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• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  city. I'll try to find out what else I can tell you about my job; if I ... access at the office but not in my apartment. It's been rough, as you can ... externs of any in the entire program -- NICE. There are freshmen, sophomores

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  out with no expectation of winning, so you can imagine my shock when I ... York City in April for the photo shoot, I had no idea who the other girls ... Whitney-Johnson (’08) and I are among the Top 10 College Women of 2007

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  -- I made a point of eating at five Chipotle locations that I had not ... had to admit that, yes, this was now the coolest thing I know of that ... City of Boston and MIT, because, seriously, look at these freaking things

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  was home in October, I spedread a bunch of different books that were set ... - Accomplished! I bought a crap ton of new clothes and accessories in 2020. I ... - Accomplished...kinda? Instead of buying expensive clothing items, I made a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  table saw my handful of plastic Ben Franklins and invited me to buy in. I ... dorms, at MIT. There is a narrative, I think, of fitting in to one dorm ... campus, and there's no way I could have met all of them in just one living

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  reminders. Of things I believe strongly in and hold near and dear to my heart ... process thing as they happen. But all of a sudden I'm at home again, with no ... thoughts carry me away. The morning before I left campus, a group of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past ... , though, I know how hard it can be to clean up and take care of yourself ... categories of what I was putting in each box was a lifesaver. It helped me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  , and Ulysses in the Building 4 Athena Cluster. I rushed out of the ... moral of this story is, though I suppose it can be any one of the ... can do great things for each other. Any others that I'm missing? In any

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  hub of Maine's South Coast region. I was in Maine for three days, so I ... didn't matter too much in the grand scheme of things, because I was ... 's business, financial and retail capital and the largest city in the state," as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  take to disseminate in Haiti at the end of April. I'm working with Anila ... make sense of all of this in just one short week. This is what I ... train their workers on site. So today, we're in Haiti. I don't know what

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  , continuing the storied evolution of Gifford City and its railroad, the "Tech Nickel Plate." Anybody at MIT can join right in, even freshmen, and get ... of freight and passenger services nationwide. Written in Python, it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  particularly difficult during the month of December. Anything I can't buy in ... exception of the past couple of days. I've been through this seasonal dip ... the bright side, I have been doing a lot of sleep... maybe even too much

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  Patriots' Day in Boston, about my first time watching that most unifying of ... rate in the triple digits.  The wailing of sirens and the steady chop ... happened next was inspiring.  I've always thought that you can tell a lot

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  identity. In addition, I want to study the roles writing can play outside of ... outside of the upper-middle-class suburban bubble I resided in. Through poetry, I met kids from all over the city. Each one of them had something

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  off, I think one of the biggest reasons why I had such an awesome time ... lot of things that I've missed or forgotten about, so if you have any ... buying one, but this summer it made for a great resource. With my T-Pass, I

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  counselor about the state of admissions. Counselors can RSVP at brownmityale ... be visiting a number cities across the country in the fall (cities ... road with Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Southern

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... Snapfish account when I was there for a MISTI internship in the Summer of ... then, but I can't take advantage of any of their offers now because they

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  . In fact, I don't think I'd ever had any sort of Mexican food beyond the ... close-up shots of food, as I think they're quite overused; however, in a ... what I can get from the little taqueria right in MIT's front yard. For $4

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  to have some sense of as much of America's cities and towns as I can ... I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  . I hope that, by the end of this year, I can find definitive peace in ... expert. What I do take pride in, though, is my understanding of the media ... have been exacerbated by my relationships. As I sit in a New York City

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022