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• Blog / Summer

  Preparing for College or not*

  

  As a pre-frosh, excited and stressed for my first year at MIT, I ... an answer, thanks to the sheer number of blogs out there and the diverse group of bloggers writing them - diverse in experiences, class years

  • by Hala K. '29
  • August 15, 2026
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  check out the delivery of the sixth book at their Coop, so I figured it ... going to four different places, so I thought I could offer some reviews of ... things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  ordinary supermarkets. I eat most of my meals at my ILG (pika) which also ... charge for each meal is deducted from the card at the time of purchase. The ... " type experience, but at the expense of an extremely solid grounding in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Was Deferred And it was not the end of the world

  

  kind of felt like being rejected at times. But I also felt immense joy ... worked my ass off (at the cost of sleep - not recommended). Calculus was ... the president of the United States and pulled an all nighter chilling

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 17, 2014
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  ; the weird social environment of people at so many different skill levels ... time; the feeling of having your forearms puffed up at the end of a ... more deeply than you ever have before the feeling of looking at a problem

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  should look at each of them and, somewhere in the back of our minds, for ... , but do you go regarding each new person you meet with some degree of ... 'm grateful for all of the friends I've made here at MIT for letting me

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  vague idea of how it worked. For one, yes, you can still eat at them even ... ’s has the advantage of being open 24/7, which definitely comes handy at 4 ... month at MIT, you’ll probably get sick of cycling through the same 6 or so

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  sweet and eventual embrace of death that comes for us all. But, at least ... undergrad at MIT. I told them “a lot of musical theatre and student government ... , just at the start of the MEng. I wrote: Man, it's been 400 days since I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  composed of representatives from companies who then offer interviews to ... My computer reminded me of what we're all thinking. Independent ... 2 classes for credit. I took 8.01L, which is a version of physics you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  Just got back from the inauguration of MIT's sixteenth president, Susan Hockfield. Both of the office cameras were checked out by others, so ... was fairly packed, with much of the MIT community representing, as well

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  note="2nd West, one of East Campus' 10 living communities"](Putz)![/annotation] Overall, it was a really fun but chaotic experience, largely because of the rain that sort of derailed our plans. I hadn't been camping since high

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  've been watching movies every night at 9pm because of Discord's screenshare ... at least a little bit of work. At least 30 minutes of work. It doesn ... Since everyone's doing these kinds of "what i'm doing ever since my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  offerings of chemical engineering industry opportunities. Recently, I came upon this one for a junior polymer engineer at a hydrocarbon recovery ... of advice:  smile :) I wrote this entry a few weeks ago, but wanted to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  international student at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, who then did ... Toronto. I interviewed at a lot of places. I gradually got better at ... never look back. I have a lot of FOMO--about not being at a startup, about

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  , but have been left wanting for different electives among a sea of MIT biology classes on the microscopic, the thermodynamics of drug absorption, or understanding the progression of disease in humans. I also want to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  , by the end of the selection process, you are at least minimally ... you were at MIT?" I spent some time with both Architecture (Course IV) and Math (Course XVIII), but ultimately I graduated with a degree in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  only to classes that were offered this fall.) Feel free to add your own favorites. SEM.142 Sex and the [City] Institute: An Exploration of Gender ... students' perceptions and behaviors. Topics of interest will include: dating

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  market success at a time when all of our conversations are focusing on the ... passion and at least some of the expertise one associates with the most ... answer," he says. Fan websites offer plot summaries of all the books, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I'm approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a ... :18 PM[/caption] In case you couldn't tell, there's a lot of snow at MIT ... adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  dinners with friends my wallet is crying

  

  night, i ate dinner at et, one of the independent living groups in mit. i ... square. i have fond memories of eating at gyukaku with a friend group from ... better. the food wasn't too bad, and at least neither of us spent any money

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 2, 2023