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• Blog / MIT Life

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  too much about getting the perfect perspective on my lego block.   ... people you can come home to. Maybe they don't literally live on your same ... and soaking in the Boston sun on one of those early spring days where

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  today, while my friends and I were walking down the river to Trader Joe ... good or clever. And when I’m blocking out my schedule I need to account ... entirely finished but we are finished, and it’s enough to scrape an A. I live

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  in when there’s breaking news every few hours), but I went on anyway ... everything that’s happened since we last met, mostly focused on the developing ... the news before bed. I thought about the nightmares I’ve had, ranging

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  'welcome to MIT' freshmen experience, began on Saturday. Today, Denzil Sikka ... women on campus. Denzil (Panhel): The Greek System is a large part of ... one of the greatest opportunities to help me develop as a woman. My

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  sketchy youth hostels and subsisting mostly on döner. I was planning to live a little more comfortably, but after seeing the rent on my apartment ... it in Germany, but döner is seriously the most delicious thing on earth

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  plenty of free parking (oh the naivete). One of the "cons" on my pro ... or so on the weekends) because I needed to drive. It's a calming experience for me even when there are angry Boston drivers on the road. Where

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  . This semester, we started school on September 7, have days off on ... Beirut, worked on graduate school applications, gone out to dinner at CPK ... !), watched pro football, called my mom, entertained Adam's parents, argued

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  feel with the fact that we're almost right on the equator. Fortunately ... comforter. There's a beautiful woven tapestry on the wall, depicting two ... bed and left the room this morning, CL was reading on a couch just

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  (1960) with the score performed lived by the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall ... conversation about fun artsy things at MIT. I met some alumni who worked on the ... from the past.   I’ve always wanted to watch a score played live

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  live next year. 3. Visit some classes and chat with professors - I know ... wander through the videos on my computer. I'm sharing a particularly choice ... live it down. MIT Tech TV Oh - and I also found one of Quinton, from

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  ashamed. Past the guilt, however, I can't help but feel inspired to hold on ... Really Good Chinese. I got to know him better last January on an IAP trip ... Chinese... Kristina and I were teammates on the MIT Sport Taekwondo team

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  Nobody can. We can mobilize and make this happen! Help eradicate the ... communities across the world. Please help them take this first step. Click the ... challenges faced by the people of Jazmín. Here you can see houses on the hill

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  experiences. that interpretation focuses on the live portion of the phrase. it ... i last lived on campus, i regret nothing from the last time i was here ... people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thomas Friedman on Energy & MIT A NY Times article highlights MIT's innovative energy solutions

  

  We’re all aware of climate change and the impact that it will have on ... entries). Today, Thomas Friedman, an op-ed contributor to the NY Times ... discussing energy over beers at a campus bar. Today it has 600-plus members who

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  Today, two quick items I've recently seen on the web (more substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog ... . The course, which recently has focused on the war in Iraq, is described

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  , there are resources at MIT that help you with that, which are outlined on ... ISO has a very helpful video on this linked here. They might also send ... your interview. If not, please get on that as soon as possible.  Keep

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  hit with a case of writer's block, so I went through at least five ... " and "Wilson's Friend"), draw faces on them, and then duct tape them to ... " on it Here are their intros: hi besties, i'm Fatima, from Pakistan

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  Finally back on the blogs, and it feels so good! (I'd normally start ... demanding. I think I might have found myself running on the MIT treadmill a ... 's really good at helping you find out about yourself in that way. After all

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  roomful of Institvte phones to individually congratulate and chat with each ... 'd have losing streaks for a while, give up hope, suddenly get a real, live, excited prefrosh and have a great 45 minute conversation, and ride on a high

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  questions and plenty resources on campus to help you figure out the details of ... random new city (or country) sometimes alone. This probably won't help much ... intern, volunteer, or do research. Some options (at MIT) to help find

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011