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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  Over IAP, I had the opportunity to participate in one of MIT's IAP programs in Madrid. I enrolled in 21L.590 Global Literature (although on ... taught in English, but for those looking for a more Spanish

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  It's really nice in Boston today. I've just returned from a walk ... "bridge circuit"), and lots of sailboats in today's gusting wind. It made me really miss sailing. Sailing, in my opinion, is the best PE Class you can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  good. I have a propensity to see something expensive, want it, and buy it ... destitution sets in. My first big purchase was a new camera. Amazon had it on ... know (knew?) absolutely nothing about cameras so I put in the effort of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  background in Linux, programming and . . .you know what, just don't buy it. The ... campus-wide WI-FI. I always had this sparkling image of me, sitting in Killian Court under the sun, blogging about MIT (with not a care in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  doctor who could communicate in English or at least keep the prescription in your native language. Find a [annotation note="primary care provider ... might be able to help you around campus. I got in touch with the Pakistani

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  donate our unsellable textbooks to schoolchildren in Africa. (I have to ... good website that I found today MIT-area shopping guide by Spouses and ... dollars in credit card debt, because they were like 'Oh man, look how cool

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  Amanda David, a sophomore at MIT majoring in management, had in mind when ... long been engaged in philanthropy, having served as the student council president at her high school. In her position, she coordinated a canned food

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  , Erica, and Simon were smart enough to buy a family pack of season passes ... that much to get in the pool at Hurricane Harbor for five minutes. On ... ; MIT does not accept insomniacs. The park put in two new rides this year

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  's website to see if I could afford one.  The math never worked :( In late ... I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it ... awed by its 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and it being all-electric. 2 years later

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  into a skillet to brown, and throwing in whatever vegtables I happen to ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the ... break for about half an hour and there's no refrigerator or microwave in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  anyway, and it paid off. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows — in fact, most ... in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... pretend i live in PST: Procrastination Standard Time (utc -69) and call it a

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?

  one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department has its own application website and admissions requirements.
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  This summer, I'm doing MISTI-Germany and living in Berlin. I've been enjoying it a lot for a number of reasons: not least because in Europe ... I did a lot of reading and relaxing. That in itself isn't a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  you to buy things off its own website? Was there some revolutionary ... enough witty, engaging stories to constitute an entire entry, but in light ... kids (all of whom moved in on Sunday) has left me no time for the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  We’re sitting in my room doing pretty much nothing, because I guess we’re lame, or because there’s not much to do in the first place. It’s a Friday night, but campus is quiet in the summer. My door is open

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  — changed."   I ran into a friend who I hadn't seen in over a year or two. We were in the same project group for DEECS, the former Course 6 ... seemed *changed*, calmer. I guess going abroad changed me. Later in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  lottery in for tickets. The website is here, in case you're curious and want ... council for the year's graduating class buys a whole bunch of group tickets ... (ART) in Cambridge. Teller of Penn & Teller (a famous magician duo

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys ... playing in the streets blended with the crowing of roosters. The perfect alarm clock. A place where kites adorned the sky, glistening in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  buy most of my produce here. Since I live in East Campus, I have enough time in between classes to buy groceries and go back to the dorm. If you ... spices in bulk because it’s cheaper than buying containers of spices and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  "powers" to the appropriate MIT class websites in case you had some interest ... 't even write about everything that happened in excruciating yet charming detail like I usually do in my blog entries; rather, I'll just discuss the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005