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• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  Welcome to my seventh and final(!) tourist-y post. Previously, I have ... two towns are great if you want to relax, and Somerville especially can ... arranged by subway stop, from nearest to farthest (with respect to MIT's main

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  ’s perhaps my favorite aspect of the Institute—the chance to grow in a tight ... direct communication helps those of you who weren’t able to visit during ... . Bonus: For some awesome starting posts about EC culture and lifestyle

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  endeavor. Aside from making sure that I’m on track to graduating on time ... have mandatory lectures at the same time, but if I push back class B to another semester I’ll have to take it with class C which is an estimated 20

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... a world where they were the BEST and always got A's and never had to ... to be above average. So one of the most important things you'll learn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  appreciated our "Mission Impossible," and as an added bonus gave us kits to ... The MIT Marching Band, completely arbitrarily, decided to go out ... , where we had to decide exactly where to give our free concert to celebrate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think ... is "someone who just eats to not starve," and 10 is "Phantom Gourmet ... , to me, have either gastronomical or sentimental value: Hsin Hsin

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  seemed like a great place to work or chill.   BONUS library ... embarked upon a journey -- a long journey! An arduous journey! -- to visit ... subjective rankings and even the information provided is subject to what I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  in "Spider-Man" for about 3 minutes, too. Surely, you had to see ... , "The Man With The Screaming Brain," and what better place to premiere it ... starring in "The Man With The Screaming Brain," he also found time to write

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  ’s go on a trip. To Salem,” I asked my partner a week ahead of a long ... , I had to choose the latter. One perk of being a poor college student ... part of trip planning was then figuring out places to visit. In my mind

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  couldn't believe it at first to be honest. As an added bonus too, I was ... to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  trying to contact the Admissions office regarding your application, and you ... you back to zen calm state sooner :) ***AN IMPORTANT NOTE***: A lot of people seem to be panicking about getting all the required materials in for

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  a bonus related article. Enjoy! Fannin finds more than academics at ... their professors as they try to strike it rich at blackjack by counting ... received a full scholarship worth more than $52,000 to attend MIT next year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  Here's the thing about me: I'm naturally an introvert. Talking to people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small ... talking to myself than I did talking to other people. My conversations with

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  thing he put up there was his treasured Mac IIsi. Later, I would come to ... patterns. To the extent that this is true - and to the extent that Apple products, from my Macbook to my iPhone, are omnipresent in my life - Steve

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  SPECIAL DOUBLE BONUS ENTRY!! I didn't actually write this entry on Tuesday, but it's dedicated to Tuesday, because on Tuesday morning I pulled ... prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  Classes Is this what it’s like to be an upperclassman and only take ... 'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to ... -Conner?"]housing.[/annotation] It was really nice to see that the professor cares about (a) making the

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  States. I’d love to tell you that the film has a happy ending, in which ... paper. They were not allowed to advance. They did, however, inspire a generation of other undocumented engineers to strive for a greater goal. Now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  fruitful one for me. To recap: Late May -> Early July: Back in Taiwan, relaxing after a year of MIT. Took a short family vacation to Nagoya, Japan ... . Took weekend trips to NYC, Montreal. Saw my first Fourth of July

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  Hard to believe but my time at the institute is starting to wrap up ... 's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all ... learning initiative, MITx, 6.002x is actually open to the world for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... upperclassmen gallantly agreed to give us piggyback rides. Eventually I decided I ... attempted to propel myself off his back, except that with my knees roughly

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008