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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  This morning I got a frantic call from my mother. MOM: Is it true? ME: What? MOM: You're not really kicked out of MIT, were you? ME: Yeah, I've already returned my MIT mug to the Coop. MOM: THAT'S NOT FUNNY

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  -Zealand-gap-year experiences instead of sophomore-year-at-MIT experiences. There is no such thing ... most of all, we want it beautiful. VC-talk is speckled with grandiose ... current world is not good enough, and we need to strive for change, and we

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  that it was homesickness.  homesickness. that being away from home is so difficult for me that it physically aches. that it is difficult to focus on ... week. it is an amazing place, with lots to do, but the weirdest thing

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  , there is a goal, the destination to your journey. There is no winning path ... Drenched If you are reading this, you are lost on the path to MIT. Your ... MIT, for what chances do you stand against tens of thousands of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  form of peer pressure is not at all bad. Everyone at MIT has a passion of ... this is fundamentally flawed. What Mrs. Andrews (what? Your kindergarten ... important peer pressure was, and is, to our development as individuals. We are

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  released next week. The Midyear Report is to be filled out by all MIT ... your MyMIT application tracking. MyMIT Application Tracking This is a ... has been reported that applications to MIT for this year have increased

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  meet and get to know people by playing games. It’s no secret that MIT is ... college is for right? So three weeks into MIT, intramurals were set up ... shiny football stadium. Nevertheless, I was surprised to find MIT more

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  we understood that cheating is bad and to bring a certain type of ... is the only class in which I'm not starting at the very bottom, since I ... Science - neither of which are accepted for credit at MIT. And I'm fairly

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you ... accidentally stalking him. Professor Hughes is working at gmunu@mit to make ... to be happy here. Every single student here is challenged -- they have

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  other words, MIT is overrun with math people who cannot help but speak in ... ” Explanation: The word ‘trivial’ is SO common at MIT. I don’t think I ever heard ... There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  This year, I made a spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine. The magazine ... Infinite since I came to MIT, and I highly recommend it. There's a role for ... 're interested, there are already some well-written MIT blogs about Infinite and

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  socializing safely ...but also leaving my room maybe once a day

  

  here's the thing: most of my MIT friends are currently in the ... required to by MIT"]flu shot[/annotation] and felt so...distant? maybe it was ... longer than I was actually there (rip), but I felt like a stranger. the MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  Ahh my IAP is going to be so cool!!! There are quite a few things. First of all, IAP is MIT's Independent Activities Period, where MIT ... Joan - ALL THE MUGS! IT IS SO EXCITING! We signed up for the class right

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  the next thing in life via the infinite corridor is the basement of the student center. This is home to a post office, dry cleaners, the ID card ... 't bother to calculate for the sake of not feeling old. Here he is scolding me

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  occurs. And this is why I love MIT. Sarah: Genes? me: crap, I keep falling ... yes, this is a conversation between two sorority sisters… only at MIT. ... Sometimes, I forget how much I love MIT, and then I realize that the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  Dining is a hot topic here, and rightfully so 'cause a tooling MIT ... . Today, something magical is happening. Students, DSL team up to bring ... cooperative effort between students and Division of Student Life is bearing

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  Assistant Director for Minority Recruitment at MIT…..which is in Kendall Square (I know, I know….give me a break, my title is long and I’m not a ... Inspired by the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song Now this is the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  the meat of this post. MIT is the greatest place I know to study any ... meet on MIT's campus, but hopefully I'll see you around in the real world ... . The low student-to-faculty ratio is definitely something you should take

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  I'm taking 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) this semester, which is interesting, to say the least. Orgo is notorious for being slightly less fun ... , Dr. Berkowski, is fantastic. The other day in lecture she put up the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  this post is just a collection of goodbye-related passages from some of our favorite media. goodbye mit :’) for a fun challenge, try to ... crash on? Is it selfish that I’m happy as we pass the setting sun? from

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023