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• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  I have a theory: free food is positively correlated to quality of ... the class. This entire notebook is me realizing that I have no idea how ... years, which is a number that  should make all of us feel incredibly old

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

   these the best noodles in the greater Boston area? This place is located in a ... down, they've been doing takeout!! Which is unprecedented and a true ... Campus friends I know, Bova's is a huge thing there; residents go pretty

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  that Seattle is a gorgeous city. I was not disappointed. A lot of what ... college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month or a few at a time. I specifically sought out a summer internship in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  once every two or three hours, but, in what is perhaps not a great omen ... ,[/annotation] although I was only here for a few hours that time. Now, we are covering ... happens anyways, and, in any case, is too deep of a rabbithole to be

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  10 PM, which was glorious in a way, but just meant that I got far less ... can hold moisture, I'd totally forgotten about that!" It was quite a ... that I realized that I hadn't seen clouds in three months. I called

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four ... Now that CPW is over, things are a little less hectic around the ... from admitted students (do you have any? Leave them in the comments

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are Too Many HASS Classes I Want To Take What’s a Boy to Do

  

  thing—what classes I’m going to take next! This is not because of a deep ... stuck in the blizzards on campus. [annotation note="This also means that I ... that I want to take. For a school so deeply characterized by nerdy

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 29, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  E-3 (admissions summary) card: I: We have your Interview in your ... interview in your folder. We understand that geography can be hard, so we ... that you had an interview, which we're happy about, and we get in touch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  . Please note that there may be times when there is no EC in your area and we ... interviews has changed. A description of the current interview process is ... 's start at the very beginning. (A very good place to start.) 0. Is an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  everything else that happened – what happens in Peru is supposed to stay in ... Day is a very popular weekend for retreats, brief trips back home, or sleeping marathons. Per tradition, I partook in the first of the three, as

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  ! Honestly, I'm amazed, I have tweeted exactly 10 times in over a year and I ... I, like most college students, have a Facebook account. Actually, for that matter, I have an account for just about everything, but by no means

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  ") at a variety of companies with MIT alumni. I chose to do an externship ... to share a meal, but it frustrated me that I just generally didn't have ... ) afterwards, stopping for some Insomnia cookies. I explored a vegan spot in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the winter the grass is covered in hoarfrost (иней in Russian, I learned) that ... I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  baggage check lady. We chatted in a friendly manner, I explained that I was ... think that I have an ear for a band's sound since I was so involved in ... which I'm actually doing). But, that's not the best part, since we have

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  adjusting to my new schedule and new classes (also more on that in a later ... fairs. One nice part about this year's career fair is that we do get the ... don't think I'll ever come close to grabbing more than 33 t-shirts in a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  that requires you to be a junior and proficient in, like, five different ... , but they do exist. Besides, it doesn't hurt to reach out to a lab that ... of the process in obtaining a UROP[/caption] It's a great opportunity

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  advisor: "What was that they were handing out?" Me: "Candy." I had a ... Now I have a lot more stories where this comes from... Tuesday, I was ... ) was promoting an energy campaign titled "Do It In The Dark." As part of

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  there. "THAT'S AWESOME!" I told him "I know! And they do all sorts of ... my mind. That was until this last Saturday while I was sitting in the ... 'clock, you in?" "Hm, that's really tempting," I mused, "Very very tempting

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  one hour of musings we're so back

  

  . Subsequently, in effort to break that spell, I've set a one hour timer to write ... journal. Being in the public is a vulnerable act. My situations made me ... subsided, at least for a wee bit, and I'm excited to be back. — Is this

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 10, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  but I think she may be feel somewhat intiminated,she is a hs jr in a sci ... going in as a girl,that know has changed, it if I can get her to read your ... you in such a bubble. I think I even forgot that suburbia existed. It

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008