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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  something that could buy X amount of Y. I told her I always jokingly see money ... the first time in my life, I underpacked. It's another scary feeling—I ... I'll be honest—I had never really planned on going abroad during

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  gorgeous I really am in real life. As you probably know, it's kind of hard to ... (who buy the computers we use) would be so totally confused by the ... the design is also a work in progress. I'll be working on the other

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  in 1992. What I didn't know at the time is that FIRST was actually ... ). I figured I would post it here for those of you for whom, like me ... game in a long time I am legit jealous I won't get to participate in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  -provoking conference. Thursday through Sunday, I was in St. Louis for the annual ... conference I've attended where the participants are housed in dormitories. I ... , I couldn't go to St. Louis without seeing the famous Gateway Arch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  . Something about their intensity just draws me in. “But no, I’m a Pisces.” “Oh ... . Spotify holds such a place in my heart that I’ve said it’s one of my ... the emotions they spur in me. For this post, I thought I’d put my liked

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  couple courses in the department, I determined that this was not the career ... (Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Management Science). I found that I really enjoyed the classes I had in course 15 but the course 2

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  would be in custody of my younger brother, which, okay yeah I can see why ... [/annotation] in something else I dunno — and preemptively held it up to anyone I ... lived in St. Louis, the question probably meant what my ethnicity was or

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  third freshman blogger, class of '15, and I thought I would take a second ... with a bolded list! Past Living Situation(s): I was born in Ethiopia ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  without any more additional delays I would only be home in Berlin three or ... This summer, I'm doing MISTI-Germany and living in Berlin. I've been ... I did a lot of reading and relaxing. That in itself isn't a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  the clay, which would absorb all of the water in their bodies and give ... Europe. Probably forever. I'm just chilling here in my air ... in my last entry. I wanted to title this entry "Now I'm a little boy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  in any way, if anything, I believed it would be a hindrance. Truly, I ... , if you told me that I would join a sorority in college, I would laugh ... probably still would not be in a sorority. I don’t know if I would be unhappy

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  I am back in the office, did you miss me? :-) St. John was awesome ... . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach: I even made my wife do some recruiting: To make it seem as though

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  about living in Macgregor next year, but I have a question. I know everyone says that you can buy anything in the convenience store, but how do ... [I am completely blanking... Shalimar, maybe?] in Central Square -- if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  MIT - it's been a crazy few weeks, but I'm finally settled in and ready ... situations in the future. Eventually we began discussing possible solutions, i ... dancing in complete silence? We want input. -133" Best idea ever? I THINK

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  guests here is unsurpassed in warmth and joy. Last year, I came as a ... college life. Would my sister Skype with me often? How could I stick all my ... to be as awesome as planned? What would happen next? Next, I met MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  't updated in 6 days; you guys are my American Idols. I also discovered while ... would be forced to rely on their weaker hand as much as possible. In the ... to Dvorak, would set me back about $20. That's just stupid. So, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  atomic physicist. In fact, I definitely would have tried to angle myself ... wade in. It’s the coldest water I’ve ever swum in, but it’s not as bad as I imagined for water a few degrees off freezing. We stay in the

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  everything which occurs, in the style of posts by Shuli and Cami before me. I ... acknowledge it. Instead of getting up, I lie in bed, check my email, and read ... morning routine slowly—I don't believe in breakfast, so I skip it, but even

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  mushrooms, I include them in almost every meal greens: I buy a mixed baby ... normal definition of the word, but it's what I would call ragu in Russian ... for all but one semester. This summer in Berlin, I lived alone again

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  -Mobile, I knew this as the best place to buy jewelry. In front of T-Mobile was ... Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for the first time. I fell in love with Adichie ... —similar to how I marked my height in pencil on my doorframe each year as a kid

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021