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• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  Anne Frank. Two quick anecdotes minus three quick answers equals negative ... quiz. That's pretty uncommon for MIT as a whole, but I've had a few ... correct answers. That is not uncommon for MIT. Today in UROP Andy presented

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  cultural appropriation for 17S.914. 11:47 PM – I hit send. As my email and ... ”. For documentation purposes, my last last day of school will begin with ... late night lab work for one of my last final projects. But we aren't here

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  , clutching a handbag that contained an article for my Science Essay class. I ... still in the tunnel for five minutes. So, when it finally pulled into ... through a ceiling panel and hiding up there. Midnight: time for business

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  writing mood for the last couple months, but I'm back and I'm excited to ... here. I stayed in Boston for June-July and then traveled and saw family for August. I was continuing my research with the Isola lab on inner

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  browser of choice >:] CPW just happened at MIT, which for all involved ... some Qs paired with some As, but please feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you would like more As for more Qs. How will

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  future entries. For families who have already visited, feel free to leave ... roads) is not necessary. And Boston is an exciting, historic city that offers something interesting for the entire family. (I know my parents

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  ’s especially great for busy college students because it is a relatively hands-free ... There are two meals I’ve had consistently this quarantine: for breakfast, I have an egg sandwich with tea, and for dinner, I have the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  talking about navigating the transition from a small town to a big city for ... STARS (Small-Town and Rural Student) Ambassadors, to give you a quick ... for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  ’t have any free MIT wifi. But the biggest change for me is this: I am not ... This is a summer of new things for Maggie Lloyd. I rented a car for ... rented my first apartment; I had to find furniture for said apartment; I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  , asking me to sign petitions, fight for some cause, or complain about the ... asking for a cookie sheet or trying to figure out who dumped a bucket of ... , since people have figured out that they make excellent tools for getting

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  , this IAP really hits different. i forgot what it was like to not have to ... :45 for fencing, and then sometimes go back at night to squeeze some more ... free time. but i love my sport and practicing without the looming

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  that you would do it for free, then you've hit the jackpot. Speaking of ... 's a terrible metric for uselessness.) But the same is true, to varying ... very messy rationalization. But you can absolutely take my word for my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  , especially for my friends living in the fraternities (most MIT fraternities and ... under trees and getting hit in the face by leaves, or maybe you like ... free to be as incoherent as you like, and don't lose too much sleep over

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  something for everyone that they failed to convey what made their institution ... admissions. “It helped me get real about what we’re actually looking for,” she ... put on things, trying to be something for everyone.” In USA Today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  the free food DO NOT PAY FOR ANYTHING (if you do you are doing CPW ... your CPW host. Please respond to them as quickly as you can--school doesn't halt for us either, and all the hosts are regular MIT undergraduate

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  excitement and free food, so that'll be fun. For the first time in what feels ... spring as the reward for having to live through senior fall. I already knew ... ™. --------------------------------brief interlude for reflective purposes

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  quick post about that experience, written as I continue to deny the fact ... route that loops from Reykjavík into central Iceland and back. It hits a ... ". On the second day we drove to the village Vík, where our hotel for the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  same note, July Fourth is a wonderful day for free stuff. FREE toothpaste ... , FREE Pillsburys....celebrate Independence Day with FREE goods! 1. For ... series of puzzles for the heirs to solve. At the end of the book, after

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  probably best saved for another blog post; the important thing is that I did. What can you gain from an entire year free from the bondage of school ... school already. Of course, they eventually did, and for a long time, I was

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  ~ next to my little blogger face up there. For the record, I am still ... name that no one at MIT uses for me, so I changed it.  Throughout high ... changed over the years; at first, it was for health and fitness goals. Then

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020