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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  People often find it shocking when I say it, but if MIT was in ... offers 57334534923 (not a hyperbole) convincing reasons to attend, to me ... Frank Sinatra in New York, New York: these vagabond shoes were longing to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  was a most busy and miserable day that can be summarized in one sentence ... Market in three weeks and the shelves of my formerly bomb-shelteresque pantry are now looking pretty spare, so I decided to indulge myself in a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a ... other MIT students who had gone abroad made me really interested in the ... was up before them in the morning), my activities became more burdensome

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  learning community that offers all of the core classes in smaller classes. It ... classes are offered exactly the same as the regular material learned in ... .091, people were literally sitting in the aisles of this lecture hall that sat

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  to participate in the selection committee for the Minority Introduction ... and education, and we need more celebrations of excellence in these fields.And in this season of high anxiety over selective college admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life But make it four

  

  This blog was inspired by those day-in-the-life (DITL) videos people ... spends their day. My roommates and I wanted to do the same thing but in ... consider this an editorialized or ideal "day in the life at MIT." Of course

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in BRASIL! my summer in january

  

  campus in Cambridge, I was enjoying lying on the beach in summer weather in ... ="which has a course number in literature, writing, women & gender studies, and urban planning!"]Race, Place, and Modernity in the Americas

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 5, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Startups in Dorm Room Fund a venture fund run by students for students

  

  invest in. I found out about them from one of my friends, Yasyf M. '17, who ... . What's interesting is that a lot of DRF backed startups in the Boston ... undergrads. They've expanded greatly since they started, with chapters in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  class that I somewhat have to take. It is only offered in the fall and is ... ’t like big class sizes and I did not have a great experience in [annotation ... it is an algorithms class, I would enjoy it more than 6.009.  In the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  the Management Board, Microsoft Germany at the HaffenCity University in ... the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... compete at the 2018 US Championships. I came in with a nagging hip injury

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... small children kicking a soccer ball or sitting in a circle. While in ... brought water buffalo and smoldering fire pits. This field is in Mai Chau

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  in Technique. (Note: Co-ed = female student; all the universities ... students did for fun, also in the late 1800s. For some of you, this post ... ’s history helps with your consideration of committing to MIT in the present

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  Square Theater, ticket in one hand and notebook in the other, I wasn ... in the arts faculty that I finally decided to check it out and squeeze ... !). In addition to staging performances, Central Square Theater works

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he mimicked in a higher-pitched voice and some sort of everlasting smile. It was past three in the morning and I'd just returned home from Studio 7

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  admitted students choosing to enroll at MIT (also known in admissions ... decision. Out of the 437 students on our wait list, 26 were offered admission ... effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT. As someone

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  think it's in between a party and a pain. Maybe something like a picnic ... wants to have in Boston that day. Who knew it snowed in Boston?? (Just ... find some neat thing happening that you join in on. Essentially... IAP is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday, but it is no different. But before I once again immerse myself in the ... over at the MIT Media Lab in the Personal Robots research group. I often

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts of cool things: one of my floormates is studying abroad in Madrid, another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) on blood, he drew blood from the head TA in front of the entire lecture in 10-250. So basically, this class is designed to teach us ... , carbohydrates and how they exist in the body. So far, it's been pretty good

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  This is just one in the onslaught of many posts to come about what ... Natural History, checked out the reopened Toscanini's ice cream in Central ... in the back of my mind until I was finally able to finish it over IAP

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022