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• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  , and throw it in the pot. Finally, create the stellar finale by pouring ... , meeting my friends, shopping, eating, and going out to Boston and Harvard ... . Weekend 5 Fun fact: I am a dancing machine. Does MIT offer outlets to my

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  lock it up. They're much lighter, easier to maintain, and can fold down ... me, seemed very sturdy and dependable, and I decided to buy it. I ... orange (yes, i know my avatar does not have an orange shirt i am sad) and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  , impressive water vapor transport properties, and is resistant to many common ... ; nobody makes anything that does the same thing that Parafilm does, and it ... DID YOU KNOW? John Stamos, better known to millions as Uncle Jesse

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  double minor in Biomedical Engineering and Economics. Who does that ... of classes and try to get as many degrees as humanly possible. My ... rest of my life. So why not try to hedge my bets and try to do everything

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  reservoir of parental TechCash money, and I actually have to pay for all my ... getting together my sources and protocols to begin writing the first draft ... and the windows down, and I got to sing a bunch of awesome songs along

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  The transfer application costs $75. Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  somewhat reminded of the day I turned 18 and tried to buy a lottery ticket and the attendant REFUSED to look at my ID. I was hurt. Tuesday, my office decided to take the monthly company party outside of the office and

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  -student-friends for suggestions, and I’m too lazy to format this in any coherent way, so ... shirt and shorts or pants. All the time, unless I was going to a formal. I would almost never wear jackets, and when I did, it would be to keep the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Cambodia: D-Lab students in the field Janet Li from D-Lab blogs from Cambodia

  

  with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable ... is working together with farmers and credit union members to build ... and the potential for the Leveraged Freedom Wheelchair (LFC) to be used

  • by OEL
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  then what to feel  with every shard of grief,  and every speck of ... and think, do i really need to list out everything going wrong to feel ... simply wake up and ~decide the sky looks sad~ and toast to its sadness

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  you what ingredient you need to buy, when to buy them, and also what you ... bridge to Trader Joe's to buy yogurt and soup and baby's breath. Running to ... shipping and delivery takes a while"]YamiBuy.[/annotation] I watch a lot of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year; New Me! (Two Months Late Oops) I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do in my last semester…

  

  … everything. MIT is so much, so different from what I know and am used to, but I ... mine and we walked back to New House intertwined. One of them is much ... ’m better rested, more willing to seek people out, and much more focused in

  • by ana~
  • March 5, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  's worth of clothes so you don't have to unpack and then repack your temp room. It's also a good idea to pack light and buy as much as you can once ... , and let me tell you what, it was not fun to move into my permanent room

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  supervisor, past mentors, and other people whose advice I value, I decided to ... voice, stories, and dreams are going to be perceived by the committee of ... departmental faculty to read and make decisions on"]faculty readers

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  discussion, between me and one of my friends. We're nerds who like to stay up ... eye. What does it mean, then, for one object to appear "twice as bright ... perceive a much more significant difference between DarkColor 2 and Dark

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  for, I'd like to buy and fix up more Malden two-families. (I'm learning way too much and having way too much fun with this one not to do it all ... to restaurants and buy expensive lattes at fancy local coffee shops and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  walking and not running, and the hill does not challenge me too much. I take ... moved to October"]run on Patriots' Day,[/annotation] and, in combination ... distances and times for the trip. Eventually, Sunday hit, and it was time to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  get in to the Diaz class, and drop Sustainable Energy or whatever else ... . My mom once told me about an experiment where lemmings learned to swim ... sleepless, as I try to keep up with all of the readings and do all of the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  lucky to call them my friends. As much as we create for our guests, who ... letter to food written jointly by me (Sophia) and Tananya.    I ... on Instagram to learn more about our events, recipes, team, and general

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  's Degree, and become a teacher. I'll go to Penn State. I hope to have an "A ... , and buy a normal, two-story house. I will be humble. Everybody says they ... . I will make an average salary and probably not earn much extra money

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005