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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  until, at the end, one of the founders asked me how much compensation I ... my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I ... . There were a few giant red flags on the first day. I won't go into all of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  dearly. My own history with whiteboards, how I use them in my life, and ... make [annotation note="i can teach anyone to make dotted lines in 20 ... ? There’s many guides on the internet for how to do this that you can look

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  . In particular, we talk about the phrase "write what you know": how much can we base our stories on real-life experiences, and how does this ... . We swing by H-Mart along the way; Derek buys some snacks, and I get a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  something to remember. I can’t tell how I feel about this. The narrative of ... phantom. I’m not sure how to handle it, exactly.  In grade school, I would ... stayed in Arkansas. It’s strange how little I feel that they’ve changed

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  , congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that ... might be able to help you around campus. I got in touch with the Pakistani ... campus, which I am still very, very grateful for.  In addition to that

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  the lack of sound judgment, I urge you to see how long you can live on a ... pioneering the latest advances in party technology, I'm slowly becoming a ... you.) Last Saturday, I woke up in a not-very-exciting fashion, so I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  bored in iap maybe i should've signed up for something

  

  bored. so i'm writing this blog post. (how does it feel to be the friend ... i slice and toss in sometimes. i've also started using more kinds of seasoning, which gives nice variation in flavor. making websites, as last

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  , tablets cost WAY more than $150! "How's the battery life?" I can go all day ... enjoying the laziest IAP I can muster. I sleep until at least noon every day ... one. Remember when I was a contestant in a blogging scholarship a while

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  't represent ALL of Baker, but I can't imagine many dorms other than Baker coming ... Tell the truth, how many current MIT students read the title of this entry and knew exactly what to expect when they clicked it? I know that at

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  website. I was most interested in the crown that they use as a logo, but ... see how the MIT logo was adopted in websites. Compare the 2001 version ... ", how did it get two colors, and in general, what was the process like? I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... in a few centuries I might even be dead.  Dead. I was reminded of this ... on the block." In fact, I'll be a full-fledged crusty sophomore as soon

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  website, we though they might be interested in buying one for themselves (or ... shirts to any location.I would appreciate if you mentioned this in your ... your MIT reply form with an affirmative response, check in here in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  moments where i ask how can it be home when it so obviously, clearly, is not ... "]IAP[/annotation], i began to cook™ for myself often. i would buy weekly groceries, make ... , i slowly made an active effort to make the place i lived in, mine

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  the dorms[/caption] A few days later, I decided to buy pre-made red ... two cans of red spray paint and one can of black (from Bad Ideas Weekend ... . The morning of, Anoushka and I got to work in the kitchen, but waiting

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  meals throughout the day; I got most of my calories in two giant portions ... celebrity drop-ins (and I doubt Tyra Banks or Robert Plant will visit Senior ... all-you-can-eat for every meal; how large is a one-meal kit? Is it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  staircase into the station, I caught the Red Line toward Park Street, where I ... Street in historic Old Port. I caught lunch just a few steps away at Mim ... One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  I've met in MIT. It feels like I can match them one-to-one: this ... I love cities, and I've lived in cities all my life. I grew up in ... Francisco. Well, I lived in Manila, as much as I've lived in Boston and San

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  'm loving it. Deciding what I'm going to make in the next week, buying ... this one in particular, I used canned salmon and broccoli because it was ... circumstances, I can't help but feel that the tone of this blog is strange and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  day, and all I can say is it's kind of crazy how I am literally alone in ... think it speaks for itself, I can't begin to describe how glorious this ... RSVP deadline, but alas, I can't really blame them, I might have been in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• 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.