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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  Here’s how things have been going lately: I run a lot, I eat too much ... night in Hong Kong, I leaned over the balcony in the common room and watched reflected light dance in the ocean. I was trying to catch the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I request a fee waiver?

  We understand that paying college application fees presents a hardship for some families. Fee waivers are available for both domestic and international applicants, and you can request one in the Fee Waiver Request
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  . Sydney: I started playing lacrosse when I was in fifth grade and have been playing ever since. I didn’t always know I wanted to play in college, but when the recruiting process began, I quickly fell in love with the idea

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  , we can smell the garlic. Love is in the air, and it doesn't smell good ... for free. The happiest (and stinkiest) I've been in years. Eating ... . The Crest bus has stations for you to brush your teeth. I say, "When in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  : describing the classes you're taking in a given semester. Well, now that I'm a ... ...well, now you have. I chose to do my concentration in Theater Arts. This will ... ??? Hopefully I'll be able to add this class as part of my newfound purpose in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  I live in Burton-Conner, which is a cook-for-yourself dorms, but I ... job detailing what ingredients and how much we needed to buy for our ... together. In the fall, college felt very rush rush rush to me. I had a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  they didn't let me in at the border? How would I carry my suitcases all ... can't imagine something happening in the future -- the fun trip that I ... who wasn't related to me for the first time in five months. I still can

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  seniors in high school. I am now a rising senior in college. It's crazy how ... songs. I learned 3 things. The Girl described in "Girl All the Bad Guys ... school and growing up, I thought I should write a bit about how different

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2007 Numbers, numbers, numbers.

  

  Probably the most popular questions asked at any information session are statistical. What is the average SAT score? How many students were admitted Early Action? Luckily, I can refer most folks to our website, where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  unread in a tiny corner of the internet, so I can dust off the MIT ... friends in my dorm than a million-dollar view, but I guess I can’t be ... less willing to wake up than I was in high school. Seriously, how did I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  information can be found on the UROP Guidelines website. For a list of ... , preservation and restoration of early films, and (c) produce a website to draw in ... : Thursday, Thursday September 15, 2005. Keep in mind that there are three

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East ... (Course 18). I’ve sat transfixed in random places in the hallway many times ... Institute in this post, and will return to the topic in more detail soon. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  Being a college student in a dorm means finally having to decide how ... confusing mess of “Where do I start? How do I start? When will I have time to ... , because in the end, food is great. I like food, you like food. So let’s get

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What kind of things can I do during IAP?

  in the big, wacky, comfortable chair called IAP. Sandwiched between the ... to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of personal and ... almost any form, from how-to sessions, forums, lecture series and films, to
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  I can be the young intern who is distinctly swimming in a bra and ... because I didn’t know where to buy cake. I also had an end ... close early in Denmark, and I hadn’t been able to find anywhere with cake

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  works. In some respects that's tricky to answer, but I can give it a shot ... very outdated website here: It's almost exactly one year old! I get a ... , I will again describe how housing works. After being admitted and

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  questions like, "Do I want to be in community with lots of other high achieving students or do I want to be in an environment where more students are still in the process of actualizing their potential?" I know that

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in ... . So what's been up with me? I passed my finals, and I can even tell all ... am dancing. I'm also back in Florida, having moved out of Senior House

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

  

  Given how depressing and sad the last few days were, I’ve resorted to ... two in the game. You can play this for over a month and still have ... 't take too long to finish; you can even finish the game in one sitting. As

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  Did you know that you can't double-major at MIT? Okay, I'm just ... , because I should be listed as a year 3 student with a second major in VII ... . Personally, I came in with a meager 27 units of credit (and didn't pass out of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005