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• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  only so much time in a day to do everything, so why do you deserve their ... be famous? In what way?” to “Of all the people in your family, whose ... the same time, we MUST bother to know others, because friendship is a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  Hard to believe but my time at the institute is starting to wrap up ... is the heaviest one yet for me, both in terms of academics and non. So ... learning initiative, MITx, 6.002x is actually open to the world for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  understand more about myself and where I'd like to go in the coming years. MIT ... much to try different restaurants in Boston... but this summer, I ... 's one of the most historical cities in the world! Because my roommates and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  Today is the 121st Boston Marathon, the oldest, and most famous ... thing I wanted. The pathway to recovery is not always so straight and ... . Good luck to anyone who is running today, including the members of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  can get to Kendall Square by taking the Tech Shuttle, but in case you need to head out there in the evening and can't be bothered to walk much ... /Boston area, listed in no particular order and referred to by their stop on the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  our tireless devotion to describing, in unnecessarily sordid detail, the ... balancing work and fun because fun is the seasoning of life but needs to ... -coated giant, or learning Haskell, which is one of the most intimidating

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  of the game is to forget that it exists. It's one of the most popular ... - really, it is all going to be okay. Whether the admissions decisions are ... best to select the most perfect class of MIT students they possibly can

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  opportunity to go do and try those things in the city. TRAVEL Travel is ... Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an ... feel just as much as I felt in those moments. The crying, the laughter

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  what MIT means to me.  The short version is that it is the place in my ... .  My absence is easy to explain though, having left the Institute to work ... as well as what you do is not a one-way street.  In order to really be

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I ... .  Welcome to the party. I fell out of my parents' nest in New Jersey and ... winged mechanical beast that brought me to a new world, and I rode in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  art is trained on stolen art Cami: Hades 2 trailer sent in the group ... Cami: A link to vote for my classes and the blogpost Aiden: Normeo and ... Cami: A link to ChatGPT Cami: A Twitter thread in which michelle huang

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  , etc." "meal plan is so overpriced" "I try to only eat in the dining ... as one of the most expensive cities in the US (see: Example A, Example ... make living work without having to eat instant ramen every day in the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  fabric, Savannah is, to me, the most charming town in America. [carousel ... ’d like to look in particular at the cultural role of passenger trains in ... used to be all the rage in country music. Purported to be on the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  started working in the Sabeti lab at the Broad, my thesis lab. This is the lab I most wanted to work in and least expected to take me, the lab ... . Rifle is at the shooting range in duPont, behind and attached to the Z

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  their time to do this. Of course, the interview is mostly about you, so ... . It gets you in the mindset of thinking about what things matter most to ... In our holistic application process, the interview is one aspect where

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  . Plus, I’d be on the West Coast near my family, have the chance to live in ... learned so much over the summer. In my first week on the job, my mentor sat ... to use git—which in itself would have justified the summer. I learned a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  real. Of course, this is MIT, where we believe the best way to learn is ... in an epic, life-or-death basketball game. To begin the design ... a mold. The warm plastic is then sucked down on top of the mold to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  . None of the below is required or even expected. In general, you should ... music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a ... submit the supplement are not), and there is no audition process to take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  at MIT whenever he is in town. This time I took him to see robots in ... interesting things, and is interested in the future. MIT attracts amazing ... besides, I hadn’t been to a good concert since the Rolling Stones were in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  most underappreciated tourist site in the city. Mission Dolores is the ... Cantonese as soon as possible, since this is probably the most useful Asian language to know in the States, due to the amount of Cantonese immigrants

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009