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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  /Orlando/other perpetually sunny place].  What do I need to survive an East Coast winter?"   I'm glad you asked!  As a lifelong Californian before I went to ... are a few different approaches to what boots you should wear.  Sorels

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of the most fun is building, well, a bridge. It is pretty much what it

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  in on all of the details soon. Relatedly, I will also be doing a small ... A few updates before the weekend... First, let me answer two FAQs ... , and to await the Next Big Mailing (NBM) in May. 2. Yes, I will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  much of what I learn in training is applicable to real life. The only ... -considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right ... weeks. It's taking sort of list form because I'm a big fan of lists as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  known as CPW) was a whirlwind of constant adventure. What I wouldn’t have ... getting caught up in something else, so I’m glad I got to see what it was ... way before iPads were a thing], automatic blind and door controls, and

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  recall that I'm in an a cappella group with a lot of really great people ... many wubs. There's a Red Hot Chili Peppers song with a guitar solo. In a ... 've scrabbled together a series of skits in following with our concert theme

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  post. I went out in my Red Sox jacket, which turned out to be a ... When my friends asked me what my spring break plans were, I said ... [/caption] I found this small sketchbook in my drawer that I impulse-bought from

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  11:52 AM on June 9th, a cool but sunny day in Johannesburg. I took an ... first time working in a bio lab so I knew very little in practice to begin ... spoke 10 languages in a country of 11 official languages, and I continued

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  cards. I made sure to write down what I added to the cards I customized, and here's what I did: 38 of the cards have a number underneath my name ... check out which comic you have if you got a number. 2 of the cards have a

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  out, is National Reply Date. It had been a pleasure sharing what I know ... write briefly about what it's like to be in a fraternity as well as a small dorm community at the same time. As you may know, I live in a very

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  Yo homez, I'm back! And guess what? I'm a senior. I. AM. A ... in college. I mean, this is a normal experience, right? People building ... reality when I inevitably run into the door frame. I wake up in the morning

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  write a math blog, Annoying Precision. I'm interested in a lot of ... what I know a lot about is math. I almost wrote one of my MIT essays ... ;t predict what will be on my mind in the future. In any case, I hope

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Rewriting my Blogger Bio more like brutally revising i guess

  

  that is a big component of what i look for in good friends. freshman year ... i still am this though"]tell a lot about a person[/annotation] by what ... show come out while i was in college???? that's a bruh moment"]Season 3

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 24, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art is Everywhere! [by Emma Frank '15] Public Art at MIT

  

  ’s brilliant to just stand in front of it and look up and take it in. I’m a ... lot of time there before the tour and didn’t realize that what I ... ’s always a lot of light coming in, and if I want to space out for a little

  • by ARTalk
  • October 17, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  parking, which I had never seen in a city layout before. It felt like those ... inexplicable. I just felt joyous there in a way I had not felt before and haven ... (the first I had ever seen in Europe)! They even dubbed themselves a "fab

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  [annotation note="what some people might call a work ethic. but, I'm still not sure I ... story still sticks in my mind. I've told it over, and over, in a way such ... progress in the way I should be. I feel like all the people around me have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  what used to be bananas.    Mix in a teaspoon of baking soda, a "pinch ... Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the ... we, um, don't). They are a half-hour walk from MIT, by 3 pm or before

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  IAP as a lesson in what not to do. I overcommitted myself, took on too ... nothing more of it for two months. One Month Before Bad Ideas I had a ... touched 18.03.   In a desperate moment of clarity, I sat down to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  then...? I wasn't sure what the last ingredient should be for a long ... food in a pan Almost exactly twelve months ago, I had never cooked a ... /wk. dining plan) thought it was crazy that I was considering living in a dorm

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  dressed in a spiffy red suit, which made me feel claustrophobic. I was also nervous as hell. I remember diving into a bathroom moments before everything ... book, followed by an in-depth review by a professor. And I do mean in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014