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• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  wow it is huge.) The venue was beautiful. Charleston’s boathouse is ... fun sailing I’ve ever sailed. We mainly used z420’s, which I personally found more fun to sail in than the FJ’s we sail at MIT. (^Also PC to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  , clutched McCann's books and marveled at the Church’s magnificent interior ... work. McCann’s books contained sentences of one word and sentences of 40 ... with his artistic scarf, me with my children’s literature crown. Claire

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  early 1970s. His approach to a hands-on mechanical engineering curriculum

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  We were so lucky to have the UA Alumni Affairs Committee invite John Maeda — former MIT graduate and MIT Media Lab professor, former President of Rhode Island School of…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes ... heart (Lydia’s black ♥). Here are Santa and Poseidon on Ami’s hat ... apocalyptic snowy constructionscapes, we have those too.   Here’s a view of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  questionnaire asking what were our biggest motivators in choosing a dorm, here’s ... week, on the weekends. Here’s a rough sketch of how I’ve been organizing ... as a side. Trader Joe’s also has a lot of pre-packaged salads and wraps

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  that trip may not fit into your first week’s schedule. -- soap and ... , for the times you’ll want fresh fruit from a farmer’s market or a movie ... , Home Depot, and Trader Joe’s. Word of caution: plan the shuttle trip for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye, for now

  

  graduating seniors - I'll miss you).  Can't wait to meet 2019s in the fall!

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  leave this semester,” the S^3 Dean suggested instead. I was stunned ... my hall’s MedLink and Graduate Resident Tutor (both of whom were ... MIT’s resources, which were plenty. Suddenly, I was not a girl on a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  complete life’s greatest project. So relax, but do write your college essay ... talk. Yes, time may be running out on your high school years, but it’s ... . Decide What’s Important. MIT allows applicants to enter five activities

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  CityLab — The Atlantic magazine’s website on the urbanized world. Amid covering everything from Kanye’s visit to Harvard’s design school and a birth ... Important Question still revolves around whether his job is actually what he’s

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  West Side Story to swing to a celebration of the Roaring 20s. Other ... (of Broadway fame and the TV show Smash), the Boston Children’s Chorus ... take-and-bake pizza and s’mores fudgcicles, and just having a lazy day

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  he is very strong, so I pointed at him and announced that “he’s very ... ’re welcome”s and hurried out of Building 14 towards Walker Memorial, home of ... physicist," he revealed. "He’s a social worker!” After chatting for a few

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Study Break on the Roof! We had an EMT study break on the roof of the tallest building in Cambridge!

  

  some fun with them on the roof! Adam S. '14 wanted a photo of him in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  ’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at ... are all teachers – whether it’s working and learning together in the ... requirement for this program, and I landed in Milan’s Linate airport on January

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  from Anna’s. It’s good to be back. Anyways, it’s IAP (Independent ... , working on personal projects, or just chillaxing), and here’s what I’ve been

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics professors have a charming sense of humour Excerpts from relativity problem sets

  

  inflationary cosmology and Anna H.'s academic advisor :D And now, onto black

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  have gone on. Everyone’s so passionate about their posts, and all of us ... , check out Allan’s blog post: https ... ” and wear it around my neck along with a reporter’s hat. Oh well, on to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  , let me leave you with a photo from this week's annual East

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  enough, a job offer found its way to my inbox in January. Here’s a normal ... again, I’ve been studying the language for five years; it’s no surprise that I feel so comfortable. My work is fun, but it’s those weird, kind

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013