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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  the Greek father of vegetables? His name was Crudites. ;-) (Yes, it ... Eurostar train through the Channel Tunnel, referred to by some as one of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World". It's certainly interesting to travel

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  in Florida. Last night began the first of four presentations with my colleagues from Princeton, Swarthmore, and Wellesley. (Check out the rest of ... we got from the audience were some of the most thoughtful I've heard in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• FAQ / Testing

  Will MIT accept December testing for Regular Action?

  You can report all tests taken through the end of December for ... proficiency test scores for RA applicants through the January test dates. To submit new results, simply click the "Add new test scores" link in the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  and the fabulous glamorous divas of popular culture. Got it? Now ... 're their number one fans. Get a picture of the pushing crowds and the buzz of excitement. Get a picture of the banners and posters advertising

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing ... nerdiness on your chest for the viewing pleasure of small children and ... them for the last couple of months, by the way. College application time

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  MIT. Why do I listen to so many audiobooks? I think part of the reason ... dangerous situation, or the triumph of overcoming the impossible, or the rush ... arm’s breadth away is the perfect amount of distance for the human

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  reminder of how easy it is to pass a day without making the most of it. I ... are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the two cups of coffee ... picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  was the experience of burning out. Since the next three years won't take ... place several miles off the coast of Rhode Island and roughly three hours ... Judith to the shores of our destination. As our ferry cast off from Point

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -every-birthday-card-in-a-cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the-potential-value-of ... was a fairly large hollow ceramic mushroom. And since the beginning of ... ). Unfortunately our Memory Mushroom has finite volume. In fact, by the end of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  On the morning of the second day of classes, I got a newsletter email ... the rest of that day complaining to anyone around me.  When I met with ... the endless amount of questions I have about this world. To be given

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... between the size of my handwriting and my grade point average, a fact that ... order to maximize the amount of information that I am able to distill into

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  . Most of the time, there is music in the background. Something legitimate ... . Dancing on tables permitted. At the start of the semester, lounge ... population and mood of the lounge begin to change rapidly. Noise levels rise

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  [annotation note="read, they still haven't kicked me out of the group chat yet."]Until very recently,[/annotation] I was the president of Next House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  of the big reasons we decided to take course 6 classes in the first ... it resulted in some sort of 3D art! Here are some of the things we ... set of points. The next part of the assignment was to write a function

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

    Recruitment of Volunteer Human Subject “Alright, that concludes the cool ... nutrition handbooks for the discussion portion of the course. I lowered myself onto the worn green plush of the yoga mats blanketing the cold floor

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  t-shirt. Photos of Paterno, the football team, and Beaver Stadium, signed, framed, and displayed outside the store. A post-it note on one of ... minute later. The photo was of Beaver Stadium, filled to capacity during a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  Regulations of the Faculty 2.11: Classes shall be suspended during the following ... the Registrar in consultation with the Chair of the Faculty[…] — Day ... 's Muriel Cooper-esque. There were lots of Museum staff around all the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The landscape of the Charles River around MIT is almost ... , swimming and fishing are progressively re-emerging as about 90% of the length of the river is now considered safe for swimming. Health risks remain

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  Today is the eighth day of fall and the first day of winter in my ... Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig Nobody ... Fernandez Everything and More, David Foster Wallace Parable of the Sower

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  This is the time of year where goodbye posts are pretty common on ... . Has life been perfect in the Alpha Phi House? Of course not and to say ... lots of wonderful things that have come from my time in the house. I did

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013