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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  min bus rides to class sound incredibly unappealing. As does getting ... that leads to three nights in a row of cereal for dinner. Don’t do it ... self-reflection in a way. There’s obviously classes you have to take to

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  succumbed to a four-hour soak in liquid described by writer Bernard DeVoto as ... legs to be amputated by radioactive flesh-eating eels in the Charles ... My first Fourth of July in Boston was spent on an inflatable 61-inch

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  enough chocolate in general to sink a small ship, midnight did indeed roll ... guilt, over to the east side of campus, and stood in a semicircle under ... Saturday before Halloween - they watch hundreds of pumpkins get tossed off

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  In high school I always wanted to know what you learned in college ... of discoveries were made in 1930s Germany, and I wanted to keep ... survive on ramen and coffee before getting scurvy, but the mundane details

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  -science space in Paris. I helped to curate an upcoming art exhibition ... allowed me to take a mental break from nuclear engineering in between ... be accessible in the future? This created an interesting parallel to

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  large swathes of time to feel and think deeply at MIT. When you’re in a ... time to cry. This fucking pset is due in an hour. Maybe you’ll crystalize ... and getting to witness the vibrant art, poetry, and theater scenes of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  to MIT in two years, I wish you all the best for the future ... are indeed under 20 years of age. According to the press release, more ... were selected to "become the next generation of tech visionaries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed to the back burner so I could survive my classes (four technicals, all ... studying the subject, since I found it was easy to "get by" by just doing the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

   watermelon and lots more food from Shaws to [seemingly] the ends of the earth in a ... ’s definitely not because I’ve decided to relax too much and lead a quiet ... -ly duties: 10. I was doing physics:  During IAP you’re only allowed to take

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  've flown in the summer since I came to college in 2007. My only experiences ... semester at MIT, something I didn't get to do last summer. I went to bed early and woke up early, to weather like this People in Boston will

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  hands. From outside, I could see how the latch had to be adjusted in order ... until I found a way to get back into the hallway. After receiving ... came hurtling in our direction and, huffing and puffing, managed to spit

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  plane to get from one point in the country to another."][/annotation] the ... different mindset compared to three weeks ago. then, i was still in MIT mode ... nothing due. i wanted to spend a day in nyc from sheer boredom, but it

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  you guys actually read it. What's up with that?! -fed you. Even in the ... chair for Senior Haus eliminated any chance of getting some of that. $10 ... your parents what to expect over the next year. (She's visiting for a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment ... to learn that it also existed in the US. None of the MIT dining halls ... to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  ; Spent 8 hours at the lab. My postdoc wants to get my current project ... before I graduate... basically this means I have a lot to do in a very ... hours of cheerleading camp and practice. Thanks to some amazing coaches we

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ We've been getting a lot of questions about our testing requirements; here are the answers.

  

  [note: As of August 2006, this entry is out of date in regard to ... calling with questions. In an effort to answer these questions, here is a ... submit one of the following: SAT I, ACT, or TOEFL, in addition to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  . In particular, the people wearing the cowboy hats are around to give ... ’re definitely not going to be here in case you were wondering LaTeX seminar ... earlier. If you have any interest in fire spinning whatsoever, go to this

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  spectroscopy. This summer, I had the chance to live in an apartment in Cambridge ... up side by side in tents as people mingled from one to the next. There ... dwindling, but I managed to get together enough to apply for the grant and was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was ... I’ve ever had to, an effect self-evident in me staying up late on several nights to finish aggravating p-sets, and in me having to think more

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  interviewer) in action to get the most out of this one, but having a interview ... together in front of the curtain. I had the best seat in the house to ... the ingenuity and enthusiasm of the Hunters in the audience rising to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012