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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  for internships. I got lucky and managed to quickly get a few offers for ... take a gap year, how the first week went, and what my plans are for the next 51 weeks. Motivation and Rationale I've discussed briefly in some

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  that was the United States. As a chronically online Gen Z-er, I’d already ... fateful night during a Phineas and Ferb marathon. What exactly is cream soda ... make theirs from melon soda and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. [gallery

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  East Campus"]Tetazoo[/annotation] and a resident of [annotation note ... for a week. Putz and Tetazoo have quite the relationship, one that involves many a prank and snark. During their stays, each resident is to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  class at The Ohio State University and I am one of three females in a ... festival in Davis Square with an array of arts and crafts vendors. I’ve been ... . No, this is a fancier event. The handmade cups here cost $68. And I am

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  psychology grew out of a call for universal education, and that it reciprocally ... After talking to my friends during the first week of senior year and ... three days. And, if you're sly (or legitimately busy, but nobody can tell

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  MIT, glue then back together, and show you this amazing institution from ... , offer advice, joke around, and tell all of you, face to face, that if I ... , departments, administration, and admissions office have worked tirelessly on

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small ... machines (or myself)! The course taught me that and more. The first couple classes were spent quickly going over how to use each of the machines and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  reality. The mission of the MIT Institute Community & Equity Office is to advance the respectful and caring community that embraces diversity and empowers everyone to learn and do their best at MIT.
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  anyone can offer to mentor, but they'll have to go through an interview and ... week (more on that soon) and am here to spotlight an incredible project a ... . Who: 9 students from MIT and UC Berkeley What: Biking across the

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

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  the Class of 2021 will gather and President Reif will give a welcoming ... ; MIT can be overwhelming will all the advice you hear left and right. But ... personal growth, and a big part of that is understanding your limits. Find

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  personal biases and cultural influences. It wasn’t until I took a moment to sit down and write my opinions on personal and political matters and ... understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... me. First, I went to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with ... Roald Dahl's major output (Chocolate Factory, Glass Elevator, James and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  heading to MIT one hour and then think that I wasn't getting into my state college the next. And I got lots of work here now, but at least I ... about this time during my senior year of high school and that was really

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  . I had a full-time return offer expiring within the next week, and ... and Carry On 👑   [caption id="attachment_39722" align ... classes + training/practice (grey), psets + revision/studying (blue), and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  getting a PhD by offering a gift to his committee beforehand--while most of the time, donuts and coffee would be served at a 10 AM thesis defense ... , and Rocco try to figure out how to prepare their chicken tetrazzini

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  weeks before it opened. I suppose as a member of the MIT community and a ... to be honest, it was because I live around the corner and had been ... the space. As we walked through the spaces—public, backstage, and

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  Science Institute, so I'm pretty excited to declog my arteries and eat a ... through Seoul, and I'm holding it. This is not because of lack of access - I ... and tell them I'm just a normal kid who chugged two waterbottles before

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  perpetual state of spatial lostness. In his words, “location just isn ... (sorry, Nathan) and utterly incomprehensible. Sense of place is perhaps the ... ago, the painted red and white stripes on the trees beside my

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  awesome pianist David graciously offered to present my Theme and Variations ... faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their ... Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  , for instance, that chocolate has six crystalline states and that heating ... chocolate on campus, and to bringing opportunitites for learning about, appreciation of, and indulgence in our favorite substance to the community.  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009