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• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  Roughly a week ago, on a Thursday morning, at the crack of dawn, I ... Waverly, just in time to check out the course before the sun set. (I'm going to refrain from the obvious commentary on the drive through Iowa-I come

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  Disclaimer: I'm sorry if this post is a little incoherent. Narcotics do funny things to your brain. ------------- On Friday, I got all four of my wisdom teeth taken out. Five minutes before the surgery, I lay

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  film producer. Jeez that's a lot of accomplishments, Riz. I can't wait to ... VR video game called I Hate Heroes where the player can jump, swing ... Students and Alumni Awesome! I love that MIT is putting more of a focus on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  is very significant. After that, how can I give up? How can I stop just ... States. I’d love to tell you that the film has a happy ending, in which ... towards society's good… I cannot. Sure, the members of the Underwater

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  am sorry, my dear brother, that I can give no reliable good news in ... Boston, February 5, 1861 My Dear Henry, I have just returned from ... importuned for a word, which was characteristic, as usual. I was urged to speak

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  they can hear themselves). i thought it was cool that our final setup ... . then i built my first sound system, connecting the 5 av mics to the av ... different locations would hear different mixes. then i had the idea of setting

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when disappearing into Terminal 3.14 at Logan Airport. Meanwhile, I have compiled a ... all that are feeling a bit nervous. Hopefully, I’ve addressed most

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen ... music and a breeze of spring from the courtyard. i’m talking to a ... no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

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

  

  with Silly Names -Hairy Ball Theorem You can probably guess which one I ... 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

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  On June 1 (where my last post left off) I hopped on a plane and left Boston for the summer. One fistfight later*, I landed in DC, fully resolved ... seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  importance of having many cultures and learning from them. Today, I would like ... I often told my college roommate, who was from Adelaide: nice try. As a cosmopolitan, sophisticated friend of the world, I welcome their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  As far as admissions counselors go, I am relatively new to the MIT community. Over the past couple of months, I have been exploring this wild and ... MIT flavor. I have decided to dedicate my first 100 days to exploring

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Climb Every Mountain: a Guest Blog Post by Davie R. ‘12 Davie R.: MOTH HUNTER.

  

  .. - - - First, an explanation of who I am and why I’m posting on Anna’s blog. I’m an alum of French House. I graduated in 2012 with a double major in Math (combinatorics) and Music (opera singing). I then spent a year in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 28, 2014
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  Ambassadors, I helped plan and host activities during their visit. My fellow STARS Ambassadors and I met the visiting students on the first evening and ... got a chance to really sit down and get to know each other; I learned

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  's pan (I prefer it to a regular frying pan because it's deeper and can ... In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked ... can effectively tack on $12 to the price of your restaurant meal. This

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  “This is it,” I thought as I submitted my last college essay. “I’ve written everything there is to write. I am never writing another word of English – especially not at (hopefully) MIT!” Boy, was I wrong. (Thankfully

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  , for example two years ago I was funded by the Cathy M. Comeau Memorial ... 're lucky, you can get supervisor funding. - UROP for Credit: Paperwork is due ... . You can register as a pass/fail UROP or as a graded UROP. But, note that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  Despite the fact that I've lived in the Boston area for the past four years, I've actually never walked the Freedom Trail, the red brick path ... which Boston is famous. My parents have done it two or three times while I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  , but i'm too married to ask someone out 078. Can you do a headstand (not ... 013. Do you get along with your parents? yes 014. Your heritage? i am a ... this year? teach nance how to publish his blog entries so that i don

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  friends. Yes - it can also exist for academic masochism, but I have no doubt ... I feel slightly weird to be typing away on the MIT blogs again, when the farthest thing on my mind right now is MIT. BUT - I feel like if I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008