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• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things ... warm (and dry) in a Boston winter has been an adventure. It’s been a lot ... that are winter-naive (like myself), there’s hope. And for those of you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen with friends. there’s coffee and crepes with nutella and romantic spanish ... no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post. NOTE: You needn’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... competitions, but I REALLY, REALLY wish I knew about MIT TechFair’s THINK. It

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  . It’s always neat to explain your work to people who know so much more ... skills. Saturday night was my sorority’s annual Fondue Dessert ... , and his wife. Of course, no AXO fondue event is complete without Matt’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  Sam: [folding laundry] Guy: Your name’s Sam, right? Sam: Um, yeah. Guy: ’cause you’re on Mitra’s Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now, too? Guy: Really? Sam:…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  he said was that he didn't deserve to be speaking up there. "Let’s ... filter, or something like that. But there’s no magic bullet. The problem’s ... . There’s incredible advances being made in clean water technology

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

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  It’s the start of my third year here, and once again I am smiling at the first posts by our first-year bloggers. There’s a common theme: MIT ... despite everything, it’s hardest to leave. So what’s the third year like

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  what it’s like to study design at MIT? Did you know that there are only ... program within MIT is like. It’s pretty long, so buckle in! Table of ... with 4 (e.g. 4.021). It’s also technically a B.S. in Art and Design (BSAD

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  learned about MIT’s committment to gender equity during my summer research ... subject, and discovered a fascinating story about MIT’s efforts to combat gender discrimination among its women faculty in the 1990s. Below is an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  So it’s been cold lately. And when I mean cold, I mean like our-room-whose-temperature-usually-hovers-somewhere-between-the-sixth-and-seventh ... this is that when it’s cold, it snows, which is pretty much the best. So

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  I slept. I slept voraciously. I slept with a vigor to make up for all the lost sleep in the last 3 months. After obsessively refreshing the Academic Record page…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) – a DVD you will receive with your next big mailing (scheduled to be sent out early May), after you choose to matriculate.…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  Saul’s guest blog post about (extensive) MIT-supported China travels, I ... lists, since that’s how a lot of MIT student groups advertise). I figured ... later, I sent this e-mail to my mom: “I’m going to go, even though it’s

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  sample size of four days that MIT’s legendary firehose was actually ... awesome. Here’s a preview, from two years ago:   ... chocolate at La Verde’s on the last day of CPW. I encourage you to do the same

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  ). Jeremy, who will graduate in June with a B.S. and MEng in Course 6

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  Hello 2024s. I'm about to go on another blogging hiatus, but I wanted to tell you some things before I go: Exactly two years ago, I was approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  Technology students do outside of learning?  In the late 1800s, they still

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  , but have a “20's Burger Bonanza.” Together, these make up the 600ish ... intermission). Alternatively, I’m delighted to watch shadows of Jupiter’s moons

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  As exams become more and more of a reality that I can’t ignore, I find my weekly/fortnightly blogs slowly phasing themselves out. As such I thought I’d steal a simple…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  MIT is incredibly wired; wi-fi all over the campus. Students are likewise very into the Internet as you may have guessed, and as it should be in my opinion. I’m…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012