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• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second ... the IAP acronym, and then spending a quarter of an hour trying to come ... ):...well, mediocre might be a more accurate word choice. But that's unsurprising

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in the “sleep through it” way, but rather in the “harbor a feeling of ... , Culture, & Gender in the U.S & Beyond: A Psychological Perspective

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  “Greater Boston Area”) While at MIT, I’ve been able to hang out with a lot of awesome Boston-area college students. Considering that a lot of ... colleges, I’ve definitely considered this a unique opportunity. There’s a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  our “daily walk” around the track, followed by a vigorous round of ... pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small excerpt from the PE course listing for last quarter. Here's a link to the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  There are two books in my backpack right now. The first is a little spring break light reading about a French serial killer and the birth of forensic science. I bought it at a hardcover sale at the Harvard bookstore on

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  : I have a new blog now. Here it is. and now, here are three thoughts ... live - It's nice to feel like I live in a city, instead of feeling like I live on a campus. While I was at MIT, I found myself wondering how

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  The unabridged version of a semi-recent, semi-typical, but memorable ... check my emails and start rolling out of bed. I hadn't ever had a long conversation with Katie '17, but she is in my sorority as well as a member of

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  Media Studies, taught by Ian Condry. He's a cultural anthropologist; his ... having one or a small group of "authors" or "creators"; we associate ... atmosphere of a new film or the wide variety of fan-produced content ranging

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  weekdays. Sure, Monday is a pain. Tuesday is kind of meh. Wednesday at least ... -day. Friday, on the other hand, somehow finds a way to wedge itself between ... a catalogue of sorts here. I guess Fridays are whatever you make of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  I am a first-semester senior. As a result, my brain has been swimming ... , and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for air and remembers that I'm actually enrolled as a full-time student at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  imagine that they all convened at one place to throw a huge concert, and afterwards there's a gigantic meet-and-greet. They come armed with free samples ... 're their number one fans. Get a picture of the pushing crowds and the buzz

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... school already. Of course, they eventually did, and for a long time, I was ... find a few ways to pass time. I wrote. I wrote a lot. I taught

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  I am what one might call a "professional blogger", or what a liberal ... unemployed college freshman."  And the best part of being a prufesssional riter ... blogging not being a real job, some people are professional bloggers.  And

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at ... me a curveball: what do I do for fun. MIT may be known for its academic rigor, but it doesn’t have to be a grind all the time. So, even though I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Seven Years of Good Luck MISTI paid for all the MIT Japan interns to meet up this weekend in Kyoto.…

  

  up in Kyoto for a whirlwind tour of the temples, food, and more temples in the Kansai area. Since a good percentage of the interns are working somewhere in Tokyo, it was a great opportunity to get out of the city and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  , Katelyn slept for 2 hours and still had a headache at 10:54 pm, according to ... else on MITblogs, appears to have been born with a last name). Sympathy ... friendship by reducing her life to a sinusoidal function. Proof of Why Katelyn

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  respected newspapers, rising MIT sophomore Grace Kane '11, a native of Glasgow ... homeland. The reason for the commentary is a proposal to clamp down on binge ... from buying alcohol in off-licences and set a minimum price at which a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  a sign of royalty, princesses drank water from clay vases and then ate ... them a pale appearance. History has not recorded what happened to these princesses a few hours later. So this will be my last MITblog entry from

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  already visited overnight. You'll get to stay with a student, or a house (during CPW, if you stay in a fraternity, sorority, or independent living group, your host is the house, rather than a particular person). You

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  'd fill you guys in on some of the nuts and bolts of a life in science. Often, professors just assume undergrads know what a typical career path ... majoring in biology." (That's actually a verbatim quote. Imagine it in a cool

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005