students. I filled out an online application and reserved an appointment at Widener Library, where they checked my government-issued ID and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  I’ve already been on three flights. And as I attempt to make sense of ... conversations and “light reading”), I can’t help but draw a parallel. The past two ... around in the boarding area. The anxious march through the plane door. And

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  , and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to ... difficult subject for me to write about, so I am going to stop and let you ... , Head of the Department of Architecture at MIT and lead architect of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  into a vending machine and received 6 (apparently expensive) slips of ... , and somehow found it. Welcome to Japan! I work at a pharmaceutical lab ... ’t heard of them? Neither did I until I applied to MISTI-Japan and got an

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  ahead of me" days. A quick break from 2.001 will be good though, and I ... I'll spare you and just add it to this entry. I was exploring the Internet the other day and stumbled upon a website that touted a video of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Radio Radio

  

  An MIT '09 emailed me today and asked if MIT had its own radio ... WTBS [now TBS] for his station, and contacted the MIT radio station with an offer to buy them. Since the purchase of call letters was not yet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  metro manila, you see, and in high school earth science lessons we would talk about volcanoes, and my teachers have been old enough to remember the 1991 pinatubo eruption, and they would tell us stories. no one lived near

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  one test My fate and class grade is sealed With one test I'm the good ... , you can't write that down You know I tool, it's there in black and white ... last (3rd) test, and now I absolutely need an A+ on the next test to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  , but like, a deep post. something that's a little more reflective and ... guess it's just that i've been busy with classes, and my urop, and there's a lot going on, you know? and also, overall, i'm a lot happier these

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  populate universities have already made the choice to eschew finance and ... 1. Labels The number of double takes and comments I’ve gotten this ... in public, or playing with cats. It’s a very special place and the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  different times in my life and especially throughout my MIT journey. And, to ... came to MIT, I really didn’t think frat life was for me. And there is a ... Texas, where the concept of a fraternity (especially at a state school

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  glass, and welded sculptures. One company was offering free test rides on ... The other day, I skivved off studying for thermodynamics and instead ... , and planned that it would take about a third of the hours it did, so I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  Alright, you and I both have some big decisions to make in the next ... (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence ... other day going through high school pictures and was like, “wow, that was

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about ... . That includes both robots and mental health. There’s been a lot of debate ... page about Imposter Syndrome, I think everyone responded with relief and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  Last summer, I got into running. And it was really fun! I enjoyed it a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the ... through Boston and tried to run to the airport [ [annotation note

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  ugliness. Fulfillment proved to be elusive, expensive, and less compelling ... vegetables ($2.00 per 16 oz.) doused in oyster sauce and Sriracha, digging for leftover cornbread and lentil stew in pika's fridge (too many potatoes per 16

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  Mall, and exchange my tickets. A man says something to me ... , what’s your name?” We talked for a while. He said he’s from Texas and he’s really excited to go to Metro State (a local community college) in the fall

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  I've always thought about doing crew and Taekwondo (TKD) in college. So at CPW, I visited the crew and TKD info booths, and during ... .E. Taekwondo and loved it. Master Chuang (head Instructor of Sport TKD) brought

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  Friday's deadline and surveying everyone and their grandmother for an ... hours? Four? Should I just leave and get a sandwich now?) I still don ... 've been hoarding in my room in case of housing emergency become more and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010