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  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  five-day-long kayaking/wilderness survival adventure ... hour there...The boat leaves from Long Wharf, which is a ~10 minute walk ... brought us straight to a beach where the majority of other visitors to the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  architecture, elaborate artistic displays and blissfully warm beaches. The second ... , lovely lovely beach, that was way better than all the beaches near downtown ... beach was made of SAND. I even managed to get a lady to watch our stuff

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  stranger to driving long distances back home. Immediately, however, my ... Massachusetts (like most US states) allows driving with a foreign license printed in English. “Yeah, but what about the states that don’t?” To my

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  fall visit to a college or university that you are interested in ... COMFORTABLE SHOES! All tours are walking tours and many can last as long as 90 ... of the school, it may be an extension of the university. Go visit

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  suck (like sitting on a beach all day). Things that used to suck are ... because sometimes you just gotta do stuff that sucks. Getting my degree will ... every day at 6 PM and a late-night green tea. I waited in a VERY long line

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  in orgo. Argh! < begins long rant on organic chemistry > (I ... in Calculus" quickly became my best friends through long sleepless ... can only hope it's the same for orgo?) < finishes long rant on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there ... card... because it was 95 degrees today and the only clean pants I had ... plain awesome with long hair. So, for a year and a half I just didn't get

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  Trivia: By population, which US states are most and least represented ... MIT different from other universities? How might you know whether or not ... hearing about? Trivia answer: The most represented US state in the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  . Before watching the movie, we had to listen to a lecture given by the state ... state shark biologists). He was talking about having to rescue a shark ... system. Polarization At Disney World, Universal Studios and other 3-D

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  on it. Next was 3.091: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry, whose lecturer is universally recognized for never sitting down, among other ... demonstration in Solid State Chemistry. I returned to Random Hall in a numb state

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  they know, we just fake it ‘till we make it. We probably faked it too ... beautiful stressful place (IHTFP) long enough that high school actually feels

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  echoes through the universe in defiance of conventional physics as ... information contained within the universe. A small library near jlab ceases to ... universe has reasserted itself. A particular small goose is fed fois gras for

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  degrees and sunny. That basically sums up my prior experience with ... degrees Fahrenheit. Not too bad, but warmer and more humid that I’d prefer ... the Bay Area. It doesn’t exactly rain too often either (read: we’ve long

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  students will often proceed to ISEF-affiliated regional fairs, and then state ... into Phoenix around 3AM on Thursday morning after a long, delayed, and long-delayed flight from Boston. After a nap at my hotel I went down to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts on Removing the Long Essay from the Freshman Application So long, extraneous passages of florid prose.

  

  Brevity is wise. …but I’m not the one being affected here. What are your thoughts?

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  living room where a stately Bird of Paradise used to sit, that is now where ... to grit my teeth and power through, forcing myself into a state of ... -productive flow state was efficient in the short term, but it wasn’t sustainable for

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  the last two telethons but, alas, this year the 9 degree weather outside ... as long as the telethon lasts, to answer questions in the comments, and

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  10 degrees in demand are quantitatively based -- accounting, electrical ... communication skills are key to long-term career success. 'Being the best

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  ten reflections on mit

  

  fair kid. I’d been doing a long series of projects on the effect of radiation on the growth of plants, and, to cut a long story short, got to ... “oh it’s good at science” and “college is a really long way away”. I was

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  embrace that my state is one of the most-often bashed states in the country ... -know-what. Of course there are some crowded cities and sketchy beaches, but a good ... tan, free beach parking, get to ride all the water slides and rides at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005