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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  community. Having this time to get to know one of the students on a more ... Bringing STARS to Campus: Reflections on our first STARS@MIT Fly ... from traits like having grown up on a farm to liking sci-fi movies. This

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  a student or a parent, you could forward this to your math or science ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  dope! Keep in mind that it tends to get a bit crowded on weekends (for ... from MIT, so if you're looking for somewhere new to walk/run or bike, it ... docks and benches to chill on, but if you're more of an active person, the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  made online as a prefrosh even before CPW, thanks to the new admissions site that Ben Jones created, where we could all check in and get to know ... for high school students to join -- we had to wait until May to get our

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  also my one and only visit to the state. Get to know your professors ... hoping to take some pretty photos on my camera. I didn’t get as many nice ... freshman get to go on a Duckboat that tours them around Boston. Unfortunately

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  before, because 5th East was going to Six Flags New England, courtesy of ... Canyon that you went down on your back, which started out slow for the ... the Tornado, where your group was on a raft that went through a tube

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  Brothers Marketplace in the evening to stock up on milk and eggs. [caption ... When I'm sad, or there's some conundrum in my life that I need to ... grocery shopping. Over IAP, with mostly nothing else to do because I ended

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  working on a project to remedy that — she’s putting together a collaborative ... makerspaces on and around campus. In addition, they’re able to add descriptions ... in the space, how to get access, and notes about the space’s culture

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  /No Record: if you get a C or above, you get a P on your transcript. Otherwise ... answers to the question: one, it depends on your major ... Thursday, 10/26, 7-9pm EDT. That's over now, but you're welcome to email me

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  meet resistance, lower arm to target. Focus on the front sight. Without ... more of your work; otherwise you won't get everything done! Sleep three ... today? Skip class to work on the pset instead. This is great on timescales

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  arbitrary wing in Next. You’re allotted one week to wander around and figure ... you some background on the [annotation note="To be clear, literally ... your room”. He says “the room was completely inferred”"]ride to my room

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  are due on Jan. 1. And while what I'll say now is just my opinion ... / : -verb to calm down; to release oneself from inhibition, worry, tension ... as you right now. I'm about to submit the application to my top choice

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  -- spots on campus 18.03 recitation (but don't date your TA until after ... about on your first date Toscanini's -- because I have a free ice cream ... has unlimited cheese samples, but Ben & Jerry's is easier to get to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  to get internships. Or that people are going to think you're selling ... I'm currently on a six hour flight back to my sunny, warm, and ... engine outside, the lack of wifi (unless you're on a fancy flight or just

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  SO HAPPY, but there wasn't much energy in me to get overly happy as ... , I go on calls on a quest to save the world.  I'm technically only in ... her, and she was calm when we brought her in on a stretcher to the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  from California, I didn’t get many chances to go back home and see my ... to do for this upcoming year and the summer following it. So maybe on ... get what you want at a certain time, but you always get the chance to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  -engineer my focus. I'm starting to get scared of giving up — not tonight, nor ... oatmeal to boil on my one-burner camp stove: I really, really like this book ... a whole pot of oatmeal on the sidewalk, Talking to a biker and a rec

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin ... Professor Peter Fisher appeared on Late Night to help Conan finally beat the ... price to pay to get to meet Lincoln, you know?   Also, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  account. I hope to get on a path toward more self-sustainability. Here goes ... on the internet, I was surprised in the last couple years to find an ... , but I have to rest well on weekends. If there is a test the next day

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  year. Maybe your friends have promised to take the bus out to Wellesley to cheer you on. Maybe your parents promised to come up and watch you ... just to get into Boston. I feel kind of dumb now thinking that my moment

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006