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• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  In a recent concentrated effort to create a 'professional Tumblr' for ... blogger as a sophomore has its perks. These freshman-year thoughts just sat unread in a tiny corner of the internet, so I can dust off the MIT

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  Internet! Long time, no talk. Why such a long time and so little talk? Well, there has been a lot happening, although in some ways very, very ... extremely quickly. Here is a list of blog posts I meant to finish, to no

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  Oh, you all thought you were getting a blog post from me? Not today ... cold and snow.) Here's a guest post from Sondy G on MIT's six independent ... 's a post on MIT Independent Living Groups (ILGs), another alternative to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  Jess: This is a guest post by my friend Grace Z. '25! I met her through a summer program last year and we've since bonded over concerts, good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post

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

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  . KN6OQK” how I got here I picked up ham radio as a hobby during quarantine. It started with a regular Wikipedia rabbit hole, but out of extreme boredom and morbid curiosity, I downloaded and read through a 400 page radio

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  all its worth, but I still gets lots and lots of questions about being a humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little ... switch to a 21E major because I talked to the twins, Danny and Allan, about

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  am. but this semester, it's a different type of hosed. in other ... up to a truly unbearable amount, but there would be gaps to breathe between all the work. this semester, i think i've become a grown up kind of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  us decelerated. We all craned our necks to see why; a big black bear ... pulled up. Survive bear encounter: check! A couple minutes later, we ... counterclockwise with a bit more gusto. Nothing. "Well, that's interesting," he said

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  , along the Charles River in a place called Cambridge, a bright-eyed, eighteen-year-old baby boy was born. In his future lies a childhood, with all its requisite promises and challenges; in his past lies a strong

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... , Described by a Frosh," and Day 4 - "MIT for Book Lovers." _______________________________ You may be surprised that MIT has a thriving HASS (Humanities, Arts, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  towards the advancement of underserved communities. Alia Whitney-Johnson, a ... teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a ... assist the shelter, called Ma-Sevana, by a writing fundraising letter. But

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  In my mind, [annotation note="Many, but by no means all. Giving a ... classes, I'll mention grading a lot. Of course, grading is only a small part ... ."]problem set classes and project classes.[/annotation] A problem set class has

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  From a combination of Being enrolled in a music class this semester Having musically-inclined friends (and a relative) at MIT Having ... a very inclined treadmill. I paid for my improper shoes / insufficient

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  Previous me wrote in a blogpost that I "did not want to write about ... that respecting your teachers was a thing, and obviously reading while ... reading. When I go to bed at three, it’s more of a bleary couple pages, but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  : Igor Belakovskiy ’02. Hi! I’m a rising senior studying Mechanical ... with you because I think a lot of you might be like me and would feel the ... : Growing up, I never thought I’d become a college rower. I was a swimmer in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  I wrote the majority of this post a week ago, then slept, and lost my ... Saturday August 31. - I'm sitting in 4-237 (a classroom with nice tiered ... ! -Common Failures of Class Scheduling -Make a Website! -GIRs: How They Work

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it's only for those who have a school counselor. A principal, headmaster, or
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of ... do any restaurants. We broke our fast with potato chips and a chocolate bar from a grocery store, then rode a taxi to the TelefériQo. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  ’s snowing outside and the windows are cloudy with condensation. A couple of days ago I got back from Ireland, where I gave a seminar and served as the external examiner (“extern”) for a PhD Viva, and now I’m trying to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn[annotation note="A goal that was quickly cut short because I got sick :("]by ... able to explore a little more of Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023