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  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  stories. “Not every day” for me was a few weeks ago when I landed in this ... . Here’s a brief inventory of some of the notable mementos I’ve acquired so far. A statement button: For those into feminist think pieces as well

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  won a Pulitzer, for example). I usually explain that MIT Political ... a calendar. I’m also applying for graduate school. An essential ... Last week, high school counselors from across the country came to a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip ... rent the car for two hours and split the cost between four people. I ... Charles River, just adjacent to East Campus. Now, I'm not much of a swimmer

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  . At a school like MIT, people are from around the globe, so I know I am ... . Thursday, on September 14th, I got a text from my sister saying the plane had ... . MIT can offer you everything in terms of academics. I could not ask for

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  don't, don't worry -- I assure you we have a host for you. CPW invades ... from Snakes on a Plane. I'm not really sure why we were doing it at CPW ... had a dream where I visited Snively at his school. I walked in in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  you leave a comment with an emoji, I’ll shuffle it once more for you ... A few weeks ago, I visited a friend at Harvard. She snuck me into the ... I know who really likes penguins (enough that she joined a sorority

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  , there is a quiz, except for review weeks. This class has been great. I ... wasn't possible for me to get an A in this class, so I left it on PNR to ... guilty for it, since I know they could definitely help me become a better

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  't delicious, but just a little more pricey than I am used to for chocolate ... sell souvenirs where the stream of water is replaced by a corkscrew for opening wine bottles. I seriously contemplated buying one, but it was a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  thought I'd take a look back at MIT athletes who have participated in the ... of the 1896 Olympics in a column he wrote for MIT's alumni magazine ... . Where do you think George got the money to buy the team? Well, Henry used

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  vienna & prague, in 194 photos iap '26 #1

  

  lush greenery. I'm satiated with my European adventures for a while. I ... continuously forgot that Prague is in the Czech Republic for like, a decade? Ever ... ? Ever wondered what it was like for a random college student on the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  for a few seconds and realized that he was dead serious. I jumped off ... secure path for the long shot at the audacious? I can’t say this to any ... . Just as you’re thinking this, a genie appears from nowhere and says, “I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  hold a place in my heart for Colorado, and I will be comfortable where ... turned in all my papers. I wrote this entry from the airplane on the way home, heading away from the bubble of MIT towards the place I grew up. I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  could have a contest, how much cultural enrichment can you get for free in ... What was I looking forward to most when I arrived on campus for ... ! By this time my standards were pretty high. Let’s face it, I’d gotten a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  to buy christmas presents was not such a great idea for me this year ... Hindemith beat me to that by like 40 years), so I've been looking for a good ... . Mmm, baking cookies. Though I'm too cheap to spring for a cookie sheet

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  minute of this stream for a good laugh). It's different from what I'm used ... hotel blocks away from Sixth. I had dinner with a group of friends and ... railroad bass line graced my ears. I bolted from the group and entered a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  eyes, and allow my feet to trace a well-worn path that gets me from where ... remembered there being a fancy couch where I could sit, and looking back, I ... 've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  matter the outcome, I wrote a thank-you card for someone in my life. It ... .) Be a Tourist in Your Own Home I'm originally from Jim Thorpe, a small ... A few days ago, I scrolled through my camera roll to find an old

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Links Sent to My Group Chat from the past month

  

  I'm a group chat kind of person -- I really am bad at individual ... Cami: A link to vote for my classes and the blogpost Aiden: Normeo and ... Eva: I'm not linking this because it's private but this is a Google

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  a STEMgem online, the creators hope more teachers buy devices for ... and pedagogy together for effective learning. I blogged an overview of ... . This post is just a fraction of the fascinating information I absorbed at

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  testers: Good luck next week! For students on the waitlist: As I mentioned a ... For next year's prospective applicants: This week, I'm out on the ... . For Mark Wahlberg fans: I don't know why, but actor (and former rapper

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011