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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  MIT students can get in for free any day with a student ID). Looks like ... was work to be done! I went to a meeting for the IAB, the Industry ... straightening and aligning and buttoning that can be awkward for someone in a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  I will do everything I can to fight for equality for my race. So next ... presented themselves to both black minds and not: "I am not black, can I ... ?" I am sure these are a question everyone has seen at least once, if not

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  problem so you can sign up for a class you are actually allowed to sign up ... animation classes. BUT *excited inhale to prepare for a long run-on sentence ... semester has a certain feeling of frenzy (or at least for us it does) and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  to make it Q&A styled, where I answer some questions that you might ... 't enough for your parents, you can tell them that MIT has a 24/7 student ... East Campus and ask for me, Array. I'm a Medlink here in East Campus, and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  wading in a sea of big thoughts and feelings, but I can't individually ... it, ruffle through my thoughts to find a thread I can tug on, but find ... from something I know is good for me, but I know it is not what I need

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  satisfaction as I watched the evidence of my old self reduce to ashes. For a ... place of discovery and learning, but can also be a place of distraction. I ... almost completely. I knew that I was putting on a good face for my friends

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  , I wanted to try a new route for getting there. Instead of walking ... As a resident of Simmons, one of the farthest dorms from [annotation ... are"]Main Campus[/annotation], I spend a lot of time walking. But “a lot

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  Saturday afternoon, which included a performance by the Cross Products. I ... Community. When I visited the sand mandala, this monk was singing a beautiful ... awesome folks at the East Campus dormitory built a giant hammock

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  Hello everyone! I thought up this title as a metaphor for how the ... post for a while. Forming this list has helped me remember the things I ... would say to one another in a different world. I'm hungry for the real

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  it must be a draw for many other people too. Yet somehow I made it to ... , Darwin’s, where I am now, and work and have a cookie. Today I sat down to ... the eggs. One rolls to and from me in a breeze I don’t feel, like a boat

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  Phone. Oh yeah -- that's right, the iPhone just came out a few months ago for ... introduce myself. I'm you from July 20, 2016 - yeah, about 9 years, or 3000 ... relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  hit a point where it felt like I just couldn't do anything else, at ... hours without a break) I zephyred Kevin '06, a good friend who is a TA for ... Thursday night was, well, interesting. I was working on my lab for 6

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it's like ... exam schedule gets a bit more staggered, so it's better). For example ... night, and then I still had a project proposal due today that I haven

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  to expect a report from your interviewer. Q: If I'm not matched, can I ... tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... to be considered for Early Action. Q: Where do I send my high school

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  floor of Barker, where I went when I needed to work for eight hours ... laughter, silliness, and genuine friendship, a place where I lived with two ... bedsheets in 351. I stayed in that bed for days at a time during my first IAP

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  for a buckle lost from your first shoe, or for your lesson book which ... how you're expected to sleep for grief, so I'll try to comfort you with a scene from Tom Stoppard's 1993 play Arcadia (which MIT is currently

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  've prepared. (if the sauce is too salty from the cumin you can either use a ... really smart and can stay on top of it =p). I know I complain a lot on the ... without sauce). It may help to place the carrots in boiling water for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  to create a model for global engagement for students and their partner ... challenges. Despite a well-staffed clinic, with full support from FIMRC and countless international volunteers, the population still suffers from a lack

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  away from 4-hour lab blocks for a month or two. Also, I got an A in the ... the way, but I got no reply and heard from a friend that the class was ... met with the TA’s and Student Support Services and I finally asked for a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  :30am. I begin my drive to Ann Arbor to meet up with a friend for lunch ... a bit. 12:15pm. I meet up with a friend for lunch at Cosi, one of my ... errands, check my mail, and pick up a few things for my Texas trip. I go

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008