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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  short answer is: we’ve been doing a lot! So we asked Claire, one of our ... ’s been a big year. Check it out! STARS@MIT: A Year in ReviewWhen I was ... for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  seniors. You do, however, have a book that you're returning to the Coop ... ) and a stack of paper that is the approximate size and weight of a baby ... . This is in no way helpful, especially since there is now a human being in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm ... /student interactions happened that I thought I could add to this entry. In 10 ... sandwich itself wasn't as hot as I'd usually like it. Well, I guess that's a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  hurt my foot. The story this time is that I went on a camping trip with ... Kayla E. '15 and I decided that it was a great idea to go out for a run ... -ray. My right foot was broken. I had a small stress fracture (that was very

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  worsened my mood. I had gotten in to MIT. Now, I can't help but feel that ... , is a beautiful, beautiful phrase (and as I said earlier, I really wish ... really is awesome). Sorry guys, but I tried. I never got a Tube and I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  -quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on ... , the reason why I feel like this is a "break", even though objectively it ... all of the links to wikipedia, that is effort and i am lazy and want to

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  a while. Conner 2 is the adorable youngest daughter, outfitted in a ... 'd take this rare opportunity to famewhore a little and mention that I ... correctly. I never set foot in a research lab in high school, but I gave up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  changed my major to 2A and decided to concentrate in product design. I was ... out all my classes I can see that design is literally around us all ... .97 during IAP of 2011. I am currently more and more involved with classes that

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  , but I figure it's worth repeating) is that 1337 means "leet" in "Leet ... the time to do these hacks. I mean, considering someone is awake at all ... get in trouble? Please do provide details =). Aalap Dighe: I was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  wasn't enough, which is, unfortunately, a common occurrence at MIT. i ... hopeless in the academic sense. it was a frustration that was inevitable ... at MIT. if i could do MIT over again, i think i would have been a hass

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  want to do is sit still and go online (at least it was for me) but if that's the kind of thing that tickles your fancy, then I have a nice ... so I thought I'd squeeze in one last entry before decisions came out

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of ... Admissions Reception Center). This means that the room is in building 10, on ... shallow jerk. I heard a visitor say once that the people at MIT looked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  our perpetual battle with the mit weather machine spinning arts needs a shaman

  

  . I would like to think it is a short and shriveling twig casting a ... during CPW fireshow. In fact, the last time we did not have a rain threat ... the frosh do a delay-the-rain dance yesterday after dress rehearsals

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • November 15, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Making A Splash on July 4: The Celebration in Photos July 4th - A Photo Essay

  

  . FIREWORKS!!! I was always told that July 4th in Boston was ... names, and in the true spirit of MIT, a friend said: Friend: If I had a ... all about the BBQ and fun with friends. I took in the action from Baker

  • by Bryan
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  Becca H. '12 Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch by Rachel F. '12 Do I have a ... doing so. The whole idea behind the blogs is to open a window into the ... 've had a tremendous impact. In advance of this anniversary, I decided to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  was a setup for heartbreak. What bothered me the most was that I wasn ... floor did compsci, or that most of my friends were in a completely ... transferring. College is a blur of events that’ll leave you wondering where the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  In September 2021, when I posted about the new Welcome Center that is ... the Welcome Center a good front door to the Institute. In order to do ... ’re conspiring on with our old friend Ceri R. ’16, that is not live yet, but which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  , week, month, whatever, is over. I have a strange feeling my entire four ... things here and there on the blog, but I'd be doing a lot more of them were ... lot as a result, lending to my feeling that I haven't been here long. At

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday ... is a huge project that encourages dozens of MIT students to teach ... blogged about, unfortunately in the same entry in which I posted a really

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  -Conner rooming committee, for doing a fantastic job with the in-house reassignment ... deserve some props, and dare I say mad props at that, for genuinely ... "Sunshowers" by M.I.A. "I bongo with my lingo and I beat it like a wing, yo" 3

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005