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• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  Kayla E. '15 and I decided that it was a great idea to go out for a run ... . I crawled around until I got to medicine, and took a ton of ibuprofen ... since I could barely walk. So I waited for the pain-killers to set in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  experiences in this profession have given me a ton of stuff to think about ... Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  translates to used cars — some are cheap enough that doubling the price wouldn ... are incredibly difficult, because you have to wait for a herd of bikes ... prices surprised me at first — in Tucson you can find sturdy bikes for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  student, but I have to study for my 7.012 midterm right now) So until next ... Some people can draw. My friend Alison, for example, drew this ... in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  up? Nope. I went for a 5 mile run to test out the waters: My big ... before I went. I missed them by one day. They're going to Europe for the ... realize...it's a tunnel. A tunnel for cars. But now I've gone too deep. I have to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  way for you to get involved - just download, log on, and get saving ... participating stores list surplus meals, you use the app to reserve and pay for ... most ⅓ of the retail price — i.e. if you pay $4 for a TGTG meal, the food

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can you mail me materials internationally?

  Due to increasing mail costs and in an effort to be environmentally-conscious, we no longer mail materials internationally, and we do very limited mailing within the U.S. You may however, sign up for our monthly newsletter
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  Studies and Planning. The number of applicants for admission to the ... Schmill Dean of Admssions Now is no time to despair! Lucky for us, we ... 've probably gotten in to some other schools! So what'll it be for me next year

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  every meal for the past eighteen years, it's safe to say that I'm a pretty ... , spurring me to scream for Selena, the official bug person in this apartment ... . "Just freeze it for a few days to kill off the larvae. It'll be fine." We

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  to examine for a long time, and photograph. Hong Kong After ... 's final stop was back to Malaysia, for the wedding of my friend. Above, the ... For most of the past month, I was traveling in southeast Asia, a trip

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  sandwiches! And Oh, and when I had to go home for a weekend I walked from MIT ... Bake Sale for Haiti. Best idea EVER! And best vegan cookies and biscotti ... to Harvard for this class (non-credit) called "Reading and Study

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  mentality with regard to work?" is much more open to different strokes for ... 't work for me. I do consider myself to be a "self-starter" (you almost have ... Project Interphase or to try out for a fall sport, and of course there are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  winter break for a few days of ice climbing.  Temperatures dropped to ... 're colorful, warm, layer well, and are reasonably priced. You can get 'em for ... apart after a winter is a waste of money. You don't have to #BuyItFor

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  each have 26 bones and a ton of joints and muscles to provide balance and ... hypothesis for why landing on your heel helps is that, when you step with your ... should pay attention to how you land on your heel and the transitions from

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  [annotation note="great for nighttime walks"]Paul Revere Landing Park ... barbecuing that we decided to use [safely] one day. i was really excited for it ... , occasionally standing up to dance, jumping on couches and coffee tables for extra

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  one for this year because most of the companies I want to work for ... resigned to becoming a regular old software engineer for the first two years ... to the Media Lab for graduate school (masters/PhD program).  Pros

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  for those who aren’t sure where to get started. There’s also a good ... can filter through the options to search for the kind of program that you’re looking for. You don’t have to be “good enough” to do a UROP

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  things im doing during break things im looking forward to doing

  

  the airport and we immediately went for some tacos before heading to my ... things I did while in California: Went to a ton of doctors appointments ... have been living in Guadalajara for about 4 years now. We went to

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter

  

  next few months to satisfy everybody from California's appetite for it ... ; While heading back to my dorm, I ran into Kevin. The both of us being from California, we were ecstatic and decided to go grab our cameras and take as

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  enough to keep Steve Jobs busy for a weekend -- today, Apple and Nike announced a Nike+iPod Sport Kit partnership. This part doesn't make a ton of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006