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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  a remote semester. Looking back, I'm glad we didn't take the time ... the policy for a few days; I don't think they could have decided in a ... pretty good. I think it would have been better if I didn't already have a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  . I don't remember what I got (it was probably scrambled eggs and a ... took the first bite and didn't transcend to a higher flavor dimension ... get you 15% off your order. The food was... okay, I guess. I'm not a fan

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  Where have I been? I haven't blogged since February 3. A lot has happened since; I'm sure I could write pages of excuses about why I haven't ... until like February. I didn't have a huge problem sitting through the

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  can’t seem to escape. The best we can do is take a moment, evaluate our ... , still a respectable amount of time by most peoples’ standards. Saturday ... tired. Tired. Exhausted. Bushed. Ready to curl up into a ball and sleep

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  The first time I had a conversation with Archit Bhise I'm pretty sure he asked me one of those deep questions that help gage what kind of a ... . 5. Try new things Don't be afraid to break from routine once in a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  major vehicle manufacturing company. It was a cool project, but I didn't ... to work with circuit boards! I'm making a Tamagotchi for my final ... been on this site for a while—probably because I won't ever need to use

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  Some of you asked for pictures of a Senior House dorm room, and I decided to do you one better and give you a bit of a dorm tour! So here are a few glimpses of the Haus. (The Haus/House spelling used to be an

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  won't be able to wear it for a while... From the same booth as #5 ... cutout from a recent issue of Vogue. I don't remember what the article was ... hills. A strip of exposed film from a roll I couldn't rewind up all the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  a bad thing. I'm taking this week to just kind of sizzle down, so I ... only 18%. Sam's Mom has informed me that I have a then/than error in one of my recent entries, but I am unable to find it. Well, I'm not in Rome

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

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  helped me figure out a way to graduate a year early because I couldn't ... students being admitted when I didn't think those schools would give them a ... It was 8:00pm on a Thursday night when I received a text message from

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  favorite) A traditional MIT MUN event since we-don't-know-how-many CPWs ago ... have the huge, official guide to CPW events, but don't you want some ... : Come for a great night of international dinner, featuring cuisine from

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  still a week of late nights. I can't comment on sorority recruitment ... This post is for incoming freshmen (with a slight bias toward freshmen guys because I'm going to talk about my rush). You've probably

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  2021. I'm a student at MIT studying aerospace engineering. I live in ... novelty check in a [annotation note="I won't say what the competition was, but it wasn't a game show"]competition.[/annotation] I had many hiking

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  ? Uh...so this isn't really so much a fact as something I was delighted ... (you know exactly what I'm talking about), which was a) messy and b ... about 10 seconds to realize that it wasn't a cell phone at all- the last

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  had finished a computer science minor by accident! Isn't that enough ... credit for 6.0001, by taking an advanced standing exam, didn't go so well ... ahead of my peers, so this came as a disappointment. I resolved to take 6

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  couldn't because of my class schedule. MIT has a reserved block of time for ... home, and if there isn't, you can start a new club with four other people ... . In my bio, I mentioned that MIT wasn't on my radar when I was applying

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  …because I'm insecure about my Chinese and also... I don't even know what to do ... Development) and Sean Gilbert (MISTI-China coordinator) to Beijing. Sean makes a trip to China every summer, but this is a brand-new cultural experience

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  isn’t a mess of criss-crossing copper wires? You’ve got conductive ... Do you ever stop to think about how incredible computers are? I don’t just mean software innovations like generative AI or the internet. I’m

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  —these are just my opinions, and even though I'm a senior, I've lived in East ... are a lot of elements to a residential experience that we don't think ... some, but isn't ideal for those looking to join a larger friend group or

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  reactions weren't so positive. A lot of people told me to my face, "Bryan, you ... . Don't take your acceptance lightly. It's a very admirable accomplishment ... words may never hurt me." If only. For a long time, I questioned whether

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006