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• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  to stay close to home (potentially as close as a half-hour drive) or ... wondered if moving across the country to school was taking a huge risk. I ... before I adjusted to a new environment and began to enjoy everything that

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new ... think the world knows much about Maseeh, so I'm going to give an e ... 's extremely convenient that I literally just have to cross the street to get to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  exuberance to post at least twice a month on average. We may ask you to help ... student culture. We pay you for this work. It's a pretty good gig, to be ... /31/2022 will have a grace period of 7 days to complete and submit it. We will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  the blogs is to allow our bloggers to communicate what being a student ... for this. It's a pretty good gig to be honest. Your application will be ... become a Plant Dad (tm) and am growing tomatoes in my office window The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... sleep. So to a degree, the reaction my friends had was well deserved ... House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  up last weekend, when my family and I took a trip to Block Island, a ... sinking feeling that I was able to shake off by taking a few swimming ... daydreamed about what it might be like to own a yacht many years from now, and

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  ’s window, a shy, tanned girl arrived looking from left to right trying to ... but got used to the imperial inches and screwed up a recipe or two ... .   Distance is much more than being far away, It is to know how a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

   [email protected] and a friendly guy named [annotation note="please be nice to them ... 14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  for a brief run-in with Hurricane Ernesto on our second to last day. The ... Hola amigos! I just got back yesterday from a week of R&R in the Dominican Republic. It was our third visit (click here to see last year

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A moveable feast

  

  ago I came to MIT. After a period away, I recently came back to wear a ... a city's darkness opens it to the eye. When the streets of Cambridge ... of a kid trying to surpass himself at 6, and finding himself awed at

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • June 16, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  expected, meaning a number of folks had to stand. To those of you who stood ... helpful to you. We had a great crowd in Miami. The Miami meeting was one ... and times to schedule meetings, and I was uneasy about having a meeting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  appropriate if you're introducing yourself to a veterinarian or fellow dog lover. 5. Do your homework! If you're going to an event sponsored by a ... you are going to be the "driver" or the "passenger." 9. Make a graceful

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  impossible right now. Life is now mostly a choice of how to spend my time the ... decided to skip 18.022 lecture on a whim to go to CVS with my friend to pick up her meds. Is skipping 18.022 generally a bad idea? Probably. But to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  comprehend my state of mind back then. I want to have a conversation with that ... math major. I had a clear life plan to start in the first semester ... major for almost a semester, and still plan to take more physics courses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  classes, passing classes, to get A's, to get C's (P/NR FTW!), to be ... 2.006 test (which was likely to be VERY hard). All of a sudden, in ... a week to the week immediately following CPW, and the day before my 2

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  . ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a professor out to a nice dinner on the town. And we'll pay for it. So, not only do you get a chance to interact closely with amazing teachers

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  , travelled to all parts of Boston in a mere 4 hours, had fun at REX events ... 't limited to pizza), spent a night in the New England Aquarium, and finished ... the people who read the blogs brings me here to my computer on a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  Foundation: Laura Deming wants to extend the human lifespan for a few more ... are indeed under 20 years of age. According to the press release, more than 400 people applied, a selection rate of less than 6%. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  ways to enjoy a New England spring and it does have its' charms, I suppose. First way to enjoy a spring in Cambridge: Find the appropriate ... tootsies with Uggs. 2.   Second way to enjoy a New England spring: Rainboots

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... summers to date. Computer security is something they touch upon a little bit ... year. The internship was pitched to me as a better class than any school

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013