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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  played games, watched virtual reality horror films, and listened to my 12 ... graduate MIT. People were going to start asking me what I was doing after graduation, and I had to pen some sort of answer, even though honestly I still

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  of you who haven’t – well, I’m about to tell you about it :) Camp ... a number of events and fundraisers on campus to raise the $65,000 we need to make Camp Kesem happen each summer. One such event took place

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  . We were en route to Mathcamp 2004 (which was held in Colby College, ME), and we decided to stay in Boston for a couple of nights before heading ... with knew a grad student from MIT and asked us whether we would like to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  the Big Screw, 3pm, Friday A quick look in at the Ted Kennedy lecture ... problems, call us at the CPW Hotline: 617-258-6085. You may want to program

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  reluctant to get the flu shot, because needles and injections terrify me, you know? I hated going to the doctor to get vaccines. I know they’re good for me, sure. I know how necessary they are. But I was really scared to

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

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  scurvy. I walk to Trader Joe's and buy a 5 lb bag of oranges. I google ... avoid thinking about the other things I need to do but have not done and do not want to do; working is how I run from my fear that nobody will

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  had the chance to learn some web dev with my friends, meet industry ... , money transfer, mapping, etc.  Without further ado, here's a quick guest ... (delicious) food, exchange ideas, and work together to build exciting tech

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  candy) happened yesterday afternoon, people flocked to Save TFP’s Spooky ... costumes, merriment, and, apparently, smashing things. You have to relieve ... random leaves ended up in this picture. It’s really cool to see the wind

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  to town and parks their train right behind Simmons. This is one of those well-known campus-wide facts that everyone looks forward to but isn’t really something that’s mentioned as an MIT selling point. Like, “come to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  Come one, come all to CPW! I don't know about you guys, but the ... packed with hosts and pre-frosh running to class and with families taking ... Center are thronging with people - and I know thing are only going to get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How could the past eight weeks have gone by so quickly? I can still remember ... goodbye to my parents. I remember my first days here: building robots for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Just a little hack… You never know what you'll see on your way to class

  

  Just a quick little footage of a hack I found this morning in Lobby 7. Sorry for the bad quality, I just took out my Blackberry and shot it!

  • by Celena C. '12
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  As regular readers of this blog know I love to bike. It's my primary ... to exercise. Hooray! Hooray for bicycles! I'm also very risk averse ... from near my home about 7 miles to campus. I get a nice view, I get to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  next week, and teachers aren't allowed to schedule any exams or major ... tickets to the BSO through the college card program. They were doing an a ... . MIT pays for college cards, so basically anybody willing to brave the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  Many bloggers have been posting about their decisions to live off campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I'd like to talk about exactly the opposite - deciding to live in the COVID

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas." Ahhh, New York City, winning the lottery (for Avenue Q), gourmet French Fries, Taboo, Mitra and I got TO SEE ... I am, I got to Boston's South Station at 10:28 AM ready to depart for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn[annotation note="A goal that was quickly cut short because I got sick :("]by ... comparatively easy it is to visit new places or even new states! So far, I've been

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  learning curve. By learning curve I don't mean "oh snap it is going to take me long time to learn all of these new subjects at MIT." It is more of ... living alone, if you are not on the meal plan you have to make your own

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  possible. After attempting to wipe it up a bit, I quickly deposited it at the ... remember walking up to the front desk, stomach full of butterflies and a little dread, and awkwardly asking to check-in. After [annotation note

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  offered me to write a guest blog, and I thought it was a great time to ... I wrote to a few of my friends, but I hope you find the material ... in its infancy but quickly gaining momentum and recognition as a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007