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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  each other every night with Vegan, Vegetarian, and gluten-free options ... Election Tho T '20 who studied with me in the Stud for four days straight ... MIT Mental Health therapist who worked with me for two years, helping me

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  buildings for fun, and turn grocery carts into high speed go-karts for no ... Pandora has queued up for us, sipping homemade sweet tea and tossing ideas ... Science to Student Life, the best way to get free food and every tangent in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  precious admissions slots for people with some kind of spark that the system ... and physical toll of the competition for slots in selective colleges ... -building, they say, are draining the fun out of life for their students. College

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  opportunities—for fun, for work, or both—than you have time for, even if you don ... love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences with my professors and friends, but I found a home and a second family in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  sometimes say that I judge people for a living. While I had no formal background or training in judging people, I have been judging people for some time now, and it is the task for which I am paid; I am basically a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  level. And that's why this story starts with that question. - Julie H ... now double-majoring in Music. She discovered a love for composition, and ... Director for their performance of Jekyll and Hyde. One day, at an MTG party

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  a "nap", because I told a friend that I'd be free for a video call at ... Wednesdays ago nothing happened. The next day I went out for ramen with some ... 's the feeling of missing something you care for, often paired with the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  put up with me, and it would be an even bigger miracle for a full ... storage, saying goodbye, watching movies with friends who I won't see for ... other for four years. I shared a bathroom with guys and I shared a kitchen

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand students walk into a Zoom call summer hssp: now virtual™

  

  anything. Just check the course catalog for Splash 2019, with classes like ... February to April. For Spring HSSP, I was in charge of dealing with class ... . Helping out with class supplies for Spring HSSP was the first thing I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 20, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  student? it's no secret that coming to MIT is signing yourself up for ... plenty of time for both... so being slammed with opportunities and open ... fun! work with people you like—you do not need to fill your resume with

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  is primarily used for events and programs, and has a smart TV with ... /lactation room, and lockers. The lounge suite also has a Keurig for free coffee ... -off situation that did not necessarily set precedent for admitting more women

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  Star / 22: Nuclear Science and Engineering The Star shines with hope for ... arcana in the Rider–Waite Tarot. Further, the arcana begins with 0: The ... undergrad begins with no major, being Undeclared. This is not a coincidence

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  drove up to MIT for the first time. I had signed up for the Shadow a ... feel for MIT life. And I fell in love with it. I wanted to go to MIT more ... with a sense of inspiration and a desire for greatness like I wanted to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  , you can go to the library and check out textbooks for free. If, on the ... There's something I've been mulling over in my head for a long time ... Context and Anna's Being "Qualified" For MIT, as well as conversations (good

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  -of-the-art research facility for nanoscale science and engineering. Built near the end of 2018, it houses the most sophisticated nanofabrication facilities of any university in the world. At the heart of it is a cleanroom with a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  could be a little bit warmer. I’ve been sitting outside the Stud for about ... struggling with a big decision. Writing itself, of course, is a structured way ... decide what I want to do with my life. OK, perhaps a bit too dramatic of an

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  affectionate name for MIT. hosed (adj.) - Flooded with work, as if attempting to ... , playing Rock Band, or blogging; often contrasted with tool (v.) (2) To skip ... , with unambiguous and precise meanings. But to my friends and even, to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  Most of my conversations back home seem to begin with this question ... how it felt for these to be hammered home. 5. If you don't succeed, the ... for me? Short answer: No. Long answer: No. Saying "I'm not smart

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Hacking A performance art that lets students remind the teachers who's smarter.

  

  even taken to court and threatened with jail time for hacking. More incentive for me to just enjoy looking at the fire truck on top of the dome ... to MIT for the hacks?” *Yes, I'm on a train again, and will probably

  • by Snively '11
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  which I attended in 2018 and was a counselor for in 2019. Along with a ... bonds. We do our best anyways, with fun social events and casual hangouts ... we provide a comfortable space for people to engage with us and with

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020