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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  : Yes, right there, in all of his British glory.You can also take a bus to ... (read: I got buried in p-sets for about a month), let me take a few ... 's the coolest way to get around.)But I'm getting ahead of myself. On to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  touched 18.03.   In a desperate moment of clarity, I sat down to ... largest sheet of wood I could find at [annotation note="a shelf/wall area in ... dishes, I’d be head chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant (or at least I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I ... should I attend with my child?" In truth, there won't be very many of them ... to offer some tips about how you can get the most of your time on

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  skyline, the trip feels routine, normal. I can walk out in my slippers and ... couches in the lounge Friday evening. I’m used to the cycle of work and then ... in. After my nap, I will head over to the west parallel of East Campus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  going and be the best runner I can be. It took a lot of experiences to ... ="it's like the difference between just living in a town, and being a citizen of ... had no idea what it actually entailed. I just got in the uber and ended

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  , I went out to dinner with a dozen of the 20+ MIT 2010s at Intel ISEF ... Thursday morning, I got to visit many of the finalists and their projects ... . Some of the underclassmen projects I visited: Iddoshe and Yi, Peter and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  photo of my food. 8:55 AM - Arrive in lab, unload my stuff at desk. I ... modelling of a new version of the device I'm working on in lab. 10:05 - 10 ... minutes. I need one of these. 8:05 - 8:17 AM: Shower. 8:18 - 8:27 AM

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  (which can be expensive and annoying). I was happy to pack all of my stuff ... ?" or "can I part with this for an indeterminate amount of time?" boxes ... clockwise 90 degrees). In this particular raincloud plot, we can see that I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  in between all of my other commitments. Since I was travelling a lot ... serendipitous slew of events that happened before I found myself a part of this campaign. I was called up on a random night in October by my friend Sathya

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  opportunities. I lived in Paris for about 10 weeks during the summer of 2009 ... and lived smack dab in the middle of one of the most beautiful cities in ... this challenge was tremendous, I can't say it has proven me worthy of

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  in all the sports championships I care about (or in the case of the ... and all the fans in pandemonium of national pride is pretty exciting – I ... . Breathtaking.......wrath of nature. In the daytime. I was on a boat like that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  your parents!) as a graduate student. I came from a small city in ... I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office bloggers - a source of insight into MIT that I hope is of value as you

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  with three of my friends from MIT also externing in the city for the ... in the city on the 29th. Some of my friends from MIT will be stopping ... 2016 -> 2017 On Tuesday the 3rd, I packed up what was left of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  paint imaginable is represented in the cluster of cans in the corner, and ... , but then I’m a little possessive of my ballpit.) In its short life ... , they trade 8 hour-days of working on rush projects in exchange for free

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  posts in one month and ten days. I noticed that I had put almost all of ... , of course, is that you can fill the emotional void in your life by ... is not of the Dalai Lama, however. I can't stop thinking about the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I ... can provide. Since I am involved with many of the parent events during ... get the most of your time on campus. The first question I often hear

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I’ve completed more than 2.5 years of college?

  Students who at the time of entry to MIT will have completed more than two and a half years (five terms) of college may not be eligible because of our residency requirements. If you have been enrolled in college
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  it? I don't think I can cover all of this in one blogpost but I can ... to be in college. You can shed the skin of your old high school self ... vulnerable in times of hardship and difficulty. Which I think is a very, very

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  epic Journey. I spent two hours in front of that painting, jotting ... suspicious of anything that has the word "Art" in its title (I nearly failed ... visiting Biola and getting the idea of Art History in my mind, I became

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  , thousands of fans showed up at Boston's City Hall to watch the Final ... greater excitement in the streets of Palermo. For France, though, all they ... ' disappointment over the outcome of a game would put them in such a bad mood that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006