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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  do everything possible to avoid getting sucked into the cocoon of ... 's get back to the blog. I said that I've withheld large segments of my ... experience too. I've been to DC three times in the past week, all by train (for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  out of the college experience, and not every environment is conducive to ... figuring that out, researching schools becomes much easier. You go to the ... they sometimes forget that colleges have to prove they're worth all the

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  . Essentially, MIT students get the month of January off to do whatever we please ... on the side to move the gun up and down. It's a relatively large gun so ... inspiration since it would be easy to mount on the gun since the gun required a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  my perspectives of the institute, and I cannot wait to get back to ... the time to finish them! In the future though, by the end of the ... summer, and I think the opportunity to come back as a TA for Calculus, as

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  the bed that its owner will be forced to get up to find it when the ... freedom to get around. They offer convenience and flexibility to fit the ... more often talk about aspects of MIT that are freely offered to the world

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  about all the stuff i have to do to get ready to leave for the summer. as ... [/annotation]in order to write down the poem on the paper i keep by my bed. here it is ... 's OK, because i didn't have too much to do! plus, by this point in the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  school so it was really nice to be able to experience the great outdoors ... frolicked in the forest to collect firewood and climb trees.  As twilight approached, we drove to Sunset Lake to watch the sundown and skip rocks. I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  , tests, med school interviews, extracurriculars, and more. By the time ... . At the beginning of January, I flew back to Boston for a month ... consulting externship ended up being the perfect way for me to satisfy that

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  , while I frequent the latter, getting to the former is more of a luxury ... food I love. Now this post isn't to say that these are undoubtedly the ... (a friend Matt O. on the other hand would swear by their chicken and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  loved getting to know over the course of IAP! Maya and I worked together ... the companies I applied to was literally acquired by Facebook shortly ... alongside the nine-to-five intern life.) Without further ado, here is my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  paid attractive wages by the federal government. After getting these ... heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... “poverty” doesn't always refer to the consequences of astronomical tuition

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  productive start to the weekend one habit i’ve been trying to get into but ... unusable, so i went to the t-mobile store to get a new phone (shoutout to ... reincarnation. when a species has the ability to escape wear and tear by

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  here so it looks like we get to skip the Intl admissions part of the ... learning how to actively learn, pursue topics, and be inspired by the ... :29 The rumor is that you need perfect scores to get into MIT. Wrong Scores

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  . MIT operates by setting a very high standard of admission to the ... mean to be an admissions blogger? Here is the opening paragraph from the blogger training manual that Lydia and I send to all the new bloggers during

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  get this semester started. I am so, so excited (and intimidated) by the ... coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... 's no warm water in the sink or any hooks to hang and dry your towels or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  use each machine, we get to learn by making a spiffy Stirling engine ... to get the creative juices flowing, and in the real world it's really ... In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  didn't get to go last year but I really wanted to go this year. But the ... would only get solid A's or higher for the rest of high school. (By the ... situation in the most gracious way. Does it still feel bad not to get an A

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second ... first). I was lucky to get the opportunity to be here. And while luck may ... time here, looking down on all the stairs that I climbed to get to where

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  that was close to campus but also allow me the chance to get a first hand ... company to watch a movie that person can be found just by walking into the ... getting to know the young women that I now count as friends and sisters. The

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three ... glad Which reminds me, to save more money Gotta get Dial Gold - as my ... to know." * Pursuant to legal mumbo jumbo, I am not employed by Dial

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009