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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  around? Is MIT really like this caricature? Well... yeah, sort of. It's a ... . But, of course, this is not the entire portrait of MIT's culture ... DID YOU KNOW? Laverde's Market, nestled in the MIT student center

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  hadestown is a tragedy. the narrator, hermes, tells you this in the ... to be done for comedy, or to emphasize the sad; rather, there is an ... something could be different. there is hope. [caption id="attachment_90965

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  jacket and a waterproof backpack this year, so rain is something i no ... note="kevin is a frosh in 2E - my hall - and is a precious boy. in fact, my hall is quite weeb and a significant number of people have taken at

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  cringe when they see the title. Dining is the current hot topic at MIT for ... . What I will discuss is how the current dining system at MIT operates ... eat elsewhere. Half the point of MIT is that it's a great opportunity to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  ).Here at MIT, we don't refer to rural as "everything else that is left ... from a rural or small town?". This is an iteration of one of the most common questions I get at college fairs and webinars: "Does MIT

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  MIT is the place you really want to be. Talk about the "real you" - what makes you feel truly alive - in the context of MIT. Why is this the best ... This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  , which is a month of courses, events, and other activities around campus ... follows the same schedule, here is a look back on last Friday. 8:37 - My alarm goes off. Why is the time so oddly specific? Well, truth be told, I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  ="a nice MIT perk is that you can just email most professors and they ... with a series of shorter sprints in between. MIT is one of those four ... inevitability as an MIT student. The pace required to stay afloat and do well is

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  no home and no place and no thing that is perfect. I love MIT in the ... It is currently 5:26am and even though I really truly definitely ... cocoon myself in a swathe of green bedsheets. But tonight is different

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  The hell of fall semester is finally over and I have resurfaced from ... graduate. Turns out varsity fencing is THE BEST and I never want to leave so ... 60 free t-shirts – ~50% complete. This is a wild and probably incorrect

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  college search process. She is the first in her family to attend college and ... process. The good news is that she got accepted to a bunch of schools all over the country. The better news is that she has whittled down her list

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tour de Frat house tours of pbe, dke, and sig chi!

  

  this one is gonna be fun. Today we will be going on a tour of three different MIT fraternities! Fraternities existing at MIT may seem like a crazy concept, but what’s even crazier is that we actually have 26 of them in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  (maybe the most underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is done on time!). As you may know, we have our own ... , which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  Here is a picture of Allan's room, snipped from here: He left this ... all these memories fill the the now empty expanse that is allan's room ... soon: much of it is technical, like strang, or sections of clrs - some

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  means: Well, the week is up. I'll definitely start tomorrow. On Jan 31 ... August 23, it means: Um...yeah, year is almost over. Might as well start in ... !!!!  BLACKHOLE!!!! And that folks, is what will happen if you break your

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  . Well, that a cappella group is having our last concert of the semester ... , which is, for some reason, TOONS GO CAMPING. (We also, by the way, have ... to put together on Spotify. Here it is: Comments on certain

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  Every year MISTI sends nearly 600 interns from all MIT majors abroad ... Xerox (India).  Sara Hernandez Class of 2015 MIT-India Program ... take some classes at MIT at the econ and anthropology departments. It has

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  to town and parks their train right behind Simmons. This is one of ... ’t really something that’s mentioned as an MIT selling point. Like, “come to ... tracks behind Simmons down Massachusetts Avenue, straight in front of MIT

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used ... . It is now covered in graffiti such as witty poetry and linear algebra ... are imagining what life might be like here, here is some important

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  's application process for admissions bloggers. All current MIT undergraduates are ... , as Melis is currently the only '08 blogger, we may consider hiring ... is awesome!). To be considered for a blogger position, you should email

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007