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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  blog about it. If, for some reason, you don't like following links to blogs that aren't MIT Admissions blogs, I'll sum it up for you: The US ... "Science and Engineering Indicators" report for 2010. They compiled a lot of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  hosted a luncheon for the cadets where we heard an incredible war story ... importance while we were at CHICON. First, we voted for the Charles E. Yeager ... Arnold Air Society for 2008-2009. This resolution passed after heated

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  was playing as it occurred to me that i have no friends in this city ... overlooks a city but is not quite part of the city a thought: my capacity to ... that most people don't know beforehand what they're optimizing for/how to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  newsletter. It doesn’t really feel like it meant for me, though, somehow, it is ... "]MIT Educational Counselor[/annotation] for this application season, and being on the ... of the cruft (for now 😳), I wasn’t too sure what to write about. I don

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  sacrifice academics for athletics, and very rarely the opposite, either. A big ... hit with the dreaded “Class Sandwich”, with academic commitments ending ... makes for athletics. Despite what may happen at other schools, MIT does

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  hits me: I’ve almost made it through two months of MIT! 60 long days ... ’ve stood in line at Maseeh’s dining hall at 12 pm for a halal burger. I ... naps into 2 hr naps. I’ve repetitively failed at responding to free food

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  album"]musicals,[/annotation] hiked in national parks, stopped for free wi-fi so I could take video calls for my new job (which I had already started ... . This city was where I learned how to advocate for myself and form a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  into this crazy place, to now being a blogger, happened so quickly, I ... happen, and it happens very quickly. So I'm here at MIT, taking actual ... !). It's crazy. I moved up here on the 19th of August, for my pre

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  ."]brown, red, gray, and white pigeons[/annotation] flocking together on city ... . I learned how to identify them based on their coos alone; for some ... quickly as possible. (It certainly didn’t help that these birds were

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  40 minutes for an on-campus information session. I had to very quickly ... Today, I'm back in the office (but only for a day) after doing three college fairs in New York City this past week. It was a fun week! First was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  MIT, feel free to email me. But I probably won’t respond for a week or ... , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... been talking for 40 minutes when it's only been 4- yeah, there was

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  be willing pay for such an event? A quick check on ticketmaster shows ... tomorrow and it's all for you. For four days MIT crams all the awesome stuff ... anything to them was Battle of the Bands.* For an hour and a half one night

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  before I fly back to Cambridge tomorrow morning. I’m on my own for now; my cousin is at her job, working for a public health/charity organization, and ... early and spend today exploring, maybe bike to the city park. I wanted a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  As a brand new bright-eyed freshman here, you’ll quickly discover that much of your schedule will revolve around free food. Chess club not ... Cross? But oh, free food! Of course I’m terribly interested in getting

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  a few feet away from the giant Apple sign, mooching off the free wireless and free Photoshop to bring you a blog entry about another set of ... ? After two quick stops on the Red Line, we found ourselves in Harvard

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  clothes out of the wash, sending emails, cleaning up my room for CPW, running a quick setup test for a UROP, filling out a when-to-meet, things ... expected to feel refreshed, ready for a round three. But it’s not happening

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  students can choose to go to any available MedLink for help. When Med ... most people are quick to say that they're just fine. In fact, if there ... . Thank you for getting me through the MedLinks election meeting. As for you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  would always give me free muffins just because I'm Taiwanese and I try to ... have on the Metro with Chinese emigrants to the city. 7. I love the 75 ... that wine in Spain is not just an excuse for people to get wasted. 5. I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  hours in Kendall Square. "Don't you still have that gift certificate for ... pick a weekend in March to hang out in the city?" she asked again. "Well ... answered while reaching for my coffee cup near my slippered foot on the

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday ... ] the menu of the most expensive restaurant in New York City -- good thing ... free tickets to see the US women's soccer team play against China in NY

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006