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• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  ; cognitive science. (I love telling people that 'i major in 6-9' for shits and ... you to whoever read my application for seeing past my blunder. I swear I ... as an independent inquiry, but later got mentorship for it through MIT

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  enjoying it a lot for a number of reasons: not least because in Europe, everything is close, which allows for easy travel to different cities and ... , and I have a bunch of weekend trips planned for myself. Two weeks ago, I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  immediately asked me about my “background”. I assumed he was asking for which ... nod with feigned interest.  Later, the boy apologized to me for what ... he hadn’t stood up for me. But, mostly, it was because I had sat there

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  schedule. For breakfast/brunch, I tend to go with avocado toast, something ...         For something healthier, I go for chia ... like adding pureed strawberries at the bottom for some extra sweetness

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  difficult and uncertain time for me, and for MIT; during their first year ... members of their class. It was, I think, the hardest year for the MIT community in my career, and I remember how scary and surreal it was for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  friends and I had considered taking part in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange for ... . I had been on the lookout for other options, and ETH seemed to be the perfect fit. An exchange through Course 2 had been in place for the past few

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  startup founders, rode an UberCHOPPER for free, and got into the TechCrunch afterparty. But my main reason for being there was to get more into virtual ... brothers was also staying in DC, interning for the Department of Energy. So

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  nutrition handbooks for the discussion portion of the course. I lowered ... Requirement, always provided the empty space and mirrors necessary for us to ... requires 4 PE classes for graduation, which explained the large fraction of 8

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  ’t think such a word exists. I’d felt that MIT was a place for me. The ... walking around campus had done what so many high school students strived for ... Heaven on Earth.   Now let me be completely honest with you guys for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  Hello from Barcelona! I'm here for an astronomy conference. (You may ... Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany.) Some news from me ... to "where do you live?" for many of us during those four years would

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

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  exactly did all that time go? That's an answer too long and boring for this post (and for maybe any post; the last few months have been either a ... double (or triple -- slightly debatable) pun in the title and subtext. For

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  Throughout my 5-ish months as a blogger for the Institvte, I ... for science. However, it also stands apart from my other classes as the ... - and they do listen. For instance, some students mentioned there weren

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  , "Wow, I've been in America for three months." To be honest, these three ... day. You can pray for 36, but it isn't going to happen. One of the best ... still have to fit time for other activities, going to sleep, and studying

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  deadline came and went. For those that submitted EA applications, good job ... -ish. :) Before the weather turned cold, Allen and I went sailing for the last time ... officially closed for the year. Every student that graduates from MIT is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the ... last for maybe one post after this one. But, hey - a guy can dream, right ... prototype for the project I want to talk about. It falls into the blinky

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  writing an "apologies for being too hosed to post" entry and never finished ... for the summer. After some panic that I'd be jobless and living in a cardboard box under Harvard Bridge for two and a half months, I was offered a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  's start over. The other day this fabulous idea for a blog entry came from a ... here. Forget that. For four years, I attended a pretty standard public ... -30. There was a club for everyone, and if there wasn't you could start it - we

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  going-away potluck dinner for Julian, who's heading back to France on ... usually like to make something more complicated for potlucks, but I was ... , and let the whole thing simmer for two hours. It turned out alright and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  tighter, as if enough pressure would coax the misery out, but, for all she ... ? I’m too excited for her.”    My dad had moved even further for college. After qualifying for a scholarship program, he traveled from

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  was ready for this giant sigh of "I'm done" after I closing my last exam ... word for this closure? I think it is. The semester started, it went by, and I finished. Now I get to go home for ten days. I get to prepare for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022