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• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The proliferation of "standing cafes" in Germany was ... understanding of the language. For example if somebody at the bank says "blah blah ... started work today and had to see the doctor. The first thing she did was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  everything!" But since I am now twenty years old and mature, the whole point of ... a total of 8 miles the whole week! But watching hundreds of nearly ... to be a half-mile walk out of your room and across the Harvard Bridge

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  the first floor of the Infinite Corridor -- not quite as strong an ... Yesterday was the final Friday of IAP. IAP went by so quickly, and ... applications yesterday to experience 5 fun events. First was the famous MIT Charm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  communication, power design, and image processing. I was reminded of the first ... swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... moved onto the written portion of the test, where I assigned

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  unwound. Yet one of the downsides is that I've now gotten myself into the ... and it became a game of "So what do you love the least?", like asking to ... dread of realizing that I had to drop a ball. Drop the ball. Give up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW on the Web CPW comes to you...ON THE INTERNET

  

  spent most of the last week working on stuff for Campus Preview Weekend ... well over 600 events over the course of a few days, and the prefrosh add ... events, and generally makes this one of the most BAMF weekends on the East

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  nuts. Now, I'll admit I was kind of shocked by the number of posts that were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little ... baseball cards in my kindergarten days. I guess the whole point is MIT looks

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  Well, you heard it here first. The letters are in the mail. For the ... academically and personally. You are the best of the best. I wish we had enough room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  totally new experience for college freshmen. One of the most important changes for most people is the task of cooking meals. With LaVerde's open ... at the inside. It contains a twisted bar of aluminum that plugs into an

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  Star Wars Trilogy: The Musical Edition fall of my freshman year - the ... Yoda puppet, one of the stars of 'Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition,' a production of the MIT Theater Guild. Photo / Jax Kirtley Really, can you blame

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  myself blink out and in of existence as I crossed the threshold of the office each morning and evening. The meat of each day was some combination of staring at Jira, VS Code, C++ docs, and the free snack selection in

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  So they say that the best part of MIT is the people. Is this true ... to be people, in which case I would whole-heartedly agree that one of the best parts of MIT is the tiny furry people walking around on the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  ceiling of the Simmons auditorium and display my work of many days. There ... past the rows of viewers. I donned my best cardigan and favorite boots. Underneath my shoes, I concealed the mark of laziness, two mismatched socks

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not all heroes wear capes – but some carry tubes. 2021s are happening

  

  online, please visit the verify page and enter your username and password. The verify page is available now for applicants to confirm their login ... decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use

  • by Riri Williams '20
  • March 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  cool you could write a whole paper about it. In fact, one of the ... the past. A bunch of people in our hall told me to get the shot. It ... shot clinic was one of the coolest things I’ve seen since I got here, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  recall we journeyed to New York City at the end of July and survived a gastronomical bildungsroman**. *In all prepositional honesty, at least half of the living at pika happens on the roof instead of under it. Pika's homemade

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  with vertigo. It was the first time I had a bout of vertigo since January ... 's one of the most important lessons I've learned in MIT, that whole ... the toilet. In front of me, next to the door, was a featureless white

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  Reif argued against the possible repeal of DACA. You should read the ... me here: As the president of one of America’s leading technical ... principles. The plight of the Dreamers presents a profound question of fairness

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  the MIT populace as a whole, but I have some amount of work to do - or ... students reprieve and respite from the constant deluge of problem sets, essays, and tests so commonly found throughout the dread halls of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  , when I went to UPMUNC in November. One of the most common questions the ... (two weekends ago) Members of the BU or MIT MUN program are given the ... the conference from the other side of the spectrum. Joining MUN

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008