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• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  Many bloggers have been posting about their decisions to live off campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I'd like to talk about exactly the opposite - deciding to live in the COVID

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  this past spring. In response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC, it's my pleasure to introduce a new guest-author blog that will help you to better understand the ROTC programs here at MIT.   ROTC is more

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  MIT just announced that Ben Bernanke '79 is going to be the graduation speaker for Commencement 2006. Bernanke has recently been nominated by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  So summer kind of comes to an end today. Orientation starts next week ... like the professionals do on how to spend a summer in Boston. Now first ... list of things to do is by no means expansive and there are probably a

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

  

  About a month ago, I left campus to take a little trip to Houston for ... ="National Society of Black Engineers - An organization that works to support the ... professionals in the US that took place from Monday, October 27th to Friday

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Love Letter to Tetazoo a valentine's day post

  

  I sit upon this couch in stasis, with many better things to do ... cacophony to any other, yet to me they are the song that tells me I am home ... upon three years ago and now can’t bear to leave. As I near the event

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  Some of my blogger friends and non-blogger friends have asked me to teach them how to use Illustrator so I've decided to write a blog about it instead of trying to find time to meet irl. Illustrator is basically MS

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  Learning Communities were created to allow you to branch out in these classes ... , allow you to avoid the negative sides of GIRs and go through your whole ... to your professors. I found myself in ESG (Experimental Study Group

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Went To The Ballet! 💎 color me refined 💎

  

  This past weekend, I went to my first ballet! Unfortunately, my ... ="I was supposed to go in kindergarten but I VIVIDLY remember lining up single-file to get on the bus, and on the way out of the classroom I threw

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when ... grand master list of links for any and all of you going to any college at ... surprisingly long time to research and put together; I hope you all enjoy it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  Song: Down to Earth from Wall-E. “I found myself pleasantly surprised with how well she was able to hold my attention with math content ... education. But in truth, I can talk to anyone. Well, mostly. Some people want

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  -land without anything to tether me down to things that actually exist. So to hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old everyday physical objects, starting with "How To Make (almost) Anything" (aka

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  somehow forgot to submit the event on the left on time, it's not on the official schedule, so I'm just going to tiptoe over the bounds of propriety a ... excited about CPW! There are far too many events for a single person to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  , studying, and socializing, you're forced to choose two. Well, they're almost right... Some weeks you only get to choose one. It's a lifestyle not for ... 's complement & bitwise ops are a good way to wake up. Oh, by the way: today

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas." Ahhh, New York City, winning the lottery (for Avenue Q), gourmet French Fries, Taboo, Mitra and I got TO SEE ... I am, I got to Boston's South Station at 10:28 AM ready to depart for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told ... : I don't know, I didn't listen." - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  Hi folks, Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or two. I apologize in advance to the folks who have asked chances-related questions - I don't have enough information to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  To set the mood: Come Home by Baynk. [caption id="attachment_38993 ... first week back. #nofilter.[/caption] Returning back to the 'Tute “After a ... eventful return back to the Institute. It's odd how quickly everything felt

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  -professional clubs proliferate like dandelions—I’ve found it reasonably simple to avoid ... passion. To be fair, MIT may have cultivated a different culture than these ... direction, I would have to continue going to boring meetings surrounded by

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I really appreciate how so many from the community talked to me and reached out to me. Video Games Free games to play with friends skribbl

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020