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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  living in Singapore, and my friend Michael had to tie his gigantic dog ... -up to my first post about trying new things, and looking for adventure ... . I noticed that my first two weeks in Albuquerque - when everything was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  classes im taking! strictly

  

  ---when I saw my friend typing rapidly on his computer it reminded me of hacking into the mainframe, so I spent about an hour configuring my VSCode ... [caption id="attachment_122847" align="alignnone" width="948"] my

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 16, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  ! UROP I'm continuing my Spring [annotation note="Undergraduate Research ... enjoy my project, but the people I've met there so far have been very ... ="aligncenter" width="500"] my project so far is just code, so i don't have any pretty

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  expecting a lecture-based class, where I could sit with my friends and hear ... , the class felt friendly and close. Those who didn’t already know each ... undergrads to judge. We met so many alumns. My interviewee was a total badass

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  extracurriculars, get my homework done and still sleep at night. And it was true, but ... takes time; also hanging out with your friends, or cooking dinner -- but ... difficult coin. I spent my first two years learning that if you do too many

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  . [caption id="attachment_38589" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Me and my friends who went on the Summerland trail![/caption] The first part of the ... the sun over the lakes that took my breath away. [caption id

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  was basically my money—my mom actually chipped in a bit. The first year was just one calendar, for my friend's birthday. The year after, back ... hazmat suits he had lying around in his garage. Another friend joined us

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  my disappearance from the blogosphere. I’ve been meaning to post a compilation of end of the year reflections from my lovely friends and amigos ... luxury of seeing my cats or rolling around on the living room carpet (as I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  challenges and attend my first event of Bad Ideas, the Craigslist Scavenger Hunt. My friend Ali F. '16 rented a zip car Friday night and six of us ... went through the pile and found a new friend. I named him Charles

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  me and my new friends caffeinated. It seemed like West Campus smelled ... professors, and pick the brains of really friendly students about my random ... that had been available for my browsing pleasure since December, I didn

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  exaggerate only because I don't know any other way to live. Ask my friends ... thereof are not my friend right now.) And at the start of the first class ... elaborated anecdote about my 10th grade PreCalc class. The class was taught by

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  women. It was wonderful to see all my sisters and friends perform; some ... loveee Cake and was super, super excited. In all my excitement, I brought my camera to the concert (which was held in our gym). It turns out that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  's final stop was back to Malaysia, for the wedding of my friend. Above, the ... inspired by a friend's wedding in Malaysia. It was a hot and steamy holiday ... Asia, but I thought I'd share with you some photos from my trip. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  . People at MIT don't compare GPAs (I didn't know any of my friends' GPAs ... be very proud of. But it's not something I'm going to bust out my ... , I don't think I have ever in my summary of a student used high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  , here's my proposal: At the very least, I post this here to give you a ... you to disagree with my thesis, but I'd rather that you help me craft a ... the next week or two, I'll continually edit my letter (so check back for

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  personal yet protective of my friends' and family's privacy, and I refused to ... MIT "for fun" essay about playing basketball with my friends, even ... writing would be to ride the high of my question-answering experience and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  call it a night [read: I was being lame], but luckily some of my friends ... . During my freshman year, one of my friends (who has an exceptional radio ... introduced this post afterall. ANYWAY #6. Get Junot Diaz to sign my book

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  Physics major friend that I hadn't seen around campus since my stumbling ... Back in the sepia-toned pages of my high school years, Personal ... switch windows fast enough. Anyway, enough about my world-class education

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  's location right on the border of Boston. My friend's dorm was bordered ... : (Remember Curtis? Curtis is my genius friend from high school who takes ... share this shortened link with your friends, family, etc.: http

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  -professional" school. My best friend from high school is named Sarah. Her mom is a bank ... realize that not only were my friend and I fairly alone in having non ... , but that we were often alone in realizing it. My richer friends had no

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008