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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Mountains, we spent every New Years outside by a 64 square foot bonfire ... winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules ... junior year of high school, class was cancelled on account of a -60F (that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  dance. He danced to a diddy called "Welcome to Six Flags New England ... engineers at a theme park waiting in line to get on a roller coaster and you ... found half price tickets to Six Flags which were a little cheaper than the

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  TelefériQo takes passengers on a 2.5 km (~8000 ft) journey to the Cruz Loma ... recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of ... bar from a grocery store, then rode a taxi to the TelefériQo. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  't really damage the end product but just bring me to a new perspective on ... on a meta level, but I actually got inspired and decided to write a ... It's been a while. I meant to post sooner but I got sidetracked, and

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  sadly I missed most of it! Determined to not completely miss out on IAP ... community members take classes on such silly but important topics as Giving a ... drink, is on the right. I'm going to have to remember that one. Next, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  on the lookout for a cozy spot to lock in and chomp. Here are a few of ... , good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post ... -MIT-student fashion, I forgot to respond.  For context, I’m chomps - a foodie and '25

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  , endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT ... until midnight running experiments. Maybe it's just a testament to campus ... went on during IAP." noun -- the location of one's UROP "I'm on my way to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  force me to have a much deeper understanding of the material. Yes, you ... hours on a pset and finally understand how a certain equation can be ... starting to get a little idea of what being a scientist feels like.  You can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  . Along with my friends and my roommates, I've been on a mission to actually ... you could get to on the T, therefore saving us from having to pay for a ... is great, but it also feels amazing to be able to do something on a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  nights and interesting experiences, I want to reflect a little on my first ... east coast to a state you’ve never set foot in. But on the other hand ... took a flight by myself to somewhere completely new in the middle of exam

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  throughout New England. Hop on board and see how to take some time off ... for you, a la sub sandwich shop) on my way to the T. Descending the ... outsources their food service on the Downeaster to a company called Epicurean

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  year made me reflect on what a semester at MIT has meant to me (aside ... second half of the year I was thrust into a new, thriving, churning ... ’m on a completely different path than I was last January. Most of you

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  and all that. I heard a lot of conversations on my way to the final ... helpfulness doesn't extend only to MIT students -- if you come here on a visit ... /forced to take a year off? The Committee on Academic Performance doesn't set

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the MIT Interview keep b r e a t h i n g

  

  ). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  0:08 Our deadline 0:22 What happens during an interview 1:30 What to wear 2 ... ???? 5:41 Quick tips for the interview

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 6, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  ’t write about what it’s like to live on Conner 2, or plan REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned ... disciplined exuberance to post at least twice a month on average. We may ask you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class, and so forth. MIT operates by setting a very high standard of admission to the ... . It's a pretty good gig to be honest. Please note that *only* current

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  established companies and other startups. Far better is to think of a new idea ... A photo posted by Michael Cheung (@m_cheung_) on Apr 13, 2016 at 4 ... means that if you choose to make a video streaming startup, or a social

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  perspective, and the disciplined exuberance to post at least twice a month on ... & photosynthesize & float on a river & not think about emails for a couple weeks it’s time for anyone who wants to blog to let us

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  Bridge for a day to film 21? (More on the movie itself later.) #35 - Wait ... A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through ... personal as face-to-face conversation or talking on the phone, but it's handy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  appropriate to blog about their culture. Q: What is a pset, and how to do you ... reputable sources agree on the definition of a pset, there is high variance ... follow what appears to be a consensus of bloggers before me and adhere to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015