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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  later that the hike up to Jesus is infamous for robberies. Thank you ... Cambodia, at a center for children with disabilities. They felt particularly ... , and beautifully-preserved Spanish colonial architecture. For example

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  braids for the first time. Luckily, I got my hair done by another student ... hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it.  I went to Veggie Galaxy, a vegetarian restaurant on Mass Ave, for the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  five wacky and wild weekends new hampshire? i hardly know her!

  

  , but then I had something planned for the next weekend I’d want to ... what I’ve been up to other than fluid mechanics psets and the like: Six Flags In April, ‘27s and ’28 were treated to [annotation note="$25 for a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 14, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  studied hard for the biology exam right up until the last minute, and passed with a [annotation note="woo!"] C-,[/annotation] but still this took up ... known for the [annotation note="the feeling of being overwhelmed by

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  ended up getting an honorable mention for our work with aligned.space. Go ... Celebration, a three-day conference for women in computer science. It was so ... really getting a feel for what is out there for me in the computer science

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  for shirataki noodles! I snuck in vegies in my dinners! And I actually ... ’t struggling to hold my water pitcher when it was full. The thought of getting up ... . My parents, in all their fear and love, were always there for me in

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

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  returned to me so far. I write up my psets for 8.022 and 18.701 Algebra I ... .022 Physics II pset, which was due yesterday. On the right is a scale for ... anyway. The paper was useful for recording data. We measured the height of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  pm but I had to be back in Boston by 5 to help set up for the MIT $100K ... TechCrunch DisruptNY 2016 was an absolutely amazing experience. For ... found out that you could obtain tickets for free if you participated and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  she felt bad; "you must be busy too! I feel bad for using up your time ... desirable, since you've been trying for hours already and can tell that you ... of MIT soon, so you might as well pack up your bags and go home now. As

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  So...the past few weeks have been CPW central for me - working on matching up all 1,063 of you coming this weekend with current student hosts ... shameless plug for the event I'm running! You all should definitely come to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  set up before we release decisions at noon. If you're looking for a way ... Hi all, I am here in the office preparing the blogs for the post ... amazing thing for me and calculated whether my job is net joy or net sorrow

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  anywhere, I might end up scrubbing dishes in Düsseldorf for the rest of my ... DID YOU KNOW? The drummers for the bands Queen and Duran Duran are ... worried little kid, because we all had to line up at stations and get our

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  Tower A stock shot of a ballroom, all dolled up Here are the 10 ... design for the event. Notice the casablanca lilies!!1!!cos(0)!! I applaud ... them!! Lost in the drapery Sorry for all these tent photos. They

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  Thursday night was, well, interesting. I was working on my lab for 6.004. Usually the labs for 6.004 are not so bad - they take maybe five hours. For ... . My TA had suggested that we budget nine hours for it. Ha. Hahaha. She

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  invitation to our meeting in your neck of the woods (haven't yet signed up for MyMIT? What are you waiting for?). Even if you don't receive an ... ). If you have registered for MyMIT, have replied to a letter/email we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  , I struggle and search for the answer, using up all of the time ... behind. I know that I am not the only one. It is important to be up for ... , the removal of distractions, and knowing when and how to ask for help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 🦃 Yara has a peath sign on her head!

  

  … wait for it….DARY [/annotation] in my family. Every year, without fail, I brace myself for the number of times I plan to hear it on Thanksgiving day ... ’m thankful for the opportunity to be home in Michigan for Thanksgiving. I

  • by Hala K. '29
  • November 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  the living room being a place for my “experiments.” I grew up gluing ... foundation for the confidence you carry. And your low points remind you to take ... full of finals studying to do. I’ve been one of those 1800 kids for the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  . Life goal for next semester: bump this average up to 8 hours. Empirical ... – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner ... that I closed my eyes to go to sleep and the moment that I woke up. There

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  kindness friday live blog! a day of vital importance

  

  This semester, I signed up to become an EMT with MIT EMS, our campus EMS service. Every Saturday for the past three months or so, I and eleven other students have Ubered over to the other side of Cambridge for

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • April 17, 2026