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• Blog / En Español

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  students to have fun at. And it gets bigger and better with each year. 2013 ... I won't keep you in suspense, I feel like I fit in pretty well at MIT as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks to the ardent strides the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  deceit, and they're in over their heads. The key to getting past it ... the chosen few. They begin to wonder, in other words, if they were a ... in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments." It

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  . how do you know when to pause working? with problem sets, i'd stop in ... one. it's nice to have slack in your schedule. and by slack, i don ... referring to free space in a schedule, like a buffer period. but there's a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  allergies and how to pronounce the word "Stata". If that sounds like a fun way to spend your next 21 minutes, then you're in luck. Boy, oh boy, do I have the video for you. Our goal was to make an accessible, virtual tour

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  QUOTE: "My advice to a high school student interested in science as a career would be to forget all the stuff they tell you in the textbooks ... considering a career in science would be to close the science textbook for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  just finish the work in time to submit things. Additionally, I'm taking a ... walk to the department so you can get a taste of what it's like to study ... say anyways.  When I applied to the Cambridge- MIT Exchange (CME

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  get to spend time in nature, so it was a lovely day. [caption id ... friends. i never get time to watch TV during the semester, so it was wild to ... so hosed we didn't get to watch it before the others did! that night

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  my fellow freshmen and I when we arrived on campus in August, only to ... , as some of you will have already guessed, in reference to the Large ... yesterday titled, "How to Win a Nobel Prize" - hands down, it was my favorite

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  The six departments in the MIT School of Science are consistently rated among the best in the world. They include: Biology, Brain and ... % of the content of our universe? How does our brain—a complex system of
• Blog / MISTI

  Salut! A look at Grenoble

  

  lucky folks get to hear them instead!). We get samples from chemists in ... I get to work with liquid helium every day! It's very cool (...see ... , I get to explore the city with friends, go to the farmers market, hike

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  AARRRGHHHHH!!!!🏴‍☠️ (Pirate Post) A Review of 21M.299 - Pirate Songs and Whaling Chanteys

  

  something like that. I think I’m going to concentrate in Music Technology if I ... just “music” – there was no other music in their lives to distinguish ... Trafalgar in 1805, and to preserve his body, the crew put his body into a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  really hope to God that I get the yes. After rapidly typing up an essay, I ... "You're good to submit!". I was kind of doubtful seeing as how quickly I ... brainstorming in August to constant drafting throughout September to numerous

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  teaching the art of jewelry making to eighteen Sri Lankan young mothers in a ... , organization, hope, and autonomy. Emerge would continue to support them in ... The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  find a formalized way to get undergraduates involved in outreach. I hope ... WOMEN'S bathrooms: ZERO POINT TWO FIVE!!! MIT male: Uh...how did you get ... . On Thursday, I was about to scan and e-mail in an application form for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  in social situations with acquaintances. Two women waiting next to me ... outside. They established that coats were, indeed, useful to possess in the ... 'm just kidding about the first part. It wasn't that cold. In an attempt to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  or very excited about integrals to fit in, do well, or have fun at MIT. We have all sorts of hobbies. In fact, you can get through MIT solving ... type of math. Maybe it’s the physicist in me. So when I heard that MIT

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  ="Alan: I had a lot of fun with this, managing to get most of the songs in one ... have taught me how to puzzle, laughed hysterically with me at 3am, and ... Shuli. The fact that I was able to get this vibe, even though this year

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  considered "sleeping in." I got to sleep in yesterday. :-) Woke up around 8AM ... Paris or Nicky). Headed to Loomis Chaffee for a school visit. Didn't get ... why certain kids get in when others do not. This is a big goal of ours

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  , sitting in a room with my mother while she watches a cocktail of What Not to ... happened. Let me explain this to you. If you are going to be in a group shot ... to see how it had turned out. Instead of seeing the wonderful picture

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  reminded us to string up our food away from our tents, in case it drew ... also remembered that if a snake chases you, you're supposed to run in a ... 't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013