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• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  group of students to bike across the country, from DC to San Francisco ... – some of the routes promised clear signage and well-maintained roads. I swore I would try it out sooner rather than later. The idea of biking

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  't drag my body out of bed until 4:40. I discovered that the clothes I left ... at which the rest of the world was moving. After listening to a very ... the site of the first (of what I'm sure will be many) amusing Spanish

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  me of analyzing what is in the foods I am eating and determining which ... eat a yogurt parfait made of the following: One sliced banana 1 ... sodium and high in protein and fiber!  It also meets about 20% of the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  I wrote to a few of my friends, but I hope you find the material ... the young entrepreneurs around me are college dropouts (all out of ... startups and how to make them work, especially the writings of Paul Graham

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... sounds out of gravity waves... and probably, like, solve the mysteries of ... magnetism are actually kind of the same thing, I started to get a little

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  of varying cultures. The dorm is being renovated starting next year ... .."][hopefully][/annotation] be moving back in as a senior, the dorm won't be the same. Some of the ... slightest bit windy—but one of the most noticeable changes will be the freshly

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  from a rural or small town?". This is an iteration of one of the most ... the inherent strengths of this experience. So this is where I come in: because at the end of the day, it’s about your lived experience, not just

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the ... internet, most of the links were broken and the info outdated. This is my ... 's definitely in the minority of computing choices. What you'll notice about MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  , I decided to answer a bunch of questions from the blogger bot that ... sugar and red meat out of my diet, and since those are most of the things ... Phantom of the Opera by my a cappella group, the MIT Ohms (I solo at 2

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I ... .  Welcome to the party. I fell out of my parents' nest in New Jersey and ... than watching 1/4th of a movie, I started thinking as I looked out the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students in the Z-Center... I tried to orient myself to the layout of the ... upon the iRobot booth, and started talking to some of their

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  Charles River, and even after so many years here, the beauty of Cambridge in ... written, a lot of the quiz questions felt pointless because they asked us to ... carefully. 18.404 Theory of Computation I love this course and the lecturer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Watsonville. We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which is rated the #3 family attraction in the country. The MB aquarium reminded me of the New ... spent most of the ride falling victim to a nasty bout of motion sickness

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  the range of opportunities MIT offers. the upperclassmen on my floor, in ... as if i was abruptly thrust into the world of icebreakers! and New ... have fallen in love with the strong sense of community i’ve experienced

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  semester at MIT. In retrospect, I realize that - in spite of reading the ... . Academically, I had a bit of rough time this semester, and the main reason was 8 ... give you a little background. As part of the GIRs (short for General

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  among the many resources MIT offers to get the little bit of extra help on ... the Class of 2021 will gather and President Reif will give a welcoming address. At that time, the Class of 2021 will officially be freshmen.  

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  needed to do were to buy a map, enlist the help of a local, and marry Amber ... the fudge, the fat young man ahead of us in line noted that it was ... fudge without a knife. Indeed, the power is ours! Of course, if my UROP

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Over the last year, I've had the pleasure of being the Undergraduate ... well, do I? All of us at the debate. From left to right: Dwight, Chris ... Marissa '06. Anyway, the point of this entry is that as of Monday night I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  computer the whole weekend, I was ready to take advantage of this weekend off ... was far from the most productive weekend of the term. I tried to work ... time, I came to the alarming realization that my first set of graduate

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  Lama came together in the form of three Unread Message alerts in my inbox ... responded to his offer first and would therefore be receiving the Dalai Lama ... Emad. The first - an expression of celebration at our respective ticket

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012