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• Blog / Challenges

  new information about my life just dropped [ from the archive ] roses, thorns, and buds

  

  outdated. So, I’m in HackMIT! HackMIT is a 24-hour college hackathon hosted on MIT’s campus – read Janet’s blog in the hyperlink to learn more ... of this post. Here’s a life update, in the form of roses, thorns, and

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • February 21, 2026
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... Initiatives. Through MISTI, students can either participate in internship

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  ’ve heard of IAP, or Independent Activities Period, MIT’s January term in ... little sidequests, our paths mainly crossing for dinner in a dorm lounge or ... concert back in august![/caption] hello blog!!! my name is sarah and i am a

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  I’m sitting in the quiet car of a Northeast Regional Amtrak train, writing a blog post for the first time in almost four years. Since I started MIT in the fall of 2015, I’ve taken the trip from New York to Boston

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  It has been 13 days since Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour began so in honor of that, I am ranking my favorite three songs (I can’t pick one) in ... talk to me in the comments!  Reputation This was the first Taylor

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  dearly. My own history with whiteboards, how I use them in my life, and ... this recipe in the summer of 1963, the hottest summer we ever had ... fix a whiteboard that had been sitting in a hallway, filled with writing

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  on Discord would one day come in handy for something as important as ... it reminds me a lot of my own CPW, though it may be taking place in ... questions in my DMs and asked publicly and on the IG live that I really wanted

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  . Weekends are for recharging. Where are you, PNR? *hosed: in a constant ... work, with no end in sight; essentially attempting to drink directly from ... went back to campus earlier than expected. Not a single soul was in sight

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  my IAP with my head in the books, trying to absorb as much information as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends' descriptions of their IAPs in their own words.   - - - Dalia L. '16

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  see him play. I had taught DeRon Artificial Intelligence in 6.034 when ... emerging story of his amazing record. DeRon showed up regularly in class ... had driven seven hours or so from their home in the small town of Galax

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  In my last entry, Meagan said, "Anyways, could you please do an entry ... . Seriously, a couple of weeks ago as we sat in a bar and watched Spain beat Russia in the qualifying rounds of the Eurocup, they taught us Americans

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  taking three classes this term, and the grade in all of them is based ... in the actual grades I get this term. (I wish I could be all badass and ... to not care at all for one time in my life? In reality, I may very well

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  can send in our January scores, I would like to take the SAT again. I have already submitted my RD application, without filling in the "SAT to be taken" date. Who do I need to contact in order to change it so my

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  at least a few days in advance, if at all possible) than to not ... come late for it? as in late friday night, all of sat and leave sunday ... @mit.edu, or call the office at (617) 253-3400. Thomas wrote, "In my planning to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  In another instance of historyposting, we'll look into the history behind MIT's logo, and MIT's graphic identity in general. I'll take a ... colors are Cardinal Red and Silver Gray. The colors were selected in 1876

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  for the course is to pick a spot in nature relatively near to Boston, go ... your experiences/thoughts in nature. Throughout the course, we read a ... trees, once bloomed, typically last about one to two weeks in springtime

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

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  despite having worked in the industry for two summers in a row. Occasionally ... summers to catch up on the hobbies that I don't actually partake in at all ... in over summers. This summer, I think I've made a reasonably sized

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  admissions officer in person. Our destinations fall into roughly three ... we invite everyone in our prospect database in a ~100 mile radius ... of the New Yorker. I landed in LAX around 11:30AM PT and picked up my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  fashion. It was launched in print and online in early 2018, with new issues ... that are usually of similar content. in infinite, we expand this ... check-ins during the semester, and hopefully by the end, the spreads are

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  I answer your lingering questions left in the comments. So if you ask a question, look for the answer in a post like this rather than within ... semester classes, so I quickly ran out of room there (and maybe in a couple

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005