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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... has a hole in it; and Belgian dark chocolate, which is kind of ... Store is a book store. In the basement, however, the Harvard Book Store is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  before our eyes, I can’t wait for all that is in store. My own prefrosh ... . This is me now:   I woke up today, to a similarly pleasant scene. The sun ... as I think about all of the prefrosh that will be checking-in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  In my junior year of high school, I had a phase of telling everyone about how I was going to make my dress for senior prom. I had never used a ... to teach me how to use a sewing machine. As practice, I made this

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  stuff is as neat as I do, and want more,you are in luck! As part of the ... : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work ... Years in the Stacks" blog, which is highlighting one book a day from their

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  I have never been trick-or-treating, (until now) and how trick-or-treating relates to geography...???

  

  kid, not as a teenager, not even ironically in college.When I tell people that, they look at me shocked, jaw to the floor like a scream mask.In ... think about a lot in admissions: how geography shapes experience, but also

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank from the firehose this month. This post is about that, and it has a happy ending. The past is a lesson learned. I share it with you... I can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  thinking, How in the world did they make that in a semester? Now I know ... in the glory of our hard work.  Something else I learned is that the ... . Your experience in 2.009 can depend a lot on your team, so I feel super

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  After a seven-ish month renovation, the new Varsity Weight Room is now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... ="attachment_106054" align="aligncenter" width="511"] i saw people doing lots of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Stress Management @ The MITstitvte What's a student to do when school gets rough?

  

  Facebook asking how to deal with stress, and got a massive influx of suggestions. This is by no means a complete enumeration of activities that MIT ... face to the interwebs. I have replaced it with that of the guitarist

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  An MIT Acronym Quiz how many can you decode?

  

  , it's only fitting that MIT is itself a LAND OF ACRONYMS. Our first few ... .) Disclaimer: These are just the acronyms that stick in my mind personally, and I ... , though, I have finally learned how to spell Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  Happy International Women's Day! I've talked before about how MIT ... help bring MPG here, in no small part because math is awesome and math ... interview with PBS! I know that somewhere over on East Campus you are blushing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  time in Cambridge where I can always find: interesting people who share ... antiques, books, and CDs. Cambridge is a hip, progressive city with the feel ... ! Favorite movies: Rear Window, It's a Wonderful Life, Dancer in the Dark

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  of MIT life is the mailing list. Mailing lists are powerful tools that ... mailing lists that only see use for a semester, others that get used for a ... group of PSETing MIT students at 2 in the morning to do when they discover

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  that I hear about West Campus is that they don't do anything strange or ... dorms (keep in mind there is also a residence hall called East Campus ... topic. Being in student government, I know a lot of people from a lot of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  before I graduate... basically this means I have a lot to do in a very ... learned this weekend is like this stunt, except that the flyer does a back flip in the air instead of a twist.   Wrote two essays. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  , meant that maybe in another sense, it wasn't. Sometimes I catch myself ... although I wish I did, that's not really true: there was a 1.5-year ... 'll be pursuing a Master's at MIT, which means I need a place to stay in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  Force life so that they will become better officers in the future. I spent my summer PDT at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Dyess is home to the 7th ... summer after their freshman year. This program is a Professional

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  quickly (she was slow.) Having handwriting that you enjoy looking at is a ... class notebooks. I've also found that it's a lot more fun when there are ... fact that the kid in front of me is taking notes rapidly in LaTeX and it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  ’m getting to see how much everyone has grown. However, Reflecting back, I see that I too have grown. Here are a few things I learned on my own ... it’s been a whole year. Finals are over. First semester is done. Now

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  Tuesday is the night I do pub trivia with my friends. One of last night ... to know anything until the following week. In the meantime, May 1/2 is coming up quickly for you, too, and I hope that you've found another school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005