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• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  work. I moved to a shared house in Los Altos Hills (subletting for a ... I was born in the province of Sichuan and speak the Sichuan dialect ... 's strange to me to be considered an East-Coaster-- a city-dweller, an on

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  from an airplane descending in free-fall, go connect with new friends. Do ... believe an education functions in much the same way. It's not just the tests ... can tell these aren't my photos because of how awesome they look. Full

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  hard things really fast for a small amount of time with an even smaller ... late, but I thought I should wait until my schedule was FINALLY set in ... waitlist for my gym class, so everything’s set! Scheduling classes this

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  usually announcing an available UROP or a company seeking applicants for ... it’s also an exciting class. There’s a lot of room left to you for ... , to the starkest sense of being an independent individual in a global

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  feeling fearful in that house and in that area. So we sat and talked for a ... Lately I've been occupying space. Many spaces, in fact, especially ... crying and sitting in silence and really experiencing these new emotions of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  look, the street is absolutely FULL of people all walking in the same ... 's qualifying rounds in something like 20 years, so people around here were pretty ... games- either in bars with friends or in La Plaza de Colón, where they put

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  what reading applications looks like for them!   Yi, Fearless ... is potted in an inverted square pyramid; at this point in my life, I ... reading, and then tune back in for the final ta-da moment. What're you

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern side project, culminating in a presentation that caused me to stand in an ... . Everyone was incredibly friendly, an expert in their field (be it marketing

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  look in the mirror and see a face that’s much darker than it usually is ... Germany vs. Ghana public viewing last week, we joined in on an epic walk ... appropriate to be an MIT student here in Germany because we see ‘mit’ (which

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  crossovers in socal MIT Students Visit Caltech and UCLA

  

  sprawling Los Angeles living in Cambridge is sitting for hours in stop ... ,126451,126452,126458,126457,126456,126455,126454,126453"] Exhausted from the pounding afternoon sun, Peyton and I slept for almost an ... 10:00 PM we set off from my house for an hour-long drive back to

  • by Victor D. '27
  • June 6, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  certain if I have conceptualized being crufty or an alum for the matter ... personal laptop is an absolute game-changer in creating that distinction in ... could, in some sense, only dream for now. It was like, oh no, I live in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  interested in and is rather visible in society. For the first time in my life ... is unfortunately what we happen to be learning about in my 5 ... was perfectly willing to spend an hour of his time today explaining it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  stuff than in classes. So even though I wasn't writing words for the blogs ... )  Anyway. I'm in an okay place, now. On a small black futon that's a little ... -old-me with back problems will regret sleeping on for weeks. In a nearly

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  robot as thanks" in return for 15 minutes of my day, and because I am a ... the turf for an hour of off-season conditioning, open to all off ... tiny window (this one) and one larger window facing east, which let in a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  portal crashes in the last months of the year. For those of you already ... for the Express Purpose of Obtaining Admittance to an Institute of ... reflective are two traits that will serve you well in life for many reasons

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  out to their prefrosh asap, so look for an email in your inbox, and ... !). Your host will know how much time to allot for you to check in and meet ... ’re in class. What sleeping arrangments they have for you. Many students

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  in Brighton for $25 a person Scoring guest meal passes and eating ... drunk for the first and only time in my life Watching leaves change on ... not running to catch the 1 bus in fear of looking stupid The Mac

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  coming up in future semesters. And for someone with an attention span as ... room in their schedule for electives. In turn, the extra electives most ... , and I think it's an excellent concept. So keep in mind, that even if you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  .   1 There is an innate human fear in being by yourself. Survival ... places for women to travel alone in the US” and “affordable oceanside US ... "] ‎[/caption] The water is painted with soft teal waves and tinged with an amber

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  was 3 years old. I’ve lived in Georgia for practically my whole life ... bloggers (Alliteration! Woo! Sorry if that comes across as vain…). In a few ... . I was born in the magnificent, but chilly, country of Canada. However

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011