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• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  from home for months at a time, but I also believe the general atmosphere at The Institute totally drives homesickness out of your mind simply because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  Hi, I’m Kathleen. I’m a first-year student and a new blogger here at ... much longer. Time doesn’t flow at its normal rate when everything around ... a single day (at least, for as far back as my phone’s log goes). I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  or a few at a time. I specifically sought out a summer internship in ... this summer was the Summerland Trail at Mount Rainier, the crowning jewel ... of Mount Rainier. The larger meadow at the top of the mountain felt

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  lazy to finish up this week. Spending a whole year at MIT really changed ... Tex, which for me who is honestly pretty horrible at anything that involves a ... . I can defiently call this first year at MIT a success. In regards to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  River, is an "exuberant celebration of the arts." It happens yearly at the ... dancing to kids' tunes. I like to come for the crafts and get stuck at a ... suggests, the MayFair happens at the beginning of May as a way to herald the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  had met her at Maker Faire and corresponded before and during her ... sorry for her disappointment but sure she would be a fantastic student at ... comfort at the time, and it's one of the things that got me to continue

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  up buying at the store. Ice cream is a catalyst for productivity ... :     Well, CAN YOU?!     Yes, here at MIT, we can even ... list at MIT for free food, there is also a mailing list for free

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  last friday a lot of my friends walked at commencement after a speech ... at roughly the same time and grew in some sense of togetherness, and ... few weeks ago, my a cappella group sang "senior singouts" at our final

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  at MIT, here at my fraternity, here at the Skating Club of Boston ... experience, and where to go from here. At last, I could rest, daydream, binge ... . Back to work. Back to the grind. At least no more psets or exams for the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  tacos and a reliably lively crowd at 2 A.M. on the weekends. It’s a place ... her final Jeopardy answer. At this point in the game, she'd been ... professors at Emory University studying neuroscience. They immigrated to the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  , marathon in the world. The race begins at 10AM in Hopkinton, a suburb of ... people at MIT -- you might also find recovery harder than training. What I ... to start practicing that as well. You'll need it at MIT, and, as it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  greatness. We reported to the sailing pavilion at 5:30 am on Saturday ... airport we quickly stopped at a grocery store for food and the hotel to drop ... found more fun to sail in than the FJ’s we sail at MIT. (^Also PC to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  . Breathe. Your time at MIT isn't defined by the number of units you're taking ... classes you take doesn't determine you at all. Above, below, or exactly four ... classes per semester. My entire time at MIT I've been fighting off this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  standing culture that our ancestors may have had at any point of time. We ... I entered my research lab at Emory University I was very quickly ... the default language of the office. At lunch, I would sit and watch as

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  talk at length about my personal life online because a lot of the greater ... ) peace with femininity, or at least I understand better why expressions of ... /beauty) were so embarrassing to me at times. This was mostly thanks to CMS.307

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  . "Normal," meaning not going to bed at 3am and waking up just in time for ... at the Skating Club of Boston, I left for Oxford, Ohio, for the 2017 John and Nellie Wooden Institute at Miami University. For four days, two

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  undocumented students at MIT. Because DACA (like immigration enforcement overall ... study at MIT, particularly as the Regular Action deadline approaches. The ... (S^3), is an advisor for all DACA students at MIT and works closely

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  year at MIT. But wait, don’t enter yet; you still have about a week ... whole bowl of pins such as this one at the Academic Expo. T ... good ol’ fashioned car bash? At this rush event, people from all walks of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  that recruits teams of writers at thousands of different universities. I ... first-generation at MIT, and this one's about being a student ... 're recruiting, so if you're going to be at MIT in the fall and are interested in

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where ... fireworks shows, a dozen at a time if you park under a mountain, each one ... silence manifests itself as loud static at night in my city-trained ears

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016