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• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... 't get to do a Questions Omnibus before I left, but I promise to do one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  lesson in Italian: "Voray ordinare" Translation: I would like to order ... Pizza Now here in the US, I've heard this pizza referred to as a "Blonde ... joke that I'm not going to say in my blog for fear of offending my yellow

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  as a living room and study area, meaning that we get to watch TV in it ... living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D ... suite door. Adam and I are living in a two-person suite, and we even get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  're going to get unless you took 15.655: Power and Negotiation in MIT's world ... people who cut in line to get into VATICAN CITY. Seriously, what is wrong ... over five days in Italy. This is mostly thanks to Ling's brilliant idea

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2 ... here so we didn't get any days off. Rather, we sat through classes

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  'm going to school in Boston remark on how cold it is, but the most jarring ... Schedule In high school I went to sleep around 10:30 pm, and woke up at ... "]10:00 am[/annotation]. In general, I’m getting about the same amount of sleep

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  Y'all. Simmons is bustling tonight. I realized while going to get ... enough space to run around. And some good shoes you can hard brake in. I ... sleeping or studying. I do actually need to lock in for my two finals next

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style ... assigned to narrate a short story of our own, in both our favorite and least ... what is to come to me as it just so happens I was and the in the items in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  shower. Wait for it to warm up. Get in the shower. Shower. Get out ... to process STEM-related content in the mornings than at night. Doing ... steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  DO stuff. Whatever it is you like to do, get out there and get it done ... on my application, do you think that's enough? Do you think I'll get in ... what you tell them, so it's in YOUR best interest to be honest. Because

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  from Hasbro to get us in. Remember, it's Thursday and Toy Fair is on ... take a trip to Hasbro's world headquarters, conveniently located in ... . The show is claimed by the promoters to be the largest toy trade show in

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  tw suicide mention and angst!! to the skeletons in my closet ... your demons than to write them away."]it's taken me days to even get ... me that is still so, so bitter that you get to move on with your life

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  …no shame in being warm :) And get ready to have a great time! ERICK ... today! And third....the CPW weather machine appears to be in need of some ... check-in. However, if you take the MBTA (Logan -> Silver Line to South

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  invest in this class and the environment. Each day, we uber to the ... head to a lecture or museum. The variety of museums in Brazil has proven ... , so I try to tackle that. My first week, when some friends were in town

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  as close as you'll get to a home-cooked meal. On a weekly basis, food ... really don't get to eat freshly fried, extra crunchy, warm on the ... Disclaimer: This post was supposed to be written a whole 6 months ago

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  Adam had finished a 16.100 (Aerodynamics) lab. We got to Plymouth in time ... , even though it was pouring rain and freezing. I elected to stay in bed ... think dinosaurs are cool too.) After shopping, Adam's mom needed to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  's already broken - what's important is getting to the root of the problem in ... , "I can't wait until I get to MIT and brush shoulders with Nobel Prize ... of C. elegans, works in the lab right next to my UROP with the same

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  side of the road for free water in paper cups then getting right back to ... gets thrown around a lot in the context of life, MIT, what comes after ... training, and there's no time to dwell on anything else except the feeling in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  comfortable performing in front of a group [kind of to be expected] but more ... off of jazz. It really made me want to get back into music; I've played ... celebrating music in all its forms, it was probably time to head back and finish

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  provide support to students who wanted to study or work abroad in Japan ... to start MIT-fill-in-country-here." Then, sometime in 1994, someone had ... early in the year to talk about the details and logistics of the program

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008