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• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  On Monday, I got to see a pacemaker insertion surgery, eat lunch in scrubs, and pretend that I was on Grey's Anatomy. My preceptor was Dr. Lee ... unofficial Course XIX still lives on to the present day). I met Dr. Lee last

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  One of the things that I find most interesting about MIT, but hardest ... conversations. I can't tell you how often I find myself having in-depth and scientifically rigorous discussions about random topics and thinking "oh man, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch the Tea with Teachers Video Series! and learn about the wonderful students behind it

  

  fascinating. Watch them below! I wanted to blog about TwT for a while, and ... T: I am half Iranian and I drink a lot of tea. One day I was having tea with a friend of mine and lamented on the fact that I did not really have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  one for me. After a full year of virtual school, I had lost touch with many of my middle school friends, and I was slowly realizing that I had ... meet people outside of the bubble I was in.  Any fears I might have had

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  chat yet."]Until very recently,[/annotation] I was the president of Next House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a ... Next Exec, I sent probably around 70 emails to our dorm's official

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  decision. I tend to go to bed pretty early these days, which precludes me ... this blog post, I’ll take you along on an adventure I had last Friday ... . From the moment I stepped inside, I knew it wouldn’t be my last. To quote

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  I didn't leave the MIT bubble much my freshman year. hell, I barely left my dorm. there was so much going on all the time that I didn ... , however, I spent a good chunk of my free time exploring Boston, and made a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  I feel like I’ve been involved in science bowl forever. In 8th grade, my middle school science teacher started a team at my school, and I ... explained by watching an example match. But I moved to Nevada after middle

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  It’s my 3rd year at MIT. I’ve lived in 3 different dorms. My current ... , probably. I want to talk about The Dorms though, because, a) It’s housing renewal season so I’ve been thinking a lot about where I want to live, and b

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Last April, as part of a high school assignment, I was required to ... decisions (of which I will write soon) ensued, but one entry, written on a ... ever. In summary: because CPW. But here is more (from April 8, 2014): I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  :                                                                         October 17, 2014 7:30am- Normally I wouldn't get up this early, but today I ... . I think about what I'm supposed to do today and open up my laptop to check my emails and start rolling out of bed. I hadn't ever had a long

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

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  , Maryland, down the road from Goddard Space Flight Center, where I'll be ... ) before second semester start in February. And I'm alone. No classmates down ... . Last Friday, my older brother (MIT '11) and I took off from San Francisco

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  flooded into my soul: ernestly did I remind Katelyn of our valuable Facebook ... . Other news: I have at this point exhausted the bloggability of not being awake. The rest of this post will be about things I did yesterday in

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

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  -tasting water on campus. Last Sunday, I filled up two entire bottles of sweet ... nature. I stashed the water in my assigned kitchen cabinet back at Random ... some other people, whoever they might be. I mention this only because it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he ... Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. In terms of my personal excitement level, I ... goes. Originally, I just planned on showing up to the lecture and maybe

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  I hear Early Action decisions went out. Congrats to those of you who ... whom I know here got deferred EA and then got in. Eventually, those of ... 're looking for? I remember reading a comment last year on one of the blogs

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  ," which I have never seen, or that episode of "Seinfeld," which I have seen. I know, it's a bold move for an inexperienced blogger like me, but ... 's picture on the cover? I conceived that as a rhetorical question, but

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  This week, I worked as an Orientation Leader (OL) to help first year ... assigned around 13 students, and I quite liked my crew. Throughout the week, I saw people open up more to each other and really talk. Like petals

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  as I tell all my friends back home who don't know MIT lingo, Admitted ... all of campus puts on a bazillion fun events for them!) I wanted to ... so you're honestly kinda meh. And that's all okay! I definitely can

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  CPW 2014 was the reason I chose MIT. At the time, the Institute wasn’t even my top choice, but after the amazing weekend, I caught myself ... long showers. “Oh, I gotta remember to audition for a capella!” “I could

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018