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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about ... where it just rains. This week is one of them. It has been raining pretty ... finally feel prepared for the rain. I come from a place where rain means

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  food warm for you! Can we just appreciate the blessing that is a rice ... remarkably juicy and tender.  Using a rice cooker is quick and easy. All you ... cooker, and press a button. This is so much easier than pan-frying where

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  the next bus stop. “There’s our bus.” “You’re kidding me.” “Nope.” It ... , and is said to be growing into a small city. Purple mountains shelter us ... blue dot come November. There is almost no crime, everything is 15

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  there at that hour. when you’re a kid and it’s nighttime you’re basically ... ’re a college student, for a brief time you can basically do whatever you ... the work I need to do. And yes, home is that house where you no longer

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  equilibrium, there is a limit to how much I can handle and still be happy. There is a real and very understandable temptation at MIT to take on more than you can chew. Part of it is that there are so many amazing

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  culture of the students I think is something that really drew me there ... Hidalgo June 6, 2009 Just moving to a new apartment can be tough for some folks. But moving to another country? That's an adjustment on a whole

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  Okay, first off, I have to tell you that Erica '07 is a superhero ... for you with their logo on it. Still, I've reached a point where I feel ... payoff being that you get free summer housing plus a stipend in exchange

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  steps to implement the ideas they hear. Although there is a variety of ... a better world. As you can see in the graph below, workers’ wages have ... the first Festival here. This post is the third of a series of three

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  the Biot number is approximately one. Basically, you have a block with a ... . There will be few occasions where you will feel as accomplished as when you make it through a hellish week here. That hellish week for me is

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  you know where the Lewis Music Library is?” by promptly spitting out “14 ... one of those traits is speaking without words. You’ve all heard the rumors- at MIT, everything is given a number. Classes, buildings, trees

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  of now I think you can make local calls for free. If you're like me, you'll unplug the phone and put it under your bed because who needs a limited landline when you have a cell?) 2. A twin bed with frame and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  got a modern makeover; there are multiple brand new buildings changing views forever (looking at you, Music Building; also MIT Nano is very cool ... there are just a whole lot of stories to reminisce about and tell over and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  is doing all three. Whichever way, MIT is a great place where you ... your type is, there's always a group of people who share your interests ... of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  than one way to tell a story. There is more than one story you can choose ... score is high and you are a good writer so you will probably be fine.” Man ... -sounding extracurriculars!” But come on, you are still a teenager; it is okay to have

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  ." "Mentorship is always the responsibility of the mentee." "Find a job where you ... where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because crosswalk conversations ("...host a wine party..." "No way!") waft up to where

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  Hunt and Charm School. There is a 12-credit limit during IAP (which ... "... no worries, I suppose this is a mouthfull (or a keyboard full??). Hmm ... might be and when I didn't see a "did you mean..." message, I assumed it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  —it’s like I’m claiming there’s something about me or what I have that is so ... , to be clear, is a vanity metric and not indicative of much, but it’s still a fun fact that can raise some eyebrows). One of my close friends

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  you haven't noticed, I have been drafting on a 12-day posting schedule ... points in a variety of ways. If you take a standard Physical Education ... quarter (about 2 months). You can also gain points for PE courses taken

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  came to MIT, I really didn’t think frat life was for me. And there is a ... is a weird time for everybody, and while there was much about my pre ... to be, how do I know “who I’m not?” If you can’t tell, this was a very

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  you look at the above picture, there is an empty seat next to Charlotte ... doing what you know is right. It’s about friends who are always there for ... the show. We were like, “Whhaattt you can do that here?!?!?” because we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018