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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  summer to get to and from his job in Providence. I've used it to go to ... that he missed driving terribly. So, not too long ago he bought a used ... look something like this: In addition to subways (which cost $1.70 to $2

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  weren't on Facebook. In retrospect, it was a primitive and dim space to socialize, not unlike a hipster bar in an NYC bomb shelter, or Olympic Stadium ... "everyone was in it." His brother was a meaty metalhead (and consequently a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  ’m only a little embarrassed to admit that I used to feverishly consume ... ’s mostly not advice. if you find yourself in a similar situation as I was, or ... /no record, and a friend convinced me to take abstract algebra. in hindsight I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to ... used to create cylindrical parts, for example a pin that needs a groove ... to machine with other methods) but I was surprised to find one in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  to give me a helicopter ride if I ever find myself in San Diego. We did ... value). My team's plan is to use the money to promote FIRST Robotics in ... Associate Advising meeting, hopped in a cab to Logan Airport, stood in line at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  year and a half in engineering, I wanted to zoom out away from the nitty ... students to enter STEM fields. While I found a home in course 11, I feel the ... office in Ghana   When I came to MIT I knew I wanted to major in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  still able to achieve what he's capable of in the classroom." Fannin is a ... before leaving for the Italy Milan Mission. A call to serve in the Italy ... finale and asked if he could have some time to speak in a postgame meeting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  coupon that I need to use soon Out in Boston Bank of America Pavillion ... with MIT ID? Music practice rooms -- serenade your special someone in a ... Cape Cod -- or so I hear, I've never been; ask me in a week =) Coolidge

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  travel, to research, or to visit classmates. Find a way to go -- MIT will ... material that I am likely never to use in my future. For those of you who are ... found funny without knowing why. Learn how to print from a non

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  : a friend who graduated in 2013 told me that dining used to be a la ... portrays MIT in a way that is familiar to students past and present, and yet ... happening at the time. Luke and Wes sought to capture a similar vibe in their

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  year he used his computer skills to obtain an internship at a local ... what's been going on in my life so I thought I'd throw together a giant ... had to name one aspect of myself that has changed the most in the last

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  figure out which IFAFs to do due to a delay in getting the budget finalized ... . Game 2: Spin! Rules: Spin really fast in a circle and try to hold on ... 'm borderline in several of my classes and need to put in a lot of extra effort

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  never works permanently. Every once in a while, somebody tries to clear up ... met in ham radio was either old, white, or a man, and often a ... unexpected diversity,  I was shocked to find we also have our own frequency

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  get a UROP in EAPS - generally all you need to do is find a professor ... and I’m a senior in course 12 with a minor in biology. Within EAPS, I ... how we can use those traces to understand the history of life on Earth

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  blender -- with a catch. Blenders don't speak English, so in order to ... have a couple of things I need to tell y'all. First, Blendie (the ... blender. I was a skeptic (how can you beat WillItBlend?) but I decided to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  . Simply put, an Octagon is a concrete mass used in capacities of ... backstage cooking act leads to a run-in with Tetazoo hallmates Noah '09 and ... lot as a result, lending to my feeling that I haven't been here long. At

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  , which had a population of 544 in the 2010 census. This is about the size ... exotic to a city girl) his aunt took me to a fashion show, organized by one ... decided to have some fun with it: she got together a bunch of the residents

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  let me avoid using a storage facility in Boston, which was an option I ... smoothies using a few frozen strawberries I still had in the freezer ... hopefully closer to normal. But more on that in a future post.

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  members as well. Parents are used to helping you navigate obstacles in your ... difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working ... full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  later find out I had headed in the wrong direction. An hour later, I would ... subway system, translating to a rife chance to get lost. And lost I was. It took a few extra minutes of talking to Madison on the phone, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013