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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  it be distinctly understood that we are not learning to be plumbers ... committment to diversity. In fact, as early as 1917, the Boston Daily Globe ... students was international. MIT has since worked to increase this number

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  , maybe this is still just projection) is Korra's need to learn how to ... series not really knowing what to do with ourselves. I knew I was outspoken ... though I don't know whether this truly is just a phase or not, I'm happy to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  might also not be so smart, so we decided that a good place to start might ... The MIT Marching Band, completely arbitrarily, decided to go out ... , where we had to decide exactly where to give our free concert to celebrate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  used to how quickly life can change, even if the anticipation for the ... walking back home. MIT has been teaching me how to say No. No to commitments ... impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  ’M ON NETFLIX It’s finals week. On Monday I have two exams back-to ... , it came to an abrupt end, and I’ve been left staring dejected at my ... ’t yet, but I’ll keep trying. Thursday morning I spontaneously decided to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  but not limited to… cross-country skiing! [carousel image1 ... uneven to not be slippery, despite my sneakers' tread being absolutely ... choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  from prospective students.  Interestingly, and perhaps not surprisingly ... , the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I select the right summer and enrichment opportunities to best position my

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing! !!!!!!!

  

  . i'm basically not sane right now. Mathura: lolllllllllllllllllllllllll. aaaah - i just went and slapped samvaran some more me: is he going to be alive in ten minutes? Mathura: probs not, hes in the line of happiness

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across ... . WHY DID I COME TO THIS SCHOOL.”), and with classes wrapping up today, a ... Caf√© 4 yesterday: Me: Hey, how are you doing? May '11 (grinning): Hiii

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  ; What is a Muslim? “To me, being Muslim is not something that is ... child.” How do you destress at MIT? “There are so many ways to destress ... tights, I would. I’ll wear what I’m comfortable in, and I’m not going to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  parents used to drive me [annotation note="bless them, it’s not an easy ... ’s not to say that my life has remained stagnant. Since graduating in 2021 ... finally learned how to code, despite resisting it stupidly during my time at

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  food since arriving. Somehow, I’ve managed not only to scavenge ... to major in anything evenly divisible by three. I am not making any of ... , and had a blast learning how to actually solder. Against all

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  overtook me. I could not do math. I failed to comprehend chemistry. I wrote ... (luckily, I managed to take one before I got ill). I could not leave MIT ... up to something new. My eyelids were not burdened by sleep. The limbs

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  whether or not to apply to MIT, or whether or not to come to MIT after you ... Office/Grey's Anatomy, and went to four hours of straight classes followed ... the admissions page last night. Which means not only has it been too

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  old (I’m not): the people running REX events are the people REX was for when I ran REX events (still not). This year I get to experience R ... (not to mention balloons). Then march to Killian Court by 5:45pm, trash

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  , 5). Eventually I came to terms with the fact that some days I may not ... shuts down at about 5 am and yields to sleep. Not worth it (#15). Despite ... because it was not related to my major(s). I am simultaneously pumped and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  set up, right? How were they able to set it up quickly enough? It must ... I'm not qualified to answer, and some things are just plain secret ... . When they went up to remove it, they found full documentation about how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  QUOTE: "MIT is a very good place; I'm not trying to put it down. I ... development in the United States, if not the world. It's like a New Yorker ... being with it and in it, and having motivation and desire to keep on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  's not because I don't have the free time to drink my milk. It's because I ... was past the 'Sell By' date, Dad!" My dad then proceeded to explain ... fraction, to prove this point to me. All he really proved, though, was that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  then proceeded to lecture me about “lab safety” and “that’s not how human ... counterargument. “If it’s not honey, why does it stick to things? Checkmate, safety ... ) to me[/caption] While one of the instructors excitedly explained how

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022