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• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to ... dorms at MIT, you get to pref who you want to live with, what floor you want to live on, the type of room you want to live in, and who you want

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  and live in a country that I haven't lived in before, I want to explore ... . It's really hard transitioning to San Francisco from Boston. In Boston ... across the bridge to my house. I don't feel in danger, the public transit

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both ... breakfast for those 10 extra precious minutes of sleep. Get ready for class in ... -taught by the amazing Prof. Stubbe (who, in addition to being a brilliant

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  in French libraries, trying to get used to the French keyboard... it ... students all over the world to participate in internships, and they try and ... read that right - until I could get mine fixed. It turned out to be quite

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  ™,[/annotation] here's my advice: Get to the airport so early that you learn that you ... while waiting Get mad you're not that good at Tetris Check to see if ... while (still only 30 minutes though) Head straight to Shake Shack Get

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  In Real Life Matt and I are in the process of putting together a "Meet The Bloggers" party.…

  

  description I just submitted to the events crew: You've spent the last 6 months getting to know the admissions "bloggers" online. Come meet Matt, Ben ... For those of you who will be attending CPW, Matt and I are in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to ... the French language across the channel in 1066. To give you more ... can guarantee that it would look like complete gibberish to you. In the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... -inscrutable concepts racked my brains to no end, had a few guest appearances in the 8 ... material in class. To further put that in perspective, I typically wasn't the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  and journal and plan read a little bit, daydream a little get to work ... never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  . When you get hungry, head to the Quincy Market (largest food hall in New ... to a big city. It only takes 10 minutes to get downtown from East ... the ocean. In the summer, there are even more reasons to leave the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  somewhat good experience talking to my counselor. i first mentioned this in a ... guy, and it’s been going okay i guess. i get that it’s meant to be ... any more intense? do you feel like you’re getting closer to act upon

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  parents face. For me to weigh in on the merits of an individual applicant ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... want to be, what experiences you need to have to help you get there, and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  track from 1st to 6th grade. I tried to get back into it last summer in LA ... exhausting place to live in at the moment, and the stress of even just looking ... of the stupid memes we like to yell in lounges. The best feature is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  . Anyway, after all that excitement, we got to the hotel and checked in. I ... ceremony (and dinner!) to begin. Be back in ~1 hour. Day 1, 9 PM Ok, so ... most disruptive new technologies get created. Q: “In your respective

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  Japan-based company in Tokyo who attempted to be the first private company ... could be compared to the nervous system of the lander. We were in charge ... the Assembly, Integration, and Testing team. In order to work with them

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Off to Zambia

  

  the school is able to hold adult classes in the evening. Another one of ... Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan 31st. Zambia is a land-locked country in southern Africa (see above

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  , until this summer when I officially moved to live in a hotel (aka Maseeh ... you in high school who want a taste of MIT culture from home and to ... frequent the blogs would love to stalk learn about one of the new bloggers

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  barrier. I get thirsty very easily, so in the airport, I wanted to get a ... , named Chinotto. It was 4 euros so I didn't get it. However, my failure to ... var. myrtifolia). The tree grows to a height of 3m and can be found in

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in ... just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details ... about being in a country where nobody has electricity or regular access to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  because none of us had ever been to Rhode Island before. In an attempt to ... nice to be in a more peaceful environment after the busyness of Boston ... trip, though, was the food. In an effort to be ~fancy~ college students

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023