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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  -cold freezers, and instead of an oven you get a microwave with an oven ... , and blog comments when somebody's late for a meeting. Especially because ... and 75 units last semester and as a result spent April and May in a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  Note: I freely admit I am stealing the title "A Room with a Vieux" from a lovely antiques store in Boston So here is my workspace (and my ... ." I think honking is a sacred activity and this sort of socially

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  playing, and we watch him play Country Streak for a while. We look at road ... notebook, and she greets me good morning too. I work on a problem set for the ... the middle of rural Pennsylvania, and then we talk for a while about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  beach, we stopped by a Stop & Shop for some burger buns, patties, and ... pizza, we started to drive towards the west side of the cape to look for a ... tide, so shallow water extended for at least a mile. it was beautiful and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  compatible. :) This was your weekend, and we're curious how it went for you ... QUOTE: "Coming from Stanford [before MIT's CPW], I actually bought a ... , quoted verbatim from a letter left to her host before she departed MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  comes on everything, even pizza and once I ate a burger with a hole in the ... , having coffee and a discussion with a Greek research assistant and an ... that sets you up with internships abroad and funds your entire trip - but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  we hit a series of novels that starts with The Hitchhiker's Guide to ... (and the occassional Wii game) that I've always loved, from A Knight ... ) and a frisbee signed by the great Woodie Flowers! In front are a couple

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  , and they even gave me a mug as a thank you for giving them a tour ... seen wearing shorts and a tank top.  The temperature is well into the sixties, and the music is blasting from the EC speakers sending a beacon out

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their ... 're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or ... resident status. If there's a change in citizenship status during the
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  consists of 1-3 students and a supervisor that is either a graduate student, who has some background with the course, or a professor/fellow. These ... slow to a crawl as you work on the same question for half an hour with no

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  , with accelerating climate change, they happen more often, and with ... our standing policy for any applicants around the world whose timely and ... @mit.edu. We’ll be here to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure we get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  any excuses, I've been looking for ways to recharge myself and face the ... that were clear around me were the oceans - and, for a moment, my mind ... from the future. I got a crash course in not burning out - and my mentor

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

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  I feel like I have stake both in what is happening here and what is ... House of Representatives, and they went through the readings like it was a ... “suspected terrorist” for up to 14 days without warrant. And the bill is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  -- with exact change. If you've been busy for the last 3 weeks, and it ... : I said "BRB, homework", and it took a week. That's not unusual, for ... about keeping a car in the city. I love to drive; I've for a long time

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  a lab and you were a counselor for a summer camp. both theoretically ... on a daily basis, and you were alone. you stayed in your room for hours ... 's called a coping mechanism for a reason, and it's because i coped. it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  posted online here. If you’re looking for a place to start, below is a ... Two years and 363 days ago I was on a plane home from Tenerife, two days after my eighteenth birthday and a few hours after MIT decisions

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  written a week and a half ago (about when Caltech's Fleming House came for ... It had been quite a while since I looked at MIT's online Hack Gallery. But now, I look, and I notice that while they aren't completely up to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  with undergrads and is there to be like a first point of contact for help ... pizza with mushrooms and i like mushrooms. then we window shopped for a ... safety plans and looking up materials online. well it turns out being a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  and chicken with rice. Defrosting meat is a thing that you have to do ... , mixed for a bit, and waited until the eggs were cooked. Gordon Ramsay says ... measuring cup for rice with the oats and just follow the line on the pot. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  applying for immigration and a master’s thesis. While there are people with ... worthwhile.   I took The Folklore of Gaelic Ireland for the fairies and ... and diverse. We learned Daniel O’Connell, a well-loved historical figure

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023