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• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  . The architecture major at MIT is notorious among undergrads for two ... . The Department is committed to a concern for human values and for ... for a place to sit, I named the following constraints: that I must sit

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  recitation is not the person lecturing. For instance, I have 5.60 lecture three ... as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary ... are.) Anyway, the point of all this is that I had a really good meeting

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  own computer is quite the feat, and I'm so proud of my peers for what ... maintenance is required for something of such a huge scale, so the ways in which ... community and prefrosh, but a read-only version for the public is coming soon

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  cold. Why-is-the-air-trying-to-kill-me cold. Something known (rather ... to hike Mt. Everest, but when the high temperature for the day has a ... the day after Christmas, which is when the face-freezing cold hit hard

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live ... special to me. The feeling of connection is a bit more complex. When I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  I wanted to have a bike for when I came to campus in the fall. I didn ... snagged one of the bikes for me. That afternoon, I came by to check it out ... (and the frame being too small for me), I set about acquiring a different

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  moons embroidered in gold. I love celestial aesthetics for the idea that ... hallmates and I first took pics on campus prior to leaving for the Ring ... million reasons why Margaret is so cool, a few of them being the creator of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  okay and *deeply* grateful for the people that supported me through my ... , but it is a lot to put into words at the moment—so I have chosen to ... darkest times, hope is something you give yourself. That is the meaning of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  , in spreading the message that Many Things Are Arbitrary. For one thing ... Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base ... because today was the One And Only 03/14/15, which is 3.1415. But it's only

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  . I'm so, so happy that this is all over. Signing the lease was such a ... to some degree. So...I've only been through the clusterfuck that is locating housing once, but I have a few pointers for the terrified amateur

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  Reading is one of the few real hobbies I've managed to hold onto ... intrigue, mysticism, and references to the classics. Is it a little corny? Maybe. Is it beautifully written? Absolutely. Above all else, I loved the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  . One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under ... to pranks of years past".   I stood outside admiring the hack for ...         Onlookers pose for pictures with the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday at the water park

  

  my boyfriend and I ended up at the water park in the first place is ... ridiculously good skiier (that really is him, by the way). I'm from a beach family in Ohio; I am of the firm belief that summer is not summer until one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  ’t believe that 3 whole semesters have come and gone and the fourth is almost ... . Ring Delivery is essentially this really fancy event where the sophomores ... below). Side Note: Allan is not in the first few (because we don't like

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  extravaganza! Given that I have been on the planning committee for the past two years, this event is near and dear to my heart [click here for last year ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  choose at the end of their freshman year. Also, changing majors is ... opportunities for you to learn about the different departments. At CPW (on Friday ... Resource Center are all great resources, too. Now is the time of year when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  -MIT Exchange (CME)! For background on the program, check out the CME website. CME ... ' for the friends I've made here and the team that I've rowed with for our ... at other colleges. The reason? The exchange program is really excellent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  7. For those of you who don't know, Lobby 7 is the main lobby at MIT ... huge chunk of money that is allocated to the floors to have activities ... food for the BBQ. 40 hamburgers, 50 hot dogs, just as many buns

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  told is actually bad for the computer, but whatever ... computer. The upside is that I'm actually gaining some concrete skills for ... big, expensive 3D Printer ... in this scary room: This is the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  questions correctly. I felt like I lost sight of the forest for the trees, and ... rail, and is also accessible by bus, although we rode the Red Line to Alewife and just took an Uber to drive us the rest of the way (Uber is

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015