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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Facebook group that you get to join when you're a student here that's called ... Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship competition! Thanks! One of the biggest culture shocks coming to MIT for me, a

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  F/A-18s overhead to the percussive expression of a man in a pug mask ... of a gasification plant, and someone is getting married. And in ... . I've been to three or four parades now. I've taken a nap in a park and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  Country Club Plaza If you're in one of these areas, I look forward to seeing ... America to meet with prospective applicants and parents in more than 70 ... meetings in New England: Jenny Rifken will be traveling to Portland, Maine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  distance  from my dorm to feel like an excursion of a sort CAVA - also in ... biking to the Boston Harbor) Take schmancy photos in a grad cap ... on a walk along the Charles with some emo music blaring in your

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  becoming a camp counselor or taking time off to spend with your friends and ... in your every waking moment before college, and thinking about a career ... if any companies 1) interested me or 2) would be interested in a CMS/7

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  At orientation, we received a list of "101 Things to Do Before You ... while for this page to load.) So I've never actually been to a Bruins game, but two of my best friends, Anna '08 and Maria '08

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  to win the Pulitzer Prize. She was also a recipient of the Mac ... in Miami when she released her first novel, Getting Mother's Body. It's always great to meet and talk with someone who is not only successful in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  a huge fan of things. Like, I tend to consume content in a way that is ... as a whole, etc)? I probably won’t get to see it, but I think someday ... think that would be a very, very cool world to live in.  Student Stories A

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  , and I was lucky enough to get in!! I officially committed the spring ... tips are all things that I found to make a difference in my recruiting ... stand in terms of recruiting.  Be a good communicator: respond to that

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  live - It's nice to feel like I live in a city, instead of feeling like ... down on my knee in order to put a hand over my mouth and stifle my ... in the morning, up a hill, past a castle, into a forest. Then I take

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

  Changes To Your MyMIT Account The no-online-notification thing may change in the future, but unfortunately not this year.

  

  A quick response to some of the questions we've been receiving: you won't notice any change to your MyMIT account until we're confident that everyone has had a chance to receive his/her decision via mail (or telephone

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who was the first woman graduate?

  In 1873, shortly after MIT's opening in 1865, Ellen Swallow Richards became MIT's first woman graduate (and later its first woman instructor ... her a pre-eminent water scientist before her graduation.
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  'm Shipping up to Boston." A lot. I've included some YouTube videos in case you're ... mentioned a couple of songs. I believe her words were: "If you're going to ... to MIT I spent working full time and trying to get ready for life on

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  the class, I had barely stepped foot in a proper gym. To me, the ... was to learn how to work out in a gym without breaking any fancy ... :00 a.m. (wait, there are people awake at 8:00 a.m.???) to about 6:00 in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  ecstatic to get back to campus after a much needed break, to see my MIT ... luck, it was cancelled and I had to stand in a line with 300 other people ... going to Seahawks playoff game(s) while I'm stuck yelling at a TV about 3

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  going to wah-wah-wah through complaints like, "What if I get a bad grade ... found funny without knowing why. Learn how to print from a non ... trekking to an Athena cluster in the middle of the snowy night (uphill both

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  different. It’s out of place. Like a round peg trying to fit in the square ... taking pictures. We walk a bit more. We get lost in this side street ... -down and slacks; I’m wearing a t-shirt and shorts. “Couldn’t be wearing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  strumming a guitar wistfully pretending to be in a 90s kids coming-of-age film ... get away. All throughout the year, a little bar in Cambridge known as ... later I went to a concert in Boston’s famous House of Blues, just a twenty

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  transportation by myself was to get to a local university for my summer internship ... subway in…  NYC   Before this summer, I went to NYC once with a friend ... ’t struggling to hold my water pitcher when it was full. The thought of getting up

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  Hockey. Scootah Hockey, while rich in history and strategy, is a simple game to play. Each team has three to four players on at a time, each of whom rides on a noble steed--those scooters that you used to sit your

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025