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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  tongues math gibberish. It’s almost inevitable in this little cauldron of ... wafting into the next room. It’s in the name, after all–the Mathachusetts ... quirks before. For example, many know that MIT’s buildings aren’t named

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  officers; it’s a catch-call term used by employers to encompass all the ... managing many of the weekend’s events. While we have a dedicated internal ... audience of over 1,000. On MIT’s urban campus, there are only a handful of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  tackled. I think it’s a nice book to read and relax while sitting by the ... one’s decision to give aid. Additionally, other people’s unwillingness ... the cost of a new pair of shoes. And I think it’s more than fair to say

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  from home, like the weird practice of tipping, or how there’s functional ... something reminds me that I’m not in the Philippines anymore. Often, it’s the ... here’s a list of things that are different in the US.[annotation note="18

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  that’s been on everyone’s mind for the past week. The pre-wedding dinner ... African undertone was all too reminiscent of home. So, although it’s likely ... ’ve been here, but that’s fine, because the image from Boston still lingers

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  We–Jebby, Jenny, Kai, and Isbla–animated this year’s Pi Day video! If ... didn’t know that I was going to be in charge of this year’s Pi Day video ... . Initially, I was like “haha what if MIT had an anime opening because there’s

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  walking back to our apartment from our friend Jess’s dinner party. Trees ... it’s true that many people here tend to overcommit themselves, this isn ... school year"]Barker Reading Room.[/annotation] It’s 4:40am. You usually

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  earth. I’d laugh if someone told me this is the power they’d want. He’s much too powerful, it’s like he’s cheating! He could beat almost any ... ’t help but feel like he became a propaganda tool. Used to support the U.S

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  aunty’s pumpkin crunch desserts or my grandpa’s kalua turkey, I won’t be ... for cooking. Each suite has its own kitchen, and the dorm’s big shared ... pancakes to tapioca pudding. But those are all just little things. Let’s

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  has abruptly given way to winter. It’s the cold air stinging my airway, how it’s always dark out after my last class of the day, that tells me ... apples. They’re just okay. It’s really all for the opportunity to frolic

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  expressionless.   CAPTION: In the 9th grade… CAPTION: I learned about Bohr’s ... plaid button up and has an awkward, but kind look to him. To Cami’s right ... , it’s her friends’ faces and her as the nucleus.   CAPTION: I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  . She’s a good mom; she understood. But then it was just me and a group of ... us a flexible move-out date. bLeSs tHe HoUsInG gOdS. Our host is ... still so normal two weeks ago, just two sisters laughing at each other’s

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  a half hour’s reach of my parents at any given time. Now I had to fly ... managed to break away and get on the plane. If there’s anything I learnt from all this, it’s that goodbyes are hard- period. [caption id

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  years of my career. Well, this reporter’s got the inside scoop, having ... . These opinions are in every way my own and don’t reflect Google’s views ... (victims of Pittsburgh’s nearly weekly flash floods) less of a big deal. I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  started class???? Like what??) (It’s apparent that disease does not know the registrar’s academic calendar) (life has its own messy timeline, which is ... have no idea what’s going on in 6.006 (Algorithms), and “The First Law of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  takers, and, mostly (or so I hope), study for the next exam. It’s all kind ... through Lobby 10 (that’s under the Great Dome), the momentary gaze at the river is almost automatic. It’s a daily checkup. Maneuvering the crowds in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  textbook—no GRE prep book). There’s a green curtain I can pull across the ... cave. It’s become a happy childish shelter from stressful reality. There ... . Clocky rolls away while squealing in a variety of obnoxious pitches. It’s

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  to the lake shore, it’s just us and the geese under a cloudy sky. We wade in. It’s the coldest water I’ve ever swum in, but it’s not as bad ... shepherd’s pie and an apple with peanut butter for lunch. Then I work on my

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  this happens; It’s probably some combination of the pressure to be happy ... big emotions, but there’s something terribly vulnerable about ... often. Believing in one’s own infallibility is a dangerous drug. I’m far

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  in the U.S."]NCAA[/annotation] tournament.  The regular season was a ... of game it will be. After a game of bicycle kicks, the most chef’s kiss ... ’ll stop scoring goals is if we literally break the net. Let’s just say

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023