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  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  extreme lack of sleep, but I met so many amazing people and did so many cool ... awesome activities like go to a Red Sox game and explore Boston and eat ... community service as I have always loved to do - and FUP definitely showed me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  Preview Weekend in April. We brainstormed, made charts and graphs, and after ... -key, informal event, where you can sit down for a delicious lunch and chat with our Professors about cutting-edge research, cool discoveries, and all of

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  Well, it's pouring rain outside, and I managed to get myself up at 8:30 as usual for my 9:30 Tuesday/Thursday class, 9.15 (biochemistry and pharmacology of synaptic transmission). But I got outside and the wind was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  in late february of 2017 me and jessica t. '20 did a hall exchange. a hall exchange is where two people, who live on different halls and almost ... that facilitate such transfers, but jessica and i knew each other well

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  , and they said their coronavirus policies didn't allow me to, even if I was staying on campus and was updated on testing and all that jazz. The ... walk over and turn it off. I sent an email to our area director

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and ... consolation, so here are some poems that i like to go back to every now and then ... ="113867" /] the days walk by and i wait and i wait, i wait and i wait for you to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  's a time for new friends and new experiences and new places. at the same ... go to, and where the bus stops are, and there are a couple ... . i have a favorite pho restaurant (denny triangle) and a second

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  night I wrote this post and forgot to click publish so I'm going to add a bunch of CROMBUS content and some other stuff to the end and put it up ... making 2 cakes, cupcakes, and a giant cookie. Everything is vegan and he

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  . College was a chance to both remake myself in a friendlier mold and to build ... and then sticks around forever. At least, not for me. A social circle is something that I've had to work to seek out and keep and occasionally

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  from tim cook and a ceremonial turning-of-rings. this class especially ... think, and how to be a good friend, mostly by being good friends to me. there are people graduating today that i've known since high school. and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  and ate the blackberries and apple and cheese I brought from home, and the kids trudged past to their classes, and I wondered how I would have ... School of the Museum of Fine Arts) appealed to me when I applied here, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  you all! I’m Selam, the newest new blogger, and I’ve just joined the ... admissions blogs myself, and so now I feel like I’m obligated to post something “INSIGHTFUL!” and “AMAZING!” and “UNBELIEVABLE!” and any other key adjectives

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  the campus before. I quickly realized it was all I had hoped for and ... suggested events to attend and tips on making the most of your CPW experience. Parent’s Hospitality Lounge Grab a cup of coffee or tea and chat with

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT ‘10s: Prom, Graduation, And Other End-Of-Year Photos Here are some photos sent to me by various MIT '10s. Feel free to email…

  

  email me yours and I'll add them... Colin '10 and Christina '10 @ prom. Keri '10, Kris '10, and Neha '10, or M-I-T respectively. :-) Jess '10 and Curtis '10, at prom ball. Ariadne '10 with friends. Any guesses

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  grants of between $50 and $250 to pods and virtual groups for art supplies ... , pleasure, and community building," and anyone of any level could apply as ... a blue moon, but my roommate is artsy and paints pretty often, so I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a shoebox pc clips of summer

  

  internship on june fourth, it's already july 17th, and i move back to mit late ... turn on the tv and sing you songs and tell you the difference between llamas and alpacas. the pc running out of a shoebox built solely for vr

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  tenth, eleventh, and twelfth floors of the high rise and is broken up into ... floor, with colossal windows on two of the walls, and we also had a suite ... two rooms with a window the width of the wall and a view of campus and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  . And then I found an article that suggested lip gloss might cause cancer. Disillusioned and concerned for my lip health, I started looking for other sources of news and found the New York Times. I was enamored by their graphics

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  own special culture - and ours is especially fantastic. Not only do the ... fantastically different culture and feeling of community!  My absolute favorite ... . We honor Squanches and eat a whole lot of pancakes. Perhaps one of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  My oldest son graduated from high school this past weekend and we ... blue and white striped tent, rented round tables, brought out the outdoor fireplace and placed it way back on the lawn with chairs organized around it

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011