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• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  me, who have not gone to the restroom once yet in the first three hours ... I'm on a 13-hour flight from San Francisco to Tokyo, connecting ... 'm sitting in the emergency exit row directly behind a bathroom - but rather to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  due to excess carotene. So, I'm not Jewish. Not that there's anything ... . From: Jordyn To: [email protected] Date: 10/5/2006 1:24 PM Subject: Pimp My Sukkah. Hello everyone! FYSH (first year students of Hillel) is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  been able to play so many roles during CPW and be a first MIT memory for ... guessed was that the first CPW I’d spend as an actual student would be pretty much the same: after all, flowers were finally starting to bloom en

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  taking those first steps through Lobby 7 as a prefrosh. The inevitable soul ... , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... product design, so thank you DPD for exposing me to my future career⚙️! I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was inadvertently reminded, thanks to news reports, that he was once a child prodigy ... Olympiad the summer after ninth grade. It’s easy to forget how smart he is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  back to my room after a long day of being outside with friends. It's not ... the most convenient timings. Never before a call I have to be on or a class I have to go to. When a friend was sleeping over, it started in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  first 1.5 years at college because nothing seemed that interesting to me ... Paper notes I hate taking notes with my iPad, so I went back to good ... sets on my iPad though because that makes it easier to submit the pset on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests ... testing requirements here. I’m happy to announce our decision to ... for first-year and transfer admissions (for students entering MIT in

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  have thought waking up before 7 AM could be nice. The morning used to be a stressful rush to get to school on time for first period. Here, each ... naturally wake up very early. I know, it's a nice "problem" to have

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college essay, go to 3. 1 Congratulations, Early Action applicants! You perfected

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  Once upon an IAP, there were 5 externs* who were lucky enough to be selected to work at a magical company called 5 Wits Productions, where many adventures awaited them. For you see, engineers at 5 Wits got to bring

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  Greetings and salutations! If I'm a good judge of time, and I like to ... and getting excited to finally make it to campus in just three short ... summer leading up to MY freshman year I haunted these blogs and I expect

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  can to travel alone internationally for the first time. Of course I ... Jersey, which is very close to home. Planning for summer 2011, I knew I ... , I have friends going to India, Japan, China, France, and Spain. As

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  [by Jessica Noss '14] Unable to choose a single group, I decided to stay in MITWE, MITSO, and Techiya, at least for the first couple weeks. I ended up staying all semester, which turned out to be a very bad idea by

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  class 11.027, City to City, spent our week doing ground research for four ... encompasses a variety of different specializations, ranging from urban design to international development to environmental policy, and more. I joined course 11

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  tools we used first. We used band saws to cut some aluminum brackets. We used mills to drill holes in some polystyrene brackets, and we used lathes to turn and tap a plug for the end of our bottle. A tool

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  "yield"), we admitted 1533 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the ... spot on the waitlist. Not all of those students will choose to remain on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  first week of orientation, you get to go around and visit all the dorms, decide which one you'd really like to live in based on meeting the people there (not just from a viewbook or description). After that, you get to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  Standard Technology Ring. The committee's first decision was whether to use ... prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events from their first ... to the spring of 1929. C. Brigham Allen, President of the Class of 1929

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  million-dollar question. Suffice to say I am back and I have lots of advice and experiences to share with all of you. So, lets get started ... advisor for the first time. You gotta feel sorry for the three poor saps who

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007