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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  many questions about making friends in college that I even wrote a blog ... anything remotely close to "greek life", or in my case, a sorority, in ... reputation, especially for us nerds. In particular, as a multiracial woman, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  foreign license only if I’ve been in the country for less than a month. But ... . Driving in Boston is terrifying. But this year, I finally ran out of ... York City after graduation too; as terrifying as driving in Boston is, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  This is a guest blog post by my dear friend (and first person I ever ... passenger train receives woefully little love in the US of A, but it’s historically played a massive role in the growth and development of this land. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Written Post Oh man my handwriting is atrocious

  

  a million times, because four classes at MIT is a full and very ...     Typed out notes in review: I wrote this two weeks ago I apologize for my handwriting Ceri's post is here I am also

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  it. In the center is a large Roman tile mosaic from around 115 AD of ... One of the things I love about the Boston area is that being a ... , historic home in Boston. Only the signs really give it away as being a museum

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  type of manufacturing system is called a re-entry system, where a silicon wafer re-enters the system with a higher priority each time it is processed. Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  This fall, I enrolled in EM.S21: Design and Make a Lamp. It's a 3 ... showed us a lot about 2-D structures in design. Cody from the Hobby Shop ... showed us CAD modeling. I came in to this class expecting to have a good

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Events

  A Mystery Hunt Puzzle A Taste of Things to Come...

  

  , you decide to return to your 14.01, for it is due in 11 hours. Luckily ... It is 2:45 AM. You have just finished your 5.111 pset. The ... molecular orbital diagrams. You still have a 14.01 pset to do, before the sun

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  've decided I'm in love with this place. A few thoughts about Seattle after my ... , has been delicious. The weather is basically perfect, hovering in the ... generally friendly. The city as a whole (as well as the Amazon campus) is very

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  is a Really Good Journal.) But anyway. Since the completion of the ... of the actin cytoskeleton, which is involved in learning and memory ... , you do the math. ;) I work directly with a postdoctoral associate in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faster than a speeding locomotive. E=MC^2 serving up the most delicious physics problems since 1905.

  

  and technology developments on society. Featured in the documentary is ... cleaning spam from my inbox. Join your fellow Student Pugwash members in the ... 's own special theory of relativity. More information on the program is

  • by Bryan
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  to a warehouse club in the area. The house manager just delivered a ... think it worked out to around $4.50 per person, which is a steal ... , and even if I were, I doubt I'd want to take a dip in the Charles

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  outside on a bench in the evening. Y Cafe is a cheap and delicious ... of my sorority sisters -- Nicole, Rebecca, and Ruisi -- in a cozy apartment in Hell's Kitchen a mile from Times Square. I can't say how much

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  -Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor ... Interlocking Stabilized Soil Bricks. Basically, it's a machine that applies some ... to make a strong brick using pressure instead of heat. Also, the bricks

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  . In the end, a double-major is just two pieces of paper (each in a ... graduating with less than a #1 rank in high school is pretty subpar. Certainly ... know how to do is stick their noses in books and that older doctors dread

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  . Also it's back in Los Angeles in a dumpster somewhere. The new toilet is ... was basically my money—my mom actually chipped in a bit. The first year ... wanted to expand the idea and manufacture a bunch of calendars to sell. Is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  Today was Winter Break 2008 in Lobby 7, a really pleasant way to ... Hockfield is a very nice person and if you ever just need a hug you should ... . There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  I am taking. In fact, this is actually the last GIR I need in order to ... well in this class. MIT doesn't have a separate Data Structures course ... -S requirement and luckily for me 9.00 is offered in the spring time! I'm really

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lonely but exciting road and choosing to traverse it

  

  listening to cellophane by FKA twigs. cellophane is a vastly depressing song ... something, have to move forward, bring the world forward somehow. Maybe in a small way, maybe in a huge way. What do I know? And yeah, sometimes it

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the ocean is only a short train ride or drive away. In fact, many of ... Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006