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• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  , we made an excursion west of the city for a short camel journey and ... computer for the entire month of January. Thus, when Chris made a call for ... Architectural Journey through Two Indian Cities. It wasn't a particularly heavy

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  five minutes for the form to load fully and then I hit submit and the ... in the war for a pain-free development environment. The computer came ... paid around $450 for it, which is like way less than what I would have

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details ... me blabbering on in plain text for pages. Sorry about that. Something ... through the city at the latest we'd ever been out here - we've been making a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  , dragging pajamas on in a hurry before jumping into the softest bed for a nap ... takers, and, mostly (or so I hope), study for the next exam. It’s all kind ... ’s door, the room cleaning, the napping…. I could take it all for granted

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  (turns out I'm That Person Who Cries For The Entire Ceremony), eight of ... do fun stuff because I believe it's important to make time for fun ... between-MIT-semesters life, the free time commodity. Here's how I spent it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  a long while, for dinner. We live farther away from each other this ... -ing for a class or two, and applying to grad school a year early (because he ... Italy for IAP. We’re all busy.” There’s a moment of quiet, after all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  throughout the country for the past year, with intermittent internet shutdowns ... situation. For a month, my father would try to call home only to get an ... Ethiopia has only been alive for twenty years? I compare it with the early

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  for about the next three miles. This is also where I hit "the wall," so ... Boston runners, I've run (and paid for) a few other marathons, and I ... (water, road closure, medical facilities) paid for by the entry fees of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  . You can't stop us. I’m fairly convinced that nothing can, except for the sweet and eventual embrace of death that comes for us all. But, at least for now, I’m not too worried about that inevitability. Some things have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  ’s going to hit the gym and then work on her rockets, I’m going to read for ... when I was here over the summer for [annotation note="Interphase is a two ... -week summer component meant to ease the transition into MIT for incoming

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... posted here.  I was an interviewer myself for many years before leading the Educational Council but think it would be helpful for you to hear

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  feel to be back in the city m: kinda weird it's nice because i love nyc ... 'm going back to i'm just here in nyc for a bit _____ m: since i’ve gotten ... : okay so my take is that mit selects for people that like to or have a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  an exhibit for the Singapore Writers Festival. So I wanted to write ... always my first love, and after I won a national prize in tenth grade for a ... reputation for melodrama, but in retrospect, I think that this magnification of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  the city. Now, Nathan and Alex both drive, and I don't. And while we ... eduroam, I had an internet connection without even trying. I waited for my ... crowdsourcing to give real-time bus tracking, but it was also useful for paying

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  'm heading off for a free trip to Thompson Island, courtesy of MISTI again ... was at the MISTI Gala Dinner for all interns going to foreign countries ... go to review sessions for 2.006 exams or Dance Troupe rehearsals and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... that Seattle is a gorgeous city. I was not disappointed. A lot of what ... hike was pretty typical for Washington trails. You hike from the forest

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  should wait for the rest of the foot to hit the ground before moving the ... . part of this was because i was not walking in the best way, for several ... first and roll over to the front of the foot. this is still true (for most

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  around to call for climate justice. At MIT, and other schools in the area, students gathered to strike. In Boston, people gathered at City Hall Plaza ... community events in the morning, where people made signs and other art at City

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  As I type this it is 3:28 AM. I have to be awake for work at 4:45 AM. At 4:45 AM I will have been awake for 24 hours. This means that I could ... time for BATMAN! I was supposed to get there at 10 but was about five

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  blizzard is coming up and hitting the Northeast real hard (Déjà vu).  It's a ... plowing makes it easier for me to get to my class which starts at three.♪ (Thank you MIT faculty that plow the snow for us!) ♫Uhhhh walkway

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014