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  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  of cultural exposure. After class, we were free to get lunch at the ... just goes to show how important it is to look beyond just your own ... is the best opportunity I have to go abroad. College is one of the most

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  getting stopped in the halls. It's awesome, but I'm starting to lose my ... least there's no more sleet. 6:05pm: I get a chance to upload some ... hasn't yet arrived. Hmm. 7:35am: Nance picks me up; we head in to campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  was foreign to me, and I naturally feared getting burned. But after ... ignition taught me something new. For the Spinning Arts club, I went to ... , and training for months, I learned to befriend the flame. Similarly, I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and ... consolation, so here are some poems that i like to go back to every now and then ... . light pollution should have taught me that hope demands hurt to be seen

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  imaginable- brush pens, washi tape, wax stamps, glitter pens, you get the gist ... us how to solve problems using Matlab- the lectures provide the ... fifth time since I’ve gotten to MIT).  [carousel image1="105487" image2

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux       The last ... exams looming the following week, I did have something to look forward to: I was to spend Christmas at home for the first time since I left for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  Bigfoot, but we did get to see the mountain / active volcano Mt. Rainier ... to leave Vegas early to get a head start on getting to Los Angeles ... mission that we chose to accept is to visit the hometown of every senior

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  frame, with only the deck left to complete.   A team effort to get ... In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

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

  

  for the elephants as Alex tries to get some front shots of the elephants ... 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

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  love. Right now, it's 11:54AM. I happened to get out of class early today ... student has got to eat. In fact, all college students need to eat (hopefully that wasn't surprising to hear). No matter which school you attend, most

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  how you're expected to sleep for grief, so I'll try to comfort you with ... of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to ... riddles whose solutions range from the sacred to the obscene but are always

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  between now and departure stands a few classes

  

  so fun! We get to take home some circuits, too. 14.03 Microeconomic ... years, such as Montaigne, Orwell, Didion, etc. Perks: I get access to the ... of me. How was I to do it seven more times? The soon-to-be graduates

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 14, 2026
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  . I did move back, and now I'm delighted that I get to now help shelter ... Not only the blogs' birthday—in trying to decide what to write, I discovered one of my old draft blog posts turned 10. Ten years ago, almost to

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  would also get me to actually read these papers. It did not. I carried a ... note="in fact, I started this blog to avoid reading it! but it has now ... ’t start out this week expecting to be in this position, but here we are

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  .S., getting on a flight to Milan was quite a struggle. All flights to the New ... customer representative for an hour and a half to keep the second leg of the journey valid, I booked a bus to NYC and booked it there. Hence, when I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  HARDBALL. Ask current students anything, and you'll be able to get a good ... So four years ago, I began a year-long journey to start seeing what ... to college. I kind of went about it in a semi-orderly fashion, but I

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point ... the time and effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  residents, she's not here to take classes or do any research. Primarily because she's a cockapoo. That's not to say Butterstick doesn't stay busy ... , Ashdown, and iHouse also have Residential Scholars.) When Shannon came to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must ... prefrosh to unbelievably intelligent and compassionate adults. Most of my ... graduating today as well before heading to different corners of the planet to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010