Search

Search Results

• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  the 2 hours of sleep. I had wanted to take a break from work for a while ... they swore to never do it again. This time they rounded up some 40 people from MIT and Brown University to walk the Walk again. I was super

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  Shout out to the MIT VPN for helping me climb the Great Firewall ... summer--researching at the Media Lab and going to Ethiopia for the water ... anything particularly related to my major--in fact, my proposal for a mini

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  -student-friends for suggestions, and I’m too lazy to format this in any coherent way, so ... , without having to wait for a traffic light, but they aren’t really that ... crossing without a stoplight, cars will wait for you to cross. They like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  comprehension and academic writing and research. For the final paper, I chose to ... environment for women that is conducive to academia. Considering the profoundly ... -correcting the problem? The answer, according to statistics, is “no.” Consider, for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  for a couple days, the bulletin boards begin to look familiar. You ... MIT for you to explore. You’ll eventually know where each path will go ... . No better time for this to manifest than now, when the place has been

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  has been reported that applications to MIT for this year have increased about 6%. Midyear Report: The Midyear Report is on schedule to be ... good time for you to check up on the status of your application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  his research for 40 minutes to talk with me about majors, and what ... we rowed out to the buoys, pulled up the traps I hadn't seen for weeks ... . I don’t know for sure if I want to do research in the long term, but I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  ended up here. And, also, I think it's important for me not to inflate my ... . There isn't much more to say about it. I'm grateful for my position and ... influencer that happens to go to a top college. Which maybe, honestly, is for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  . But I always advise freshmen to sign up for them anyhow. Because ... never blogged about it. Well, I'm going to now, because someone asked me ... in a pre-orientation program they thought I'd be able to help. Instead

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  first day of classes ever for the MIT Class of 2014. The past couple of weeks at MIT have been Orientation for the incoming students -- they have ... , tried out for a cappella groups, played sports, and more. The formal

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  , which in practice, is an excuse for Harvard and MIT students to hang out ... subsidized. For me, the big reason I wanted to go to PUMAC was to meet a bunch ... lunchtime to look for my friends. Most of the high school friends I knew who

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  Today, I woke up and walked to Trader Joe's. The elevator was taking a particularly long time, so I opted to walk down eight flights of ... play. When I walk past that house, I feel an overwhelming yearning for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  or lathe to winning the MacGyver Prize for creativity in that class ... portable asthma diagnosis device for use in rural India. It was empowering to ... nights. I took this class to learn how to draw better for my product design

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he's giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you ... Julie Gerberding and Compton lecturer Tom Brokaw, for example. We've also

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  [annotation note="it’s a 4W tradition to celebrate the birthdays for all the ... resolved to come prepared next time. We had planned for people to go over ... would not want to do this again unless it is improved. That is, for the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  for the title of Person Most Likely to Try to Entertain You by Talking ... the horizontal. In an effort to convince Matt McGann that I am an entirely trustworthy employee as long as you don't ask me for the time in a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  Short Story from Last Summer

  

  the summer, I decide to walk the 2.5 miles back from work, both times ... we are too tired to wait. There is a heat wave going on and the air is ... summer air. For a while, the heat is relentless and then, all at once, it

  • by Sara N. '28
  • June 11, 2026
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  a wet towel and let sit for a few hours FILLING (VEGETARIAN ... too add soy sauce and sesame oil to taste (optional) FILLING (MEAT ... to taste (optional) WRAP THE DUMPLINGS: when the dough has settled

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  for another event, but it was really awesome talking to prefrosh who ... really happy for the attention that prefrosh brought to them.  Other times ... I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  world is? Well, I will tell you. It is going to the Zesiger Center to go ... boxer shorts. And then he recognizes you. How's that for teacher ... 'm developing my traditional mid-winter cold. I have way too much to do in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006