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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  goes on. Personally I decided to go back MIT for 2 weeks and then going home in California for the rest of the break. I know, lame, but I spend the whole summer in Germany through this awesome program called MISTI

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8 ... a draw for me in the depth of intramural sports. I had been a varsity athlete in high school (cross country and wrestling), but I had decided not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Photos of Freshman Spring 📸 My attempt to take a photo a day for an entire semester.

  

  ![/caption] Somewhere, deep inside me, I also had the desire to improve massively in art ... be an exercise in ✨consistency✨, a mythical attribute I’d been striving ... be entered in a lottery for a $1000 dollar scholarship. For kids up to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • October 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.

  

  presence of my former 8.022 professor, I drowningly flailed my arms in ... Tuesday morning, I excused myself from de-insectifying MATLAB scripts ... of Boston's air pollution. Soaked in a brew of life

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  . Here's an abridged version of the whole thing. I grew up in Hampton Bays ... options remaining, I cluelessly applied to colleges. Being the first in my ... school in Cambridge, spending very little time at this school which I had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  to consider the factors I would need to put numbers to, in order to ... likely to be born in February than in other months, so given that I'm born ... 's unlikely that we'd be getting married in the same year -- I'm significantly

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  participate in MISTI. When senior year rolled around, I decided that a 5-month ... -rest-of-my-life opportunity. It was a great idea in my opinion! So there I am, sitting on the ... that I’ve never studied in depth for a company that has never taken

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  drizzling in the afternoon, so I went to Jahunger – a Uyghur restaurant that ... pouring outside. I didn't want to walk in the rain or call an Uber, so I ... in with such high expectations that I was sorely disappointed when I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. I am finished with my undergraduate career.

  

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. What's left? I officially stop being a student blogger on... *checks watch* May 31. So, I think it's time we talked about things and I fill you in! But for now

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  reviews, and i ended up falling in love with a few of them. then i found out ... time, i've never actually seen an improv show in person, just read about ... months of waiting, i learned that i got the role. in fact, i was lucky

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  do you mean  “I could choose to Double major in  Eating and sleeping ... in  IAP?”, “do I also get to Dance in a lion, or a kaleidoscope ... ’ll find an answer in my sleep tonight. Maybe I’ll know it when I go to

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  , my interest in comparing mediums had evaporated to the point where I ... , I'm trying to tighten my culinary grasp in order to make new and ... -saturated “Introduction to Undergraduate Women in Physics” event that I hosted for the Class

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Enigma Gold Star Winners! Don, tell them what they've won...

  

  To follow up on this entry... Thanks for playing Engima Wrapped In A Riddle! Don, tell them what they've won. Wow! I am impressed by how many ... winner, but by the list you can see we are feeling the holiday cheer! The

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship for future engineers Chance to win $2,000

  

  Chapter website (ashraeboston.org). They are awarding 14 scholarships in the ... ://ashraeboston.org/scholarship-info.html You can also apply for this scholarship if you're a first or second year college student attending a school in Massachusetts, so keep it in mind!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 3, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer a pre-med program?

  prehealth major; rather, students can pursue a variety of majors and take classes in any department. However, students need to fulfill certain subject ... schools. Students interested in a career in medicine or other health
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea ... students write their thoughts about life in college in blogs. These honest ... that prospective students can review to help determine if MIT is the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  jokes aside, I am actually sick, and I haven't been this sick in a while ... didn't pre-register for it until I figured out my schedule in mid ... "bklbcvb". In desperate response, I emailed the course 9 administrator and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  .org better. New bloggers! In addition to our new website, I also want to ... I hope you like what we've done with the place. Seven years ago, I ... have we. Let me explain how. How (and why) we redesigned In 2016, we met

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  , but it was true. So I walked around the airport like the bird in the ... really thought I'd lost weight, showing my mom the t-shirt I bought in her ... which pedal the break was (I don't drive in Boston). And now, it

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  very same Walker Memorial in which I have endured many a painful midterm ... Cormick at about 11:45 pm, naively thinking that I would be in bed by 1 am at ... arrived, my joy at having gotten in was weighted down by uncertainty. Did I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010