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• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  classes a term, most third year engineering students have 10 exams. ALSO ... beginning of the term... which means we spend a lot of time over "break ... at 7 am... but it was a pretty boring month of my life. We tried to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  Hi! So I disappeared for a bit last semester on the interwebs, but ... , and I hope you enjoy reading about them :) Thus, I decided to write a ... during first semester, and he got me a tryout! I had my first competition

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  on a tangent about my sailing PE class at some point. (If you were ... pretty off topic, so she’s restraining herself from going off on a tangent, awkwardly.” Okay, maybe it’s a little plausible that you’d be thinking exactly

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  in at MIT if..." you love being miserable! Now wait just a second ... and wake up in a bath tub full of ice, your kidneys removed, and a pile of bacon of comparable value to your kidneys in the living room with a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  have a cloud covering, so though most of the day was hot, it wasn ... were so grimy that Amritaa '10 wiped her face with a cotton swab and found it to be pitch black. Mmm. Today began with a trip to the mechanic

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  ’Assainissement, which is the national Haitian drinking water association - they organize a ... meeting was with a man named Jean Francois, who was in charge of the ... promotional material, a lot of which we had seen as posters on/above the streets

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  interning at a fairly large Asian public health clinic in Oakland, CA. During ... , despite being a premed, I knew very little about the current US healthcare ... Taiwan, seeing a doctor for ailments such as coughs and sneezes is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  share with you guys. I had a bunch from Sadoway's last 3.091 lecture and ... 'll share them next time, even if they're already a few weeks late. No one ... means I'll be spending roughly about 8 hours a day, Monday through

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  Did It! a delightful new album by a band called Bugs Frogs & Snakes ... the pilot knows they did a good job. Otherwise how would they know, you know? I suggested asking for a photo with the pilot. Hailey mentioned a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  ), some red and black balloons, a large flat cardboard box that once held a folding table, a giant BLOOD MOON FEST banner, and access to the Simmons ... , a sacrifice, and time. I sent out the dormspam. [caption id

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  lack of any holiday spirit inside of me, I have done a very minor amount ... at least a little holiday joy and optimism (whether or not you ... tomorrow). Important Side Note: I have a Samsung so I cannot personally be

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  First, let me start with a venerable and ancient blogger apology ... kind that is often read by a half dozen people within MIT. It's sort of ... years ago, I was without question a maidenless Tarnished of no renown. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  last three days that led up to that, because a lot went down. Wednesday ... against Wellesley. We had set a goal this year to not only win the regular ... the night. Our teammate Meagan R. ‘24 shattered a 20-year-old record by

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  ! There are a ton of resources on campus for making and enjoying artwork ... arts at MIT, though, this post will just serve as a log of art ... might make it a series). One of my biggest goals this semester was to

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  a great time! [You can click on the pics below to enlarge them ... page perfect whenever I use a sketchbook, hence why I intimidate myself ... a thing. As much as it's inspiring to be around the latest research

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  one) room. The camera once again pans around the room, revealing a bookshelf more filled than before, a new coffee cart with 16 mugs, and me, sitting on my bed typing a blogpost. I've started waking up way too early

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  Hi. I’m Andi. I’m twenty years old and already a pigeon addict. It ... .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I ... eyes, took a deep breath, and flipped to a random page. Little did I know

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  On the morning of the second day of classes, I got a newsletter email from CAST with a video that featured past cross-disciplinary classes. It ... on my pre-registration. I only need to take three classes–biology, a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  part 1: My B. Song: Bright by Echosmith. part 1a: early action A week before I got into MIT early action, I was rejected as a Quest ... solemnly completing what became a seventeen page application to my local

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  This is the fourth and last part of a series, consisting of a lightly ... , and so we proceeded at a crawling pace for a number of miles. Eventually ... that, regardless, my dinner plans may be a bit of a hopeless case

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023