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• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  allowed me to live at home. For this summer, it was more economical and practical to work at the NIH since I'm also studying for the MCATs and I have far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  universe, and everything with an awesome group of people and free food! If ... group of people and free food! I can attest from experience that the ... Dear Admitted, Current, and Former MIT Students, Now that the full

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  excitement and anticipation I had on my first day back in 1996; I wish I could ... a first term freshman at MIT? What you'll generally see is something ... version of chemistry A humanities, arts and social science (HASS) elective

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT Goes To Senegal Like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, except with fewer filibusters and more dancing.

  

  Senegal and work with drummers there. Oh, and did I mention it was free ... , and sometimes go to trivia together, and eat each other's nachos: my name is Jess, and I graduated in 2010. That doesn't mean I'm not allowed

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  lack thereof) and learn more about the sisters in my sorority while smanging it. Hard. Last weekend two sororities, Sigma Kappa and Kappa Alpha Theta held their signature philanthropy events and I was lucky

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Engineer, Blogger… Rhodes Scholar (!) Melis wins the Rhodes Scholarship!

  

  oldest and best known award for international study," includes among its winners political figures like Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos and David Souter; scientists like Edwin Hubble, Robert J. van de Graaff and Brian

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  those on the left, so a clever minivan driver decided to turn around and ... and were greeted by glorious weather and a rockin' campus. My parents ... , a group of interior decorators and a contractor take over a house and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  singles, doubles, triples and quads. For a quad, I suppose, one could have ... and paint it back at the end of the year. Just so my readers know, I ... , and virtually all non-frosh rooms, are singles, making this a non

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  up on fresh fruit, vegetables, and sometimes cheese.     There was ... ’m desperate to avoid blogging, and I blog whenever I should be studying. At the ... 's presentations on Nikola Tesla and Deception, which are stunning and well worth

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my ... , helpful, and hosing. This semester, 8.07 (Electricity and Magnetism II ... geekishly fun and downright scary. On one hand, it's hard to complain about a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  spoilers for the movie arrival (and by extension, the novella story ... a relationship rather than the thing itself. and of course, almost ... post-rock and like how it combines my favorite parts of rock (drum

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  ="yeah the number system sucks"]why building 26 is bunched between 12 and 36 ... anthropology class teacher asked us to say our name and a small story related to our name, and my [annotation note="Intro to Algorithms, a class that is

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  than 2 a day."]free bananas[/annotation] from the Banana Lounge and your ...   One warm night last summer, my roommate Penny ‘24 and I were ... and have fun!  The Infinite Infinite The first major letdown that one

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  fruit. At breakfast, we met Feyi (a young woman from San Francisco) and an ... . After eating, we left our hostel and found ourselves in a fruit and ... -shirts and two sweaters. We are at 10,000 feet, so I guess the cold temperature

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  with too much vc money and throwing parties for the sake of throwing ... title of the event was "sf party" and the description of the event said it ... experience with parties were mostly parties in east campus and small gatherings

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  its contributions to the fields of science and technology. But do you ... mind! #1 - The Beaver Club The Beaver Club is an unofficial student and ... Charles River, where they occasionally crawl onto land and chip logs down

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  students interested in MIT and all the science and engineering that happens ... “Exploring Science and Engineering” essay competition open to all high school ... those of you near Cambridge, come check out the fair! And for those

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  're about to head off to college, and you're thinking to yourself, do I need a laptop or a desktop? I too faced the same question 3 years ago, and thus, I'll share my thoughts on what's hot and what's not. So I'll make the

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... them in future entries. For families who have already visited, feel free to leave your advice on visiting MIT and Boston in the comments; I will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  my summer housing, with excess for spending money), and it's one of the ... :58 AM* "AH CRAPPPP. NOT AGAIN!" *throws TI-89 calculator into pocket and ... not studying, but managing to oversleep and forfeit 5 minutes of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008