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• Blog / Personal Travel

  things im doing during break things im looking forward to doing

  

  things I did while in California: Went to a ton of doctors appointments ... to New York City by 6:30 AM on Amtrak, immediately greeted by some of ... of snowy [annotation note="the jury is still out of whether Westchester

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 28, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  water. As a Nevadan, I had my fair share of California visits, so I ... the ocean, partitioned by the faintest, haziest stroke. In front of me ... market scene is just beginning to liven up. Crowds of people are shuffling

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  , "What is the place you've worked at that you're most proud of?" My heart swelled as I talked about MIT, and MIT Admissions, and Petey, and all of the ... naively, well, of course, yes, I do cherish my time at MIT. But it wasn

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  had you come here an hour ago, or indeed at any point since July of 2011 ... reason, and with many of the the same goals. And times have changed, and so ... up with folks from MIT Comms, who were leading the redesign of MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  my brain full of knowledge by 10:05am. Unfortunately, what I ought to ... cocoon myself in a swathe of green bedsheets. But tonight is different ... . Instead of sleeping, I watched some Spanish-language television dramas on

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  whatever classes they want, within the constraint of satisfying their degree ... I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... experiences with Course 6-9 and give an overview of what the major is like

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab ... -- and yesterday, the complexity apparently got the best of me. When I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  It totally hit me today when I stumbled upon a copy of the Tech and ... schedule, and you never really are able to stay on top of everything. The ... recruit, early and aggressively, especially around the time of MIT career

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  , particularly one with a large population of graduate students, means that ... as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary ... common data set, over 60% of the classes at MIT have 19 people or fewer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  ="attachment_108427" align="aligncenter" width="226"] preview of @grx.chomps! - like ... ’ve chomped at over 60! These cafes celebrate a variety of cuisines, flavors ... a collection of my all-around favorite cafes in Boston. A diverse

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  mystical fog of technological magic and innovation. I still decided to come ... , upperclassmen I knew from high school, and of course the academic excellence and intensity. I wanted to address some of the fears and concerns I struggled

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to ... the results. Oh well. Next, I spent a week in California at my first astronomy conference, then flew back to Boston (I got the results of my x

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  wasn't planned, especially because I still have six hours of exams to ... it's stayed that way for such a while now is a combination of a lot of things. A lot of it has to do with the fact that I filled up my account to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  can speak for all of MIT in saying that our thoughts and hearts are with ... so happy to meet so many of you. I hope you all make the right decision and come to MIT =) If any of you saw the Wall Street Journal today, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  out of 7.28 (Molecular Biology) at 1 PM, stopped by the lab for about 15 ... Newbury Streets; both are streets with a high concentration of shops ... weasel out of ski lessons, since I don't own a pair of ski pants. So this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Matt Damon was too. Yes, when he got up on stage, one of the first things ... ’s just put that out there. I mean, I’ve seen the list of previous ... of the World Bank. President of the United States. And who did you get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  of my self-deprecating catchphrases, I abide by the “fake it till you ... One of the events for the class of 2024's [annotation note="because this is our first time actually being on campus"]second round of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  , it do be bad now. This form (both of its parts) has a lot of 90 degree ... , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... (tennis)"]organized sports teams/clubs.[/annotation] This hope of exploring

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  " degree? When my acceptance letter from MIT arrived, things got a little ... torn up, I happily made my way to Boston in the fall of 2005. However ... ) Program, and experienced one of the best weeks of my life. Ever since then

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  one of my labmates has a friend from elementary school who was on the latest season of love on the spectrum. another labmate watched it and told ... . i've come to peace with a lot of the things that kept me up late at

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025