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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  , when you're hard at work putting off a problem set, you realize that you forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or ... join me on an all-too-familiar excursion. :-) (a closer look at the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  It’s a beautiful spring day here at MIT – the sun is peeking through ... -your-rain-jacket-everywhere weather). What better way to enjoy this good weather than by going on a little adventure? I’ve been wanting to do a blog showcasing MIT’s many

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  's true; I used to wake up at five a.m. even though school didn't start ... -to-charm-the-opposite-gender thing, because, again: deeply unpopular. The effort was a lot of fun, but ... + connections on LinkedIn, but he says it's because I dress like a kid, to which I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  Hello! I’m Theo, one of CJ’s unfortunate friends from our dorm (I ... note="cj: i will also not allow theo to have a stronger annotation game ... ; 18.022 = Multivariable Calculus, a GIR. (One of the professors for 14

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  In a public high school with about 700 people per class, there was ... learned to shove facts into my head, regurgitate it on a test a week later ... , but slowly, I got over this fear I had from even approaching the problem

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  Horizons team at NASA launched a space probe to the Kuiper Belt. Nine and ... made its closest approach to Pluto. It sent back a preliminary photo of ... Binzel, a New Horizons mission co-investigator, is also professor in MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  about biology from a chemical standpoint. I also took 5.112 in the fall ... ended up learning a ton from the class. Best and worst decision I have ... (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence

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

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  learn nothing from RB?!) but a lot of other departments do; including ... indiscretion, I'm actually only three classes away from a degree in chemistry ... significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  A reminder: Fall 2005 UROP Direct Funding (Funds from UROP) Deadline ... teams from NASA, Draper, JPL and Honeywell. This is a unique opportunity ... options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  constructive criticism. I feel like I can learn a lot from her. CMS.335 Short ... perspectives to analyze texts emanating from these debates, and present their ... social change, and changing literacies) across media forms and from various

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  the first Festival here. This post is the second of a series of three ... . This post is just a fraction of the fascinating information I absorbed at ... , follow the links to learn more. Visit openlearning.mit.edu for a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  Last week, high school counselors from across the country came to a conference at MIT. One of the events was a student panel, and I got to ... , a hairdo like this does not preclude you from getting a job at places

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  4 hours from the time when we went to sleep at Tep (A coed living ... Houston ... you figure it out), I proceeded from the hotel I stayed at Wed ... was on a mission. Since Matt Mcgann was occupied on the phone at the

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  was from a New Year's eve party I went to with my friends. A more ... slam of my own. I crocheted a Baby Plum from the Binding of Isaac for ... absolute blast from the fucking past. Can I open up by cursing? Is that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  slightly adjacent. But to be fair to my younger self, I come from a town of ... knew that deviating from a path I knew well could result in becoming ... school; in 6 years time, I will have a PhD in mathematics from MIT. It

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  Siddhartha Mukherjee - I got this from a Barnes and Noble in Tempe, Arizona ... tournament and stayed at a rural college dorm 45 minutes away from the city ... best friend, I use a Tumblr Song Sorter after every major album release

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  away from work. Of leaving campus for a while. Of temporarily freeing ... away. Who were a world separate from the encompassing universe of college ... It hit me just a little while ago, that today is November 1st. It

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  suuuuupppeeerrrrr chill (like for real. Actual quote from a housemate: “I wouldn ... FREAKING insane. As a brief overview, I have (in approximate order ... an airport wearing a facemark, gloves, and only black clothes (major

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  indelible consequence of growing up away from and a little distrustful of ... thinking, recently, of a passage from one of my favorite books of all time— A ... In January, I came back to campus for IAP and got to do a healthcare

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  , though, is how to format a résumé as a freshman. You've just graduated from ... . Luckily, I did have a résumé handy from the college application process. (I ... It totally hit me today when I stumbled upon a copy of the Tech and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016