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• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  Phantom of the Opera by my a cappella group, the MIT Ohms (I solo at 2 ... MIT? At the first fencing meet of this year, I started off very strong ... of 50ish people going into single elimination. At some point in my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  The fourth Thursday of November and the few days before and after are ... size of our international audience, I thought I might take a few minutes ... just watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, another staple of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  . Welcome to my dorm's implementation of CPW! MAC.0001: Introduction to Mac ... because that aesthetic was chic in 1970 when MacG was built. It consists of ... in F entry (my home). About half of us are on the meal plan, while the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  chapter of the python natural language processing textbook. then i hung out ... 'm doing good work that i can be proud of, and like i'm contributing a ... 's reflection on John Perry Barlow's 1996 Declaration of the Independence of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  , I still had a blast; so, regardless of weather, get ready for the most jam-packed days you'll have until you come for Orientation of course ;-) Here are a few tips to making the best of your CPW experience. Rule #0

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  look at one of them— I have no idea what happened next. The world ... burst into tears at once, frightened, certain of impending death ... the several phrases I identify with, but thankfully, at MIT, the bulk of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  are kind of spread out (at least enough to be annoying). It feels weird ... about it in the comments. The gist of it is that many FSILGs offer dining ... This is another one of those entries that's going to make admissions

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  . Here on the blogs we try to give you a sense of what life is like at MIT ... . At least not at first. Instead, what's there is this:   So ... such bill working its way through both houses of the Congress right now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  last first day of my undergraduate studies at MIT. It is the kind of ... . 10:04 AM: I am at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Amherst Alley ... , I also need to get into at least one, and some of the classes have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a freshman lecture size of 400? One of the quintessential features of American ... imagined college in high school, I imagined being in one of these huge halls

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  indoors). At the end of last semester I finally caved and bought a bunch of ... back from Pennsylvania at the start of the semester. She made the trip ... . My room is at the end of a hallway that includes the most commonly used

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  feel at home. A large group of strangers might wander into your suite and ... don’t know how long my body can sustain this level of non-activity. I do ... thing being a big part of the change. There are amazing places to eat all

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  fact that it’s possible, that you didn’t need a company and dozens of weeks, that a couple of undergrads working together could cobble one up. This year, for REX, one of the things being built was a fort

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Yale (CUWPY). So, instead of ... myself sick and just laid in bed the first two days of the hunt, feeling ... headquarters in building 12. I left after 5 minutes and returned with a can of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  overview of interests before I wound up at the Institute. Fetus Era For the ... procrastinating every second away looking at all the interesting aspects of each ... ’t think of a good way to write this blog about all the stuff that comes to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  “we have the winter olympics at home” the winter olympics at home:

  

  choice of MIT, I mean it. I'm on a mission to spread the New England winter ... summons me at 10:00 pm to accompany her on the most random and hilarious shenanigans. Exhibit A: On the last day of finals, as if to celebrate the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  rice. We spent the rest of the day at the beach. I was initially whining ... lunch at a local park, I would see bits of arches sticking out of the ... (Tetazoo) ended up at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. The full cohort

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  . Thank you for saying that. At the end of my junior year of high school one ... , I am here until 5PM M/T/W of this week (although not always at my desk ... at mit dot edu. I trust you can rearrange the anti-spam wording of that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  that's true. Lillian: Well, I think a lot of people, at your age, don ... : That's good. CJ: But I've also been thinking about a lot of questions ... . Xian: I realized that, after talking to the rest of my team. There

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  rounded app square on my iPhone. At the corners of each square, there was ... crown jewel of our trip was biking the Spanish coast, starting at La Cara ... . Whenever we passed a spot any of us wanted to stop and spend more time at, we

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024