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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  in Pasadena. I felt dumb, but I hung out at Rax's house for a few hours ... (For those who don't know/can't figure out, "Camberville" is a ... . It has been 45 degrees and raining for the last week. Yes, this is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... their moments, but it's all in order to prepare you for your ultimate pass ... end up surfing the internet a little at work. One thing I found today

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  then. Then. You look up at the board. And... Wait for it.... Wait ... So I know you're all sitting at home, wondering, "Hey, what's up with ... tests like at MIT?" How did I know, right? I'm just so in tune with what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  . They are all so different and yet you can look at any one of them and say ... Special at Dial-A-Pizza (in Somerville), Walden Pond, the Public Garden, 80's night at ManRay, the way the air smells in the fall, our kickass

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  archery, dance, and sailing, all for slightly different reasons. Fire ... firespinner has at least one “safety” with a fire blanket. We have a separate ... things do catch fire. And for every prop we spin and every move we try, we

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  this ain’t (not) Texas yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw

  

  "Howdy, how can I help?" I meekly smile at the word usage, and answer his ... . Felt made for me. Felt right. It made me look forward to a hot girl ... Product Design Engineering Intern at Apple. My job felt meta: working on Mac

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 29, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  up with joy and relief. At the first chance for audience participation ... my friends, they pointed out to me that even if that is true for most readers, there might still be just one person, or one in a hundred, for whom

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  I've blogged twice in a week so it basically makes up for it. I ... have decided that taking five classes at MIT on top of a UROP and ... spend time with friends. 2. I'm continuing my UROP at the MIT Education

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  document. Looking back at my journal, it’s filled with all kinds of notes ... way or form, I’ve been here before.” Looking back at it all, I think ... HIV/AIDs at its core, the course took us to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  we go! Psets are an abbreviation for"Problem Sets", which is the ... first pset for 18.01 (Calculus 1), a class that I wasn't having trouble ... , but the only ones that end in "2" and "5" This went on for a while

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  nuisances of airport security, circa Holiday Season, post-2001 A.D. At 7 AM ... at sunrise, the groggy skyline gulping down cold milky skies frothed ... astrophysically precise.) *In fact, this fact is not factually interesting at all

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  colleges. After about 5 picoseconds of staring at my acceptance letter from ... . Before taking a second look at the campus, before getting my financial aid ... it for yourselves in the next six months. I can hardly wait. The

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  pistol team is on its way to West Point in New York for a shooting competition! Yes, that's right, MIT has a pistol team, and a good one at that ... , MIT is awesome at pistol, and the range is on campus, why not join? I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  crazy; for three hours a week, I sit at a conference table with her and ... three divas perform at different times during the song? For the rest of ... of genomic research and development.” For more info, read this article

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  . For example, the stir-fry station at Simmons only has a selection of 8 ... stopping you from getting food from several of them at once. When I'm not in ... [salad bar; only on Tuesdays at Simmons] = Avocado toast Cheese pizza

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  at a close. But it happened. And Ring Delivery was this past friday ... him haha jk). No, it’s because as a member of RingComm he had to be at ... taking this exact picture and me looking at them and thinking that that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  THE UES (or the Upper East Side, for you unenlightened folks ... center) is, lol. I'm going to medical school at Mount Sinai, and I just ... , however, is about the MIT alums that are in my class at Mount Sinai. I am

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  began at Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week, including ... experiment at MIT several years ago has now taken hold in the campus culture ... put MIT at the forefront of the growing number of colleges that are al

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  York Magazine's picks for the fall. Junot (we didn't call him Professor ... one, bro, and I caught a f*cking bad one.' "At long last, thanks to his ... 's another juicy quotation for the click-averse: "Then Díaz more or less

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  child, but at some point I could tape something to my wall or ask for a ... back at my parent’s home in New York for four weeks. I’m not the only ... For most of my adolescence, my bedroom was painted as close as I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020