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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  For those of you who don’t keep up with the blogs, I’m Sabrina M. ‘19 ... remembers it. Whenever I think of my experiences with student government at ... many people can say they’re on a first name basis with some of MIT’s most

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  my trip report, with 100% more screaming toilets than I had anticipated ... with CMS/Civic classmate Rodrigo, who now runs product at Neighborly ... SFO so I couldn't connect with Rodrigo. I did, however, make Dr. Kim

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  Public Library, and in the company of all those who ran before and with ... and coming to terms with the fact that some things are out of your ... with yourself and the world you're entangled with, to achieve.  

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

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  (A-E) and a lowrise block (F-J). It's mostly singles with three doubles ... : Roll with the A Dogs The people of A invited prefrosh to meet residents ... followed by No Chill Eat pancakes with B-eople and then play those icebreaker

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

   recently won (!!) with a set of extraordinary women in NASA. Maia is currently ... started with Sally Ride. Most people know her as the first American woman in ... amazing serial entrepreneur, and she is a doctor...With Sally and Mae, I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  dish (i use this one because it comes with a nice lid) and pour the ... until it passes the chopstick test (when you stab it with a chopstick, the ... really easy for you to build radio receivers with a car antenna and a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  to has involved me working on abstract problems with my head in a book. I'm sort of just living my life; I was pretty hosed with coursework ... ) peace with femininity, or at least I understand better why expressions of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  ’re arranged in order. ( by the way, ‘random’ is a Python module that helps with ... place in Addis. I was speaking Amharic with my cousin Gedion, English with ... during spring break, to the nearby Walden Pond with my friend Shalom A. '16

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  to go but I had a pset due on Saturday and plans to hang out with friends Friday. So I stayed up Friday night watching Pineapple Express with ... expaling impact investments, investments into companies made with the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... Naviance or the ApplyWithUs site. Materials requested through ApplyWithUs but ... the ApplyWithUs site. Check your MyMIT account to follow the progress of

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  were loaded with burgers day and night and prefrosh roamed free across campus (along with one gigantic beaver we all know). Campus Preview Weekend ... infatuated with the grey gridded building with grey walls and ball pits and far

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the ... with you because I think a lot of you might be like me and would feel the ... winds. It looked graceful, but I knew from my conversation with my CPW

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  in dubious or passionate affairs with upperclassmen (or even classmates ... greatly. It is a special MIT gem. Talk to your family. Stay in touch with ... mail. Mailbox filled with love >> empty slot. Take advantage of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  compiled a packing list for students here, to be used with caution. Some ... . They also host special events during the summer with 20% discounts for ... MIT Engineers t shirt with a witty-nerdy saying on the back

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  with this coming admissions cycle (which will begin soon!), the ... financial aid. Our deadlines will also remain the same, with a November 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  Collier Memorial. I will close with this: when I ran the Boston Marathon ... and killed on April 18, 2013, the Collier Memorial marks the site with a ... marker under the vault with the inscription, In the line of duty, Sean

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  Course 11 is a small major with a lot of breadth. It is cross-disciplinary, flexible, and engaged with the larger world in ways many other departments ... projects intersect with each other and connect with the central themes of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  livetweeting the contest and documenting every stack with a photo.      They tied at 14 pancakes and ended the contest with a handshake and a truce ... managed to consume 40 pancakes (among other food), and headed home with full

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  during this month, January 2015, while I lived with my family (brother ... with it and assented to its claims. 5. Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin. James Baldwin is everything. I brought this book with me everywhere

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  I wrote lightly about scrapbooking in my coping with anxiety blog post, but I did not get to post about any of my own pages. Here is a look ... obsession with stickers. Sorry the pictures are so blurry! Lighting is

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015