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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  I returned back to campus on December 29th, and as the Amtrak approached Boston South Station, I spotted snow on the tracks! As I stepped ... -covered sidewalks. I had yet to master the tunnels and navigate through them on my

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  good post to write on the occasion, or some significant reflection on my ... , beating up on myself just makes things worse. Sometimes the best thing to do ... displaced interns. I was really touched by the people who reached out to me

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  hands-on lab sections where we got to see the theory in action, and I had ... like the post-run endorphins, but I can’t run for long enough to reach a ... went to four concerts: The Strokes (my top artist!), Boygenius (on my

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  closest dorm to the Kendall Square T station on the Red Line.) By the way ... went to 24.900: The rain from last night turned the snow on the balcony ... allowed to put murals on the walls. Every mural is from 1996 on, since the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  span of a month, the committee reached out to as many people as possible ... [annotation note="send emails to all the dorms"]dormspam,[/annotation] reach out ... in the virtual environment and not have a clue how to reach out to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  the second category, so you may wonder why I'm posting and not studying ... much time; at midnight, a blogger moratorium kicks in. To respect the release of Early Action decisions, we aren't allowed to blog on Saturday or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  turns out not everyone comes out the second they get to college and not ... something to strive for) wanted to release this into the world, as it has been ... picture getting married to him. So we revelled in the teenage dream that is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  Farfalle Con Pollo resting on them. Two economists meet on the street. One inquires, "How's your wife/husband?" The other responds, "Relative to what ... to nothing in the long run. 7:30-8:00 pm Sophomore Welcome Dinner

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  silent on the blogs for about three weeks, far longer than I ever want to be away from the blogs, since I'm so accustomed to posting every week ... granted us the ability to put one class on Pass / No Record to offset the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  On Sunday morning the Design/Build/Fly team rolled out of bed at 6:30 AM, roughed up and ready to fly on the last day of the competition. We ... order to score a little higher. We were on the clock--the weather

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  devoting to this class on a weekly basis. The majority of MIT classes are 12 ... begin on experiments with the level of detail you’re expected to for this ... able to report on.  Additionally the lab (listed in more detail here

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  play on the MIT Alumni Club of Boston team. As I like to say in my ... -10, register today on MyMIT!), I came across this article on the MIT Athletics ... the women's side, MIT finished second in air and third in sport. David

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  admin to explain the unconventional project. Karyn first reached out to ... , which is home to the most cutting-edge AI research on campus. there's also ... tiring, so it's reassuring to have the liberty to create on her own terms

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  serve to pass time. The second semester of senior year will hopefully be ... before I reached the week of March 7th to the 14th, which was grueling. I ... good school based on how everyone spoke of it, but that was, for the most

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  on it early enough to still be let in. The owner was kind to let us ... pm and you really see the city starting to take on its full form then ... .[/annotation] Good call on his part; the park felt best for the morning. We had to take

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges. MIT is dedicated to ... work are committed, first and foremost, to helping young people reach their aspirations. Even though the challenges faced vary from role to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  . Second, is it okay to send in sat scores after submitting the application ... down to restrict it to 500 words, I'd take that advice." On the same ... specified on the application, do you prefer the recommendation letters to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  extracurriculars, or always seemed to have some interesting trivia on hand. Being the ... 'm referring to. Being the “dumb” friend also does NOT mean I am dumb. On the ... niche. The “smart” friend. Then we came to MIT, and met all the other

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  , backpack to the side, and laptop on the ground. I didn't expect anyone to sit ... funny... During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make (Almost) Anything at the ... reached out for all sorts of reasons—to express concern, offer a monitor

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  just returning to school in the fall, you finally get to work on that ... moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it is super easy to do so. On your online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010