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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka, where we walked through an open-air produce market and into a large ... during the day, and although I wore a hat and drank lots of water I got

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An MIT Apprentice!!!!!! MIT Alum Randal Pinkett has won The Apprentice!

  

  MIT alums are known for many things, but i's not everyday that one ... .Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in England as a Rhodes Scholar -an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT (May 1998) -an M.B.A

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  significance to me, because that's actually where I became a U.S. citizen :) In ... In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... . Last weekend, I made a little more headway on this goal by tackling Item #51: Eat

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  more photos with metaphoric gravitas, so that I can start a gallery ... instinct was Method 2, you'd also show a natural talent for parallel parking ... comments is the new trend in science, so I've heard. A subtle yet

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  This is my final paper for Science Journalism, a science writing ... for this paper taught me a lot about a subject that is central in many ... maybe even more about myself as a writer and a person. I thought you might

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  I can across the Harvard Bridge. There's a speedometer halfway across ... rusty old bike is 19 mph; I wonder how fast I'd be able to go on a sleek ... has become such a constant in my life recently, and I fear I'm starting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  This IAP, I took part in a writing workshop at MIT known as Flipping Failure. In this workshop, I and other participants worked on developing a ... MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  them I have to play videogames for a couple hours, read a book, and go to ... Lord knows that I've beat this dead horse and milked this subject for all its worth, but I still gets lots and lots of questions about being a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  the semester! the final was for 14.64 (labor economics), a class i ... (gender and media studies), for which i got to write a final paper about the ... interesting books. then, for a while, i was knee-deep in theory courses, which

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  classes. Relax, I promise this won't be a factor for you. Sephy writes, "I was a student of Raffles for 4.25 years before I shifted to India and ... , 2005 tests will be accepted on a case by case basis, so I registered for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  :20: Bought a card reader for CF memory card. Now I can transfer and edit photos that I took from a camera checked out from Technique, the yearbook ... Infinite for the infinith-time. This time I spot a hanging octopus. Yeeeee

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  applications. As always, it was quite fascinating; I learned a lot, met some good ... improve your chances of being admitted to and receiving aid from a US ... .   ...and there are many more where those came from. The message

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  school and to get accepted into a great college. Sometimes this dream can ... family. I’m going to a whole other area." Graduating with a 4.0 GPA ... doesn't mean you have to be a certain way, I have to be a fighter, sell

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  can be a valid way to make peace with yourself, I’ve come to realize ... within an arms reach in a year.   I hope that my words can be of some help ... I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  Hey Internet! After not posting a video for a couple weeks I totally feel like: So I just made a vlog to get back in the rhythm of filming ... from the bottom. And because I didn't talk about anything MIT-related in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  Housing is a huge part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where you live, and each living group is a community with its own distinct ... access to dining halls, or you might prefer to live in a cook-for
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  Hey all, just thought I'd take a break from the "OMG, CPW TTLY PWND ME!" and give you a quick Toy Design update. I haven't talked about ... class from 9 units to 15 because it's not a low time commitment class

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  post. I just had a laptop, phone, and the microphone on some earbuds to ... rip it out of the sky/I've tried about a million times/To shine the way ... pink/I want you to see me in a crowd[/caption] 4. And you hate it now

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  televsion. The best present I got for my birthday was a mellophone. Well ... it--"I lost a bet," "for warmth," "to remind me of why I hate facial ... ! And I hear Ankur was even there! I could have gotten to meet a reality

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Back to Boston Recommended Orientation events

  

  I am flying back to Boston tonight (why do I always book redeyes?) and can't wait to meet all the new '10s. For the past couple of weeks, I ... of all of the fun I have been missing. I am involved in a couple of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 27, 2006