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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... -inscrutable concepts racked my brains to no end, had a few guest appearances in the 8 ... material in class. To further put that in perspective, I typically wasn't the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  and journal and plan read a little bit, daydream a little get to work ... never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  , with some "day in the life"s, similar to others that have been done in ... . The next day, we slept in, and went to a late brunch at one of my ... website!) After that, my Mom wanted to go [blueberry

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  . When you get hungry, head to the Quincy Market (largest food hall in New ... to a big city. It only takes 10 minutes to get downtown from East ... the ocean. In the summer, there are even more reasons to leave the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  front. there are plans in place to advance the game: but i can't get too ... 're scheduled to be in, and so forth...) there are also rules changes that the ... 't participate in it myself. it's a lot more fun to be a player, though. :) the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  somewhat good experience talking to my counselor. i first mentioned this in a ... guy, and it’s been going okay i guess. i get that it’s meant to be ... any more intense? do you feel like you’re getting closer to act upon

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  Japan-based company in Tokyo who attempted to be the first private company ... could be compared to the nervous system of the lander. We were in charge ... the Assembly, Integration, and Testing team. In order to work with them

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  the school is able to hold adult classes in the evening. Another one of ... Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan 31st. Zambia is a land-locked country in southern Africa (see above

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  ” of coming to the US for college, getting disappointed by MIT dining ... ’ve found is to try appreciating the tiny moments in my daily life that I have ... [/annotation] in the morning; picking a shirt, jacket, and tie to suit my mood

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  semester, but you can start to poke around in the 6.811 course website to ... iPhone. in our first iteration, we tried to bust open a few ... . it's a very different way to think of product design or just design in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  , until this summer when I officially moved to live in a hotel (aka Maseeh ... you in high school who want a taste of MIT culture from home and to ... frequent the blogs would love to stalk learn about one of the new bloggers

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  barrier. I get thirsty very easily, so in the airport, I wanted to get a ... , named Chinotto. It was 4 euros so I didn't get it. However, my failure to ... var. myrtifolia). The tree grows to a height of 3m and can be found in

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in ... just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details ... about being in a country where nobody has electricity or regular access to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field to get an answer.) ... MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  five cookies in one sitting will most likely lead to a tummy ache ... starting spring of my first year. What’s the point? 1) I get to declare a ... ’s not you, it’s me. I’ve moved on. Don’t get me wrong though. We had our

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  in stalls, if you can hear the person next to you fighting demons as ... 's one of my favorite classes I've ever taken at MIT (even though I had to ... for that class was to  "Make An Agent." For this project, you must make

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  challenge myself with:   Visit 15 new places to eat in the Cambridge ... whole Pset in one sitting with no breaks Actually learn how to spell ... story Take the time to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube Take part in

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  to just trying to find time to rest but really not...getting any. This ... get extremley red and I would scratch it to the point where my skin ... campus living at MIT, I would try to never study in Random. I found it was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  that, I might as well add "GET OFF CAMPUS" to it, to keep myself from ... "Let someone else do it." No joke. Anyway, I'm going to get back to my ... I am taking 5 minutes out of my life just to let you all know why I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm ... , in my book) that could get away with using Comic Sans (the other being ... in front of the blackboard to comfortably enjoy the Logs as they

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011