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• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  take it from me (and our group of MIT alum friends in New York and San ... 've been satisfying that urge by writing a couple of marginally helpful posts ... 's nothing on my beloved Hayden, but I must say that a library in front of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  plastic canister. I used it to take pictures of things in San Diego when I ... It's the time of year when the blogs get a little wistful. I ... semester of your MIT experience, and it's coming to an end. Sophomore fall is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  to San Francisco during spring break. It was my first time on the West ... making any of that happen because it was something that future me would handle. Now, I realize that these are the days when we become the kind of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  I know there are lots of parent blog readers out there lurking... this entry is for you, and is specifically about CPW (regardless of ... for the weekend: Parent events: Parents have been a part of Campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  , the current state of my life and psyche, and the existence of God ... all of your concerns about MIT and thus help me become a better blogger ... something. One of them, Bryan '06 was so crazy about biking that he took his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  like thinking about it. speaking of my classes, i haven't talked about ... "make your own python". i'm having a lot of fun thinking about ... fascinating algorithms class, taught by two of the biggest names in the budding

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  updates. My then-girlfriend/now-wife Kathy '10, moved from San Francisco to ... "At the core of many of his stories was a distinction between success ... never hit that kind of mileage before. In Chinese, we say "people beyond

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  of California's largest botanical gardens, Descanso, I recently (well ... this off of the San Clemente Pier (also in CA). My last relaxing weeks ... Pasadena, California. One of the first things that I did this summer was hike

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  really. I was near the beginning of the ceremony (Degrees are awarded ... call you.) so after getting my diploma I got to spend a lot of time ... took lots and lots of pictures for your enjoyment. I woke up super early

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  : Sing-along in San Diego with one of MIT’s very own a cappella ... admissions officers are celebrating the end of application season. Also, this ... incredible team of Educational Counselors and other great alumni to put

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  two days prior, when I flew back from San Francisco to Boston for just a ... flying from San Francisco to Taipei. (I just had 5 flying from SFO to ... of lifetime miles. Fact 3: I’ve been in an awful lot of airports

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  of year again for my favorite seasonal meme: The holiday season is a time for gift-giving. A couple of weeks back, I visited the MIT Coop to ... bunch of science-y books and shirts that say “Future Scientist” and “(e

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  ="aligncenter" width="1000"] a seagull from Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco[/caption] I ... Ocean Beach, San Francisco[/caption] Perhaps now is the season for change ... ="1000"] proof of life (credits: Arun W. '23; Eric Z., Harvard '23

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We ... . This makes me sad. I think that MIT sans work would be an amazing thing ... Wednesdays are pretty awesome. My Friday is pretty the opposite of awesome. Oh

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  ’m from North Hollywood, California, which is in the San Fernando Valley of ... to think of myself as someone who asks the tough questions and is not afraid to get to the heart of issues. So in the spirit of Charlie Rose

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• 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 / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco before heading to Madrid. I am very ... ="Spanish IV"]21G.704.[/annotation] One of the benefits of this is that I had no ... of the work I accomplished this week! I've had a pretty chill semester

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  So, I'm from Columbus, Ohio, home of Jungle Jack Hanna and the ... sly, I managed to both pick the restaurant (California Pizza Kitchen!) and pick the movie -- March of the Penguins. It was awesome, although I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  Engineering Fair in California Rishi S. '20, "A Novel Method of Reverse ... engineering research fair for high school students. Every year, millions of high ... . No one at my small high school did research, and we had, to the best of

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

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  visibility marred the view of the lake. The weekend I went to San Juan, a ... I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about ... that Seattle is a gorgeous city. I was not disappointed. A lot of what

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018