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  MIT is Utopia Because the nice guys were here.

  

  weekend was Utopia, a big boat cruise and party in the Boston Harbor. MIT CSC (Chinese Student's Club) hosted it, and a bunch of students from other schools (Harvard, BU, BC, Tufts, Wellseley, etcetc) came and it was

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 15, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT ... Hopkins to talk about her work with zebrafish and cancer research that ... Watson. Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection? is a rich narrative

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  confidence that you will be admitted to several great colleges, and a letter ... . The whole college application process is one of back-and-forth decisions. You pick where to apply, schools pick their admitted students, and then

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Maybe later

  

  amazing pictures from last weekend and writing a super-awesome entry about the FIRST regional. But then Adelaide came by and informed me that it is GORGEOUS outside, and I am a sucker for warm weather. Winter is nice

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tomorrow is MacVicar day! Tomorrow is MacVicar day. See poster presentations by MIT students who have made an impact…

  

  showcases student research in our labs here on campus and in the field ... research and public service, and it would be wonderful if you could come to see the posters, talk to the students involved, and learn more about our

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Leadership & Double Dare 11 pictures of the leadership conference, and 16 pictures of the Double Dare sex challenge

  

  organizers Neera '06 and Janet '06 with volunteer Kriti '07 Women meet in groups and create action plans Linda Noel from Student Life Programs (SLP) speaks to conference attendees Attendees and special guests have

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join the Design/Build/Fly Team?

  , manufacturing, testing, and operating a radio controlled aircraft to meet mission ... learn and practice some or all of the following: lightweight composite layups; practical structural, aerodynamic and power system design and
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  you live, and each living group is a community with its own distinct culture and traditions. MIT housing is guaranteed for your entire undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  I felt. Igniting civic engagement on campus and advocating for peer to peer mental health had been my purpose and identity. And after leaving ... - faced with decisions like where to live and to work. I didn’t have values

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of Friday nights like this, and a lot of Fridays spent studying or coding. Many of us have big adventures and exciting weeks, and I do too, but most

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  -run art group that focuses on providing an open forum for artists and thinkers alike. It is a conglomerate of undergraduates and graduate students from MIT and Wellesley, as well as faculty from the Center for Advanced

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  also endearing memories at MITES, and knows her best friends better than ... hometown, and has much to tell you about the virtues of serif fonts in this day and age. Boheng C. ‘28 from California, who has biked all the way

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  celebrate with us in the comments and—more importantly—share this wonderful news with your community and loved ones! We hope you feel like you're walking on sunshine, and we'll have some additional, cylindrical

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  very limited unsupervised screen time, but I did, and I fell totally in ... , after Harry Potter but before any other book series, fanfiction, and the newspaper. Sam and Mitra and Mollie, the earliest bloggers, were MIT to me

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

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  wholesome gingerbread house and person decorating event quickly went off the ... downfall. And as a bonus, I’m including some pictures from this year’s decorating party, with new people and a different creative direction (plus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  not happen overnight, and it does not happen to everyone. I'd like to ... terrible things at me, and the only way I could find myself reacting was by falling down. And then picking myself up and moving forward one silly

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  , Veteran's Day and the last day of our campaign, we set up at one of our MIT dormitories, Maseeh Hall, from 7 to 9, to fundraise and spread awareness. Our ... message and empower students like us to believe that they too can make a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  ’s Random Hall weekly-ish study break. In honor of Pi Day Irina O. ’15 and Luisa B. ’16 baked from scratch 1.909859317102744... π pies (and I did ... bottoms are excised and their insides are pudding.)    Here are the pudding

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  . '15 drove Kerry N. '14, Jes P. '15 and I to the animal rescue place in ... we were there, as well as many older cats and dogs.  Every little ... Game of Thrones. The little kitten is so cute! She jumps all around and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  , and unfortunately we could not take all of them. If your decision was ... .  We'll have some additional advice and instructions for Deferred ... and KCCO. 

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2013