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  In Prison Literally

  

  At 12:20pm, on December 4, 2013, Wednesday,  I had absolutely no idea where I was. A group of women trudged past me. I looked around wonderingly, walking past a Dunkin…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  Today in Boston it was 41 degrees Fahrenheit and rainy. Random Hall had a massive potluck Thanksgiving dinner with our housemaster Nina and her family, and several smaller Thanksgivings branching…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  This is the more hardcore half or so of the 42 recipes. Most of these I don’t get to make much during the semester, except on slow weeks or when…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  It was 2AM. After a heart-warming and tummy-filling Thanksgiving break with my parents and my favorite sister (she’s kind of my only sister, but that’s beside the point) I found…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  This summer I wrote a bloggerGuilt script to help me keep track of posting patterns on the blogs. But when I ran it earlier this morning, I realized that I was…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  Currently listening to Currently with: Raymond, Lucy, and Shannia Currently drinking: Odwalla Superfood Currently feeling: warm and cozy in the Shire, floor 4West, Next House, Cambridge, MA. This weekend was,…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  Splash stats: 2670 High School students 517 teachers* 701 classes, 956 sessions** 1330 hours of classes *mostly MIT undergraduates **you can sign up to teach >= 1 sessions of any…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  I’m in my room, clacking away on my laptop, my fingers slowly defrosting, bits of ice forced into my intestines (by Cambridge’s spooky weather) slowly melting, and I feel pretty…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  Organic Chemistry is notoriously hard. But what isn’t hard is having dinner with your organic chemistry professor– which can be sponsored by MIT’s Undergraduate Association! “WAIT FREE FOOD?” That’s right.…

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in my life, I get to actually do cool engineering-y things with my actual hands for a research job.…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It’s one phrase – “a cappella”, Italian for “in the manner of the church” (thanks, Wikipedia) –…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  From a combination of Being enrolled in a music class this semester Having musically-inclined friends (and a relative) at MIT Having the great fortune to be an MIT Arts Scholar I attended…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  This Isn’t Goodbye This is see you later.

  

  “This isn’t goodbye, this is see you later!” I told my family as they left that Monday, August 26 from Parents Orientation. It was true. Family Weekend was only at…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  Although this blog probably would’ve been more appropriately posted at the beginning of the year, I think the photographs that our freshmen took deserve to be shared with the blogosphere!…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  In spaceflight, “attitude” refers to orientation: which direction your vehicle is pointing relative to the Sun, Earth, and other reference points. If you lose control of your attitude, two things…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fashion Design at MIT calling all fashionistos and fashionistas [pictures inside!]

  

  Fashion is, evidently, alive and thriving at MIT (we’re not just a bunch of nerds who always wear hoodies and jeans!). Tonight, Kappa Alpha Theta hosted their annual fashion show,…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  Hi all- This is a quick update for our Early Action applicants. As of tonight, we have finished processing all mail and loaded everything into our system. If you have applied…

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  Over one weekend in the fall (Splash!) and one weekend in the spring (Spark!) 3,000 middle and high school students descend onto MIT campus for a whirlwind of learning. I’ve…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  “The less learned cannot fail to be pleased, though without knowing why.” -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart *     *     * I took classical piano lessons for 14 years,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  11/9/2013: At the time of this writing: > I’m sitting in a cozy joint titled “Tasty Burger” with Hairuo, Royal, and Trevor. (They’re cool.) > Hairuo, Royal, and Trevor are…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013