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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  Jamboree in Quebec City. We spent three days in Quebec City and four days in ... take-off in Boston to touch-down in Quebec City was around 5 ½ hours because we had to fly through Newark airport. We got a hotel room in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  I spent this summer interning at PlayStation. The office was in San ... time in the city before. Plus, this was my first real full-time job! In ... to get practical experience in a software company before even having to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of ... semesters in classes like 1.050, 1.035 and 1.036 learning the fundamentals of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February ... received this mysterious black briefcase in [annotation note="Formerly (and ... received all of this shiny new stuff in various classes today! ... okay, it

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  of our home planet in Book II and you'll see what I mean: "And fast by hanging in a golden chain This pendent world in bigness as a star Of ... means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  The other day, when I stopped in the Admissions Office to annoy a few ... in person. Or maybe this was asked by someone else entirely. Meh. Same ... "Adventures in Logan Airport." First of all, my first name is Keri-Lee. At

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  A Summer in DC what i've been up to this summer!

  

  haven't blogged in a long time, and I have quite a few posts from the end of the school year that I still need to revisit. As Kano mentioned in ... 's quite surfaced yet :') That being said, I'm working in Washington, DC

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • July 30, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  --a storm, tornado, [annotation note="In 8th grade I was supposed to go to ... note="Dream Trips (in order): Mexico City, Thailand Elephant Hotel, Cairo ... vibrant city life that is missing in the increasingly desolate and dying

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  Last Thursday, Bob Silbey, a professor in Course 5 (Chemistry) and ... . My interaction with Prof. Silbey was in Spring 2010, when I took 20.111 (Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems), so we weren't exactly best buddies. In

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in ... just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details ... me blabbering on in plain text for pages. Sorry about that. Something

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  been, and neither had anyone in my family, so when I told my parents that ... students all over the world to participate in internships, and they try and ... for set me up with a beautiful apartment in the Cite Universitaire in

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  and seeing who's who in this crazy zoo. Christmas Party: Tonight my ... a new chalk mural in the main stairway in the lobby. So much talent! These guys are responsible for so many amazing chalk murals in Simmons

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  , watching DVDs, and generally bemoaning the fact that school has, in fact ... holiday in October. To celebrate the year's start (and because I'm lazy), I ... .100, Aerodynamics. Although this class is going to be a time sink (Adam walked in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  that was my [annotation note="Audacious, in retrospect, given that I had ... traditional Chinese characters, in the hopes that it might be more accessible to ... of readers access whatever wisdom remains in that long-ago post.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  types of fondue -- this one had cheddar in it, and there was another that ... ... lamb, shrimp, all raw... you cook it yourself on a skewer in a marinade ... chocolate fondue -- this one had caramel and almonds in it. Yeah, it was

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  content warning: mental health, trauma 1   I've been in a ... its ways of wading in and out of life it never goes away it will ... ; Last semester, I went through tough times. things were going on in my

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... :30pm Kresge Auditorium - MIT - FREE In celebration of Black History ... our culture's foundation today. Also, don't miss the FREE afterparty in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  class takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, so we’re engaged night and day in the setting we’re learning about. I find myself swept up in the ... ’s summer in Brazil, so I brought mostly shorts and crop tops. I have not had

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships in Simsbury, Connecticut, the final qualifying segment for the 2016 U.S. National Championships in mid ... call an Uber to get to the bus station, and get stuck in traffic. Rush

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  skeptical about it at first since, erm, since when has happiness come in the ... with a stranger in any physical location at this point in time, i decided ... to back calls would be exhausting and in spite of this was pretty

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020