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• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  ironic to an outsider. “Believe deep down in your heart that you are ... Leave It to Beaver. The town is largely shielded from the recession by ... of rape and sex abuse. By listening to what they say about how the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  into the New Year, I want to wish all of you the best of luck on your ... tell you something: when you get to college, change is neither slow nor ... quickly, almost feverishly, as I could to get down as much 8.012 knowledge

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  were ferried in to Hacienda la Verbena by the advanced food recon team of ... through Yaqui Pass (a deceptively shallow climb to 1500’), followed by a ... and Shaena showed us how to get our bodies out over the side of the bike

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  had no idea that he was so distinguished. You get a little numb to ... ) tomorrow, and Professor Bell announced that there would be no new material, just a test review led by the TAs. I don't believe in test reviews (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  your essays fit word limits, it can be very helpful to get a second ... expressed concerns about my essays, my parents literally said to me, “your SAT ... ; your mileage may vary. I will also try to offer general advice. I hope

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  that cover some or all of your trip, and you get to acquire. that ... program or grant to get you there. And it’s not just study abroad: there ... tricks to getting yourself around the world on MIT's dime. Start: 0 mi

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  existence. It was scary. It was new. I tried desperately to fit different ... someone to just know me already and get past all of that and exist in a way ... , for what it means to graduate and have all your friends scatter across

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  't get- OH MY [edited for content]." Yours truly somehow managed to receive ... clueless about college, so he was like "Well I don't get it, but I'm glad you're ... , you need to get some Kerberos tickets. (Kerberos is a security protocol

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  you--look to the left and the right like you in black church--your life ... 'm not here to get you to buy a CD. I don't care if you come to my next ... response to a question asking what new technology he would have MIT students

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  , drops by to take some pictures for her photography class project. 10 ... :02: T-2 mins… Time to get calculator, pencil, eraser, periodic table ... ’s time to put my phone away. 12:08: Walk out of 10-250 feeling WRECKED by

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  this stuff up. Now, just as many of you are getting to take a vacation ... , and we'll get to do a whole bunch of fun Boston things. Then, I'll head ... these, including the last 3.091 lecture (described here by Kevin), all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  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 ... to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  this. If you don't believe me, the lowest score you can possibly get on the SATs (just by putting your name on it) is a 600, combined. My point ... [ETA] THIS ARTICLE IS NOT TRUE. It's a joke created by The Tech

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  't actually that easy to lose getting into routines is hard falling out of ... somewhere that's not boston. i want to get out of boston. living in LA ... my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  systems relate to your learning goals * construct your assignments to align ... prompted students to think about human writing in new ways. There are ... for your subject. If you are aiming to help students critique digital

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  Educational Counselors. It is a good chance for students to get to meet some ... blogs or on email. Miami was no exception, getting to chat with Davis ... lots of new faces, too. Thanks to all of you who have stayed late to chat

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  kelly's: You might be upset by the fact that there are 4x4's running ... those 4x4's running through the middle of your room?!" Well, yes. But here ... it over IAP when a single became available) and was kind enough to let

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  ):   Blogger: Me First song listened to in 2018: "m.A.A.d city" by ... ; Blogger: Afeefah First song listened to in 2018: "Young" by The ... First song listened to in 2018: "Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  get to eat dinner with former MIT students who now work at companies where you want to work SWE (Society of Women Engineers) Banquet -- you get ... the wide range of resources MIT has to offer. If you're applying to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  those "get your child ready for college!" lists; when I read those lists ... 's hard to try new things, because it's such an investment: it takes me much ... Oats These seem to be getting really popular lately? I feel like you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019