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• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2011 arrives… Orientation programs are beginning, and the campus is really starting to come alive.

  

  Today, the Class of 2011 started to arrive! With International Orientation as well as the Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs) beginning ... the Class of 2012 (!), so don't be offended if we're not around when you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  particularly tedious. we don't have classes for the next week and a half, so we ... past few days, we went from being students with insanely hard classes and ... love reading. i haven't spoken about how much i love it on the blogs yet

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  can’t because there are about 6 other people in the room. It would be ... freshman wouldn’t be on campus yet, and my lingering hope was fading, but ... solace and peace of mind in being able to ask questions in smaller groups

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  mountains. On the way there a flat tire. II. I shared a tent with Tamara and ... on the flashlight by my pillow and watched my breath in the air for a ... and after the first I never laid out my clothes to dry on the ground

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  you can sit and watch the stars.  Five of us went to follow him on a ... in circles, stepping on snow and rocks and the tiny river that ran ... GPS coordinates on the website, and started walking in the direction we

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  called the "externship" program. i did an externship last IAP, and you can ... blends with the sounds of the city around me, and I can look around and say ... mile marker. I quickly found my way to the bus stop shelter, and waited

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  sometimes marvel at how informative my sentences can be.) By now, the quick ... and entertainment rolled into a single one-liner on the CPW schedule. I ... considerations included aesthetic sensibility and whether or not the photographer

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  be honing my laying-motionless-on-a-sofa and stuffing-my-face-with-food skills over the one and a half weeks that I am home, and as such, I will be ... ) 1. Being on the meal plan Living in Maseeh has what I suppose could

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  at MIT, I scrolled through the club listing page and found a group that ... actually lived on the same floor that I did in Next. And so began my ... of the volunteers and officers who make science bowl happen! to be

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  quick lunch, then come back here to soak up the internet. And be lazy ... students give presentations on their research and the chair of the admissions ... frequent commenter on the blogs, a current MIT mom, my friend, and an all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  with a friend so we can hold each other accountable, and being with ... general idea is that I'm working on a program that can navigate several ... goal. It's a mix of formation control and neural networks within the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  learning so much and it's all going to be worth it in the end. There's just ... , counting down seconds until the next class, and over and over again. I ... , and erase it all immediately after. Then I got here. I’ve quickly

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  house in time for the cooking day. 3. Show up on the day, and ensure that all the dishes are cooked and served on time. I cheffed two Fridays ago ... , and I should've been a little braver about putting sauce on the green

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  ://www.nih.gov/) and came across the Research and Training Opportunities page (http ... , and desire to learn. Once you are in MIT, you can use the Institute ... complete a Senior Research Project and I thought it would be neat to do my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  version of the cha cha slide and by the time I turned on my trusty, dandy ... finished taking pictures we knocked on the door and an MIT student asked ... !” and I walked around feeling victorious. 3) Walking on the Harvard

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  LIGHTING FALLING ON THE WALL! You can literally see the brush strokes on the ... just happened a little too quickly. The conversation between Tulip and ... and I seem to be having a disagreement." Yes, just yes. The Ball Pit

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  work on psets, a lot more talking with people, and probably the same ... world, and the feeling of making something that gets used around the world never stops being 🤯. My job has given me the opportunity to travel

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  singer also SLAPS on the flute, and he has not lost that skill thankfully ... the lo-fi hip hop beats to study/relax to playlist, and that is usually ... they fit the *vibe* of the playlist. that way i can curate them into

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  the parade on TV. We never sit down and watch the whole thing, but ... game, which crops to plant, and generally how to survive on the terrain ... The fourth Thursday of November and the few days before and after are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer club sports?

  competitions, and some clubs have sent athletes to compete on the international ... levels, including both the complete novice and the seasoned veteran, are ... either instructional or competition focused by nature. Many of the