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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While I was at MIT, I barely explored the city, so my knowledge of my surroundings was limited…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  It’s been really hard to stay resilient through quarantine. I miss my family. I miss my friends. I miss MIT. I miss having a normal life. After wrapping up my…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

    Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the beginning of my ~emo phase~… “I am not cool” said a teenage girl   With…

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  Throughout high school and my first two years of college, I extensively used a Google Doc to track all of my class assignments and personal projects. It looked something like…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  i’ve got four piercings on my right ear, and two on my left This past fall, just days after arriving on campus, a bunch of freshman girls in my dorm…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  There are two meals I’ve had consistently this quarantine: for breakfast, I have an egg sandwich with tea, and for dinner, I have the juiciest, most delicious chicken and quinoa.…

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  For five weeks this summer, I competed in dormspam-the-game, a series of 5 games played by the MIT community. Playing the games was straightforward, but winning them was not. The…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  “This is the first day of my life I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you But now I don’t care, I could go anywhere with you And I’d…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  I talked with MIT undergrads who make YouTube videos! Read on to learn about their unexpected challenges, college advice, and wild moments. Interview answers have been edited for brevity. Give…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  I’m writing to announce that the application for first-year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2025 is now live. You can access it here.  While the application…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  read to the end to find out what this is ;) Last month, I had the pleasure of competing in dormspam-the-game! Run by anonymous Gamemasters⁠22 I plan to update this…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  In a call with my boyfriend a couple months ago, I asked him the question: What is my best and worst trait? He admittedly didn’t answer with my best trait…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  This summer, I lived with some other sophomores from my living community. I went home until the end of the semester and moved in mid-May, so I wasn’t involved in…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend CPW,⁠30 Campus Preview Weekend MIT’s admitted student weekend. My parents and my younger sister⁠31 She's now about…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  Math words, but not the math part. Yes, I can nerd on about math, but I’m also interested in math-related things that aren’t directly math. Did you know that the…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  As many of you know, I’ve been completing a seven week internship under Microsoft called The New Technologists program. I wrote a bit about it here, but since today is…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  Somehow, I’ve explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in Central for two months during the pandemic than I did during my ~6 months at MIT. I’ve talked about…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  My boyfriend and I made an impromptu trip to Montana over the weekend. It’s a funny story that honestly deserves its own blog post, but even more honestly, probably won’t…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  Time flies. Today is August 6th, 2020. It’s been 143 days since I had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days were as a…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020