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• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  should be anonymous. It's a long and detailed entry, but I think it ... earth; it happened a long time ago because of transmission delay, and by ... at MIT – since arriving here, most of it the hard way. I know that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  aren't famous for how much spare time they have and nothing to fill it ... interesting. I was stunned by how good it was. A novel very much set in North ... working to overthrow it -- but I think it does it better and more

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  stellar humanities program (which, by the way, it does) or a vague gesture ... -shifting; while I was only thinking about how it might change me, I failed to ... that didn't flatter my face and blunt bangs I cut myself. It was spring

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  about how they look. (Specifically this number is 5.77 X 10^65, it ... for it. Life favors the bold. I would like to know how classes taken as ... are? Why does a house burn up until it burns down? The world may never

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  is, is how we made it through those rapids. All I can say is that we ... Amphibious Achievement, which teaches local high schoolers how to swim and row ... rafting up in central Massachusetts. Personally, I love driving and find it

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  issue of Newsweek about the future of America's global leadership. It ... solutions. MIT President Susan Hockfield weighs in, as does MIT CSAIL Director ... each other instead of simply strategizing on how best to stay on top. He

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  I have discarded jeans for yoga pants. My laundry load does not fit ... intervals on the same day. I call it Dark Thursday. Learning at MIT is hard ... Media” have long lost their appeal. When was the last time I looked at a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  of "what happened to 318 Memorial Drive?" It does not, however, give us ... . However, in the process of doing research for it, I read a book titled ... systems. In it, I found this photo of Harvard Bridge from 1929: This

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  , which makes me feel bad about how long ago, but the pandemic crowded a lot ... give some advice on how prospective students —  and their parents ... time, it's remained one of the most widely read and shared posts on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  , “I didn’t even show up to class, but I passed.” But he does worry. It’s ... ’t think I had earned it. I mean, how could I have? According to all previous ... , they’re there. I’m here. Long story short, it’s going to be all right

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  killian and up to the big dome, and think about how wild it is that i'm here ... honestly it does feel like it is home these days. nevada, where i am ... about it (at least, right now), with how intrinsic and personal they are

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  doesn't offer halal meat, it does offer salmon burgers at the grill which ... doesn't have healthy options, it just that it does the treat ... down my to-do list. But here it finally is! Hey everybody! I'm Lady

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  Science and Engineering) and how small and close-knit it is (there are about ... not realize how good I had it. Last year, I saw Of Montreal (twice ... ... Again, sorry it took so long. I was so surprised and happy to see all the

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  quite reasonably ask yourself: how does one judge the aerobatics of a ... asked Andy about his history with paper airplanes and how it had factored ... why, if and when people ask me precisely what it is that I do, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  questions as I can. It's a long entry! Before we get to that, though, I have ... ? (How would I pay for it?) I am a huge fan of MIT OpenCourseWare and that ... it would help my application? 2. if i have a rock band does that count

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  contribute to our fraternal environment. Still, you protest, how is it ... plus fraternities at MIT do not all have the same personality, so it ... how much my opinion matters or would apply to future students, but here

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  , and slowly “pruned” (idk how else to describe it). Here, potters can add ... does lead to a lot of clay that doesn’t make it in. So if I started with ... how the color turned out, but I couldn’t use it as a gift anymore

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  early actions are you expecting?" It's still unclear exactly how things ... this, so it is not held against you). It does not matter on what date ... a few days). Sendie asked, "Hrm... how many apps do you usually

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  gardens. I love our long, long, daylong and nighttime walks. I love feeling ... . Across from Boston is our beloved MIT and its pincer aliens ... (and Beacon Hill beyond it).                              

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  the night before my next pset was due. Weirdly enough, it’s been easier ... resolutions from last year…and um, see how many of them I actually kept ... unholy amount of Netflix. But we were better off for doing it together, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015