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• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  , my buyers withdrew their offer.  All of a sudden I had a house to sell ... drove up to Portland the next morning to pick up my new car. 5 months of ... driving a Tesla Model S 85.  I drooled at it.  I stole glances at it.  I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  ="119562" image3="119579" /] Finally, we arrived at the site in New Hampshire. Putz ... note="2nd West, one of East Campus' 10 living communities"](Putz)![/annotation] Overall, it was a really fun but chaotic experience, largely because of the

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  , there were a lot of new people, most of them men, and he wasn’t returning again and again to offer help to them. I was one of few women in the shop ... square clamps, which was probably the biggest new skill. I worked mostly at

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  track of my finances In order to save money while at MIT, I pulled ... cheaper prices, at Shaw's (a supermarket off of Mass Ave), or at La Verde ... doing better at my job or for learning new things. As a college student I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  while I was cleaning things out for the new semester, a gentle reminder of ... at the exam. We were tasked with memorizing a small handful of ... .310, we were allowed to fill one 8.5” X 11 sheet of paper, front and back

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  of supplies to send to the rescuers at Ground Zero: socks, contact ... prospective new hometown in the middle of March. Well. You can guess how that ... quite a few of those back in early April. At one point I crawled into bed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  the skirt is made from the front pages of the New York Times. Both the ... reflective properties, which creates the ghost of a rainbow if looked at ... Two weeks ago, after a long day of committee was complete, I headed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  senses it's actually old"]new[/annotation] point of view, staring at my ... , [annotation note="at the end of a long list of authors, but still something ... is my new definition of ambition: one that's compatible with the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  ). You can review the list of meetings at http ... enter MIT "undeclared," and, at the conclusion of the freshman year ... . 18th, Mira Loma, Sacramento session." Aha, oops. You can RSVP at http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  decided that it was time to conquer her fear of bikes, mountains, and New ... University of Georgia t-shirt. Unfortunately, it only takes a moment to crash ... carts of food careening through the aisles and pointing at the nicest

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  categories you see at the top of the site. I decided this afternoon that I ... read all of those applications at the same time and compare them side by ... tonight! After you get your tube a bunch of new stuff appears on your my

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  pancakes made by Ling '07, who hails from Taiwan by way of New Jersey. And ... the quote of the evening, for me at least, came when Andreas from ... --Steam Cafe offers two of each per day, one vegetarian and one meat. They change

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  IM sports totally rock

  

  graduate of my favorite school in the universe, and have a hockey jersey (and ... ; Aeronautics/Astronautics 1 MIT Alumni Club of Boston 1   Alumni goal: Matt MacLeod   I came out of last night's IM hockey game just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  i would finally seize these couple of months to explore new interests ... dejection at the thought of leaving my bed. each day, when i roll out of my ... dancing way less than i was at the beginning of quarantine because damn, i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  by Parents is Saturday morning at 8:30 am. A panel of current MIT ... at MIT, including how to participate, what type of research is ... At this point, the admission website must appear to be "all about CPW

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  , I expected to get lost at some point. Everything is so new! Psets ... ’t believe it! MIT is like this entirely new planet in which I am yet to ... there were only a couple of hallways and none of them had any forks

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  college apps. A lot of universities have January 1st deadlines, and that ... , chug coffee, drop out of school and go live in the mountains as a goat ... of getting in based on your test scores

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  (See #2 Boston Adventure at the Institute of Contemporary Art here) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the ... population. Really, a whole new world.    If you're wondering what an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  the kids? Too few of them were looking directly at the students using ... It’s summertime @ MIT! I'm relaxing at home after graduating last ... few of my friends are participating in - Spokes: Biking Across America

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  to please follow your school policy if possible. However, your offer of ... impact of these changes on credit placement at MIT. The first thing you ... at the Office of the First Year (OFY) maintain the comprehensive guide

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020