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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  search for summer opportunities. That summer we traveled to Israel for our ... We spent our last three summers at home. That’s not super common for ... , so applying to internships or looking for summer UROPs just wasn

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  website where you can make a profile, search for people with complimentary ... ="1000"] On the website, you can search for and then reach out to language ... place for that. I took a lot of language classes in high school, but it

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  world for four whole years.  It’s still on point, and you should go read ... nicely for it.  I also met my wife thanks to MIT, when we both lived in DC ... leave for college, almost all the days in your life that you’ll spend with

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  long break for lunch. We usually split off into groups and explore the ... fights for prison abolition in Brazil. While Brazil’s mass incarceration differs in some ways from America — for example Brazil has fewer private

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  truly, to accommodate early trips to Costco and Market Basket for ... tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and ... . I helped out at the tournament, and then left for my house's weekly 11

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  viewings were fraught with empty promises and enticing offers for magical ... products were worth buying. I’d finally developed a healthy dose of marketing ... without experiencing the college firsthand, there was no way for me to know

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  Cambodia, at a center for children with disabilities. They felt particularly ... vegetable market. We promised to come back to exotic fruit later, since ... , and beautifully-preserved Spanish colonial architecture. For example

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  did the problem set.  I felt off.  I did a case study for marketing. I ... hours for me to fall asleep and it is really hard to stay asleep. At 1am ... just thrown up for the second time in two hours and felt awful.  This is

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  going to farmer’s markets or what your recommendations are for restaurants ... Last weekend, I wrote “A Guide to Farmer's Markets". Here’s what I ... farmers' markets in the summer. It reminded me that summer was special

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  Big Bad Wolf, Remy, and El Kabong. We had to do some Google searches for ... the search for cartoon characters we were down to two: A ferret and a cat. We looked everywhere for these two animals. I searched Google

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  (the e-journal and database search) for articles on my subject. Did you ... : Now, for a PSA. MIT Libraries is the collective organization of 8 ... , hence the title, and is in room 10-500. For those of you keeping track

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  for lack of better things to do. michael from 2E is part of the dev team ... blog posts about it. (use our website's search tool! it's not too bad ... rough shape from personally wrangling with it for a little while, it

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  . Basically post-MIT CPW. The Alumni Association searches for current MIT ... Materials for Biology, which hopefully will be a blend of my interests in science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  you're looking for a more exhaustive list, these blog posts might be of ... fairly accurate Optical Character Recognition, meaning you can search ... heading home. Protip: at the beginning of a semester, ask upperclassmen for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  fit For your son or daughter, the college search and application ... college admissions season can be a particularly anxious time for students. I remember waiting for decisions, being both excited and very scared. Of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  searched for key words so you can review concepts; you can repeat sections of ... -based experiences as well. For example, the course I typically teach, known as 6 ... -recitation-tutorial is highly refined after years of polishing, we are always looking for

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  the Thalys website for "summer offers"--you could get fast connections between Cologne, Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam in first class for the low, low ... world. Next, it was time for some real Belgian chocolate, which we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  Quincy Market, the Boston Commons, parks like the North Point Park and [annotation note="great for nighttime walks"]Paul Revere Landing Park ... 't for me working outside — a few weeks ago, i gathered the freshmen in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  I. Emergency Dinner Sunday afternoon catches me cooking for 30+ in a ... is a breeding ground for weirdly poignant relationships with food. A friend of mine ate nothing but bread and cereal for a week. I once ate

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  -In As we gear up for the second STARS (Small-Town and Rural Students)@MIT Fly ... behind the scenes to open applications and plan for the Fall 2025 STARS ... 20 high school juniors from small and rural towns nationwide to MIT for

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025