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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  For those of you who don’t keep up with the blogs, I’m Sabrina M. ‘19 ... dormitory; we celebrated 100 years of being open just last October. Senior ... the far side of 10-250 while a panel at the front talked about dorm life

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT Underwear Exposé (and Sorting Hat) The coolest data you never wanted to have.

  

  (Simmons|purple)  =  Pr(purple|Simmons) Pr(Simmons) Pr(purple) Simmons accounts for 10 ... (Simmons) + Pr(purple|Random) Pr(Random) + Pr(purple|MacGregor) Pr(MacGregor) = (10.26%)(10.59%) + (3.23%)(10.89%) + (7.58%)(7.11%) + (6.67%)(8.76%) + (11.11%)(10

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  . Reflecting on how MIT has changed me (and as a result, how I view this

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  effects are. The cycle of doing something and seeing the result was short

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  ’s shelters, and how this inspired her to start her organization. As a result

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  resulting mostly-unfiltered list of Things We Want You To Know When You Start

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  . This post is Part 1.0 of my favorite ways to burst the MIT bubble ... available 24 hours a day, every day. I have been told that every student must ... .S.: 24.118 Paradox and Infinity, a course that I raved about here, is now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  it's 10pm and i feel silly going to bed in case something else happens ... , like many of you, i was waiting on college admissions decisions. today i ... course, was to become an astronomer. then, on wednesday, i went to 14.19

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  Google Games in April, then What’s that Spell in October, then SUMS over ... literally 0 times) at 10PM on Thursday. (It's not fun, in case you were ... question to a class, I’m more willing to participate in my own classes. 10

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  decision making process of where I was going to the degree that I am today ... could never see yourself doing how they got where they got today. Like I ... about you, or in this case your child. Find me an 18 or 19 year old who

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  skip 13, 19, and 23. The registrar lists CMS as XXI-CMS, and STS has no ... and Environmental Engineering to 24: Linguistics and Philosophy. There ... instructors. II: The High Priestess / 24: Linguistics and Philosophy The High

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  Cristen C. '10 what i talk about when i talk about running by Chris S. '11 ... been by Cami M. '23 in search of lost time by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24 and CJ Q. '23 rearview reflections by Waly N. '24 Affirmations by Paige

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  21 years ago today a very special carton of milk was brought home ... , someone took notice of Milk and stared at his expiration date—October 20 ... ?" Anyway, the Milk turns 21 today, which reminds me of another story: last

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  : That was East Campus, video by and courtesy of Eric Lujan ‘19, screaming cathartic on Friday, November 6, 2015. Today is Sunday, November 6. This is ... . The professor says that today, you will be proving the inconsistency of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  , and about another 24 percent of students live in [annotation note ... properties for September leases usually go up around April/May, sometime ... our living room? great! my collection of 10 candles? awesome! microwave

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  wrestling with my ego it takes so much energy to drop a class

  

  somewhat.  It’s Friday as I edit this blog, the 19th of March, Add Date. If I want to switch into 8.02, that’s gotta happen today. This blog was ... -- like I had some rational thoughts earlier today [ie, in the pod lounge

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  're excited about. While I was in California in early October, I started to ... also has the flagship store of Cereality, profiled today in a New York

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  there? Exactly a year ago from today, teachers and classmates insisted the ... what the right fit felt like until I visited MIT in April for CPW. Long

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  ! In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the blogs, I'm back to ... overqualifcations. “Today we’re teaching the MIT grad how to file the scheduling ... moment!” In April I got a job at a startup in California! In May I packed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  A few weeks ago, I called three friends, AudreyRose ‘21, Nikayah ‘19, and Kenneth ‘19, to talk about their experiences as members of ... October 8, 1977, the Lambda Upsilon Chapter of AKA was the first sorority on

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020