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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  for a while. Keep your eyes on the swings, though—they're snatched up ... that I've made up for that. Honorable mentions that don't really count ... A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  ! Some of my friends I've skated and competed with growing up qualified for ... the year by packing up all my stuff in Boston, hauling most to storage ... Jose, California. I brought with me all that I would need for the next 9

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  For those of you who don’t keep up with the blogs, I’m Sabrina M. ‘19 ... were? I even ended up living in her suite for REX week (affectionately ... , losing sleep only to have to wake up that next morning for even more 8am

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  ago to the advisor for the writing department, and she got back to me ... declaring writing as my second major. Well, applying for the second major ... for it being late. Also, I thought it was hilarious that I had to write

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  MIT dome. I’ve been on campus for three weeks, but still every time I pass beneath it, I shudder. For years, I had admired it from a distant ... mathematician, and I look for patterns in the world, yet I want to believe that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I ... cognitive sciences in 2006. For those of you doing the math at home, that ... wearing my brass rat flipped upside down for just over eight years now

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  the authority to open up the wall whenever he likes. It also means that ... for the locking mechanism to work, so I called instructions through the ... much faster reaction time than I do, since in the seconds it took for me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  catch up on sleep when you get home. Don't feel guilty for wanting to stay up and try everything. :) You've earned it! 4) CPW is still school for ... a full itinerary and ended up with something like this: ... and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  gets up and talks at us for 1-1.5 hours. On the days we don't have ... huge plus. When studying for exams, it's NOT agony to flip through my old ... class and providing motivation for learning the material (Peter Fisher

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  little time. I ended up putting my name down for more clubs than I could ... , the psets are already rolling in, the reading is piling up, and the ... overwhelmed by the barbarians (thank you Dictionary.com for your invaluable

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  advisor)'s office on Tuesday in search for the answers to life, the universe ... you were wondering). And after chatting with Professor Seering for 15 ... 's just skip to the next point), Even with his whole morning booked up

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  This week has been a battle for all of us – I just finished my Multivariable final this morning; let us waddle in the Aftermath for a little bit ... , looking for answers – why you were rejected, deferred, or accepted, how you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  , and manage to look awesome every day when they show up (on time!) for ... love for pie is still only surpassed by my love for bacon and Arrested ... spend my life playing with brains, blowing stuff up, and curing cancer. My

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  -school senior, I enrolled in Harvard's Secondary School Program for four weeks during the summer. Unfortunately, the science options for the summer were sort of lacking...so, instead, I signed up for an art history class

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  fact, today was the first time I've been back in my dorm for more than half an hour since returning to MIT on Sunday, and I was only home for ... chipmunk preparing for a very grueling natural disaster. Anyway.) Our service

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  's Club" on hall, which included guests dressing up. The only problem was, I didn't have any "formal" clothes, especially not for warm weather. I ... discuss our respective plans for the Institvte. So I went to the Garment

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  I've consistently done this type of post for [annotation note ... "]almost[/annotation] every semester till now, I figured that I'd do it for old times sake ... (Current Debates in Media): This is the capstone class for the CMS major

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  Spring semester is here, which means summer is coming up soon, and while I’m excited for the sunny weather and the shorts ... frenzy looking for something constructive to do. Believe it or not, I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  for Biotechnology and Neuroscience, 10am-1pm. Next up is 9.24 Disorders ... back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for ... classes you can only take at MIT. Every week, we get a new guest speaker for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  : Media Theories and Methods, the introductory course for the Comparative ...  side of MIT, and especially love their nexus, MIT's Center for Civic Media ... cofound what was, for a time, the largest Harry Potter fanfiction community

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011