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• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  my pleasure to welcome you to Japan: the country of neon-lit karaoke bars, culture spanning thousands of years, and heated toilet seats. This ... ’t worry, ispace didn’t give up there. As part of my internship, I was

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  got up in the morning,[annotation note='over the course of the day, around 3-4 inches/7.5-10 centimeters of snow fell. according to this ... ) has Boston had more than 1.1” of snow in an October storm or for that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about ... that Seattle is a gorgeous city. I was not disappointed. A lot of what ... . Drive any direction out of downtown Seattle, and in 3 hours or less you

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

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  weight of 4 Psets are setting in. All that being said, I am glad to be back ... the next few months with 57 units of courses: On February 6th, the ... grapefruit, and sat in front of my Real Analysis class (18.100A) for a solid

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  one of many things. I’m thinking maybe an alligator with rollerblades ... person, however, would recognize the tell-tale signs of a bad joke and wait ... , “Grass. I lied about the wheels. Ha!” It’s the epitome of the anti

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  ;marquee> tags, but I'm afraid that if I did, my boss would laugh me out of the ... me, I'm excited. Before I could reap the joys of summer, though, I had ... maybe 4 to 5 equivalents of this amount of stuff: My stuff, looking a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  I've mentioned briefly on this blog before that I'm part of a ... lot of other stressful things in everyone's lives at the time, so all ... fun together again! One of my friends is in the Shakespeare ensemble

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  On the first Friday of my last semester, I had a choice between two ... rushed coffee break in the middle of the 10am-4pm seminar block. I have ... morning starts with 9.26 Principles and Applications of Genetic Engineering

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  The Introduction This is only part of a comprehensive guide I hope ... not an expert by any means on any of these things. Whatever I have written here is from my own personal experience or the advice of others. If

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get ... the snow is while everyone else got sick of it three weeks ago. But can you blame me?  Just look at the results of last night's storm: ^ the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... ’t wildlife in Boston; I’ve seen my fair share of creatures, including the ... their behalf). One of my favorite places to run in Boston with the cross

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  . It would be somewhat forgivable if these minor wounds were a result of ... between an absurd sense of calm and an overwhelming sense of panic. I've forgotten so much of what I learned in the EMT class I took over IAP, and I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing.). These are just a few small ideas - I know you can think of others tailored

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  , Death from Above is doing a live webcast of the wrap-up events that happen ... did (even though I've only gotten 3 hours of sleep since 9 AM on Friday (that's being awake 57 of the last 60 hours). For those of you who come

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  possible. We build snowmen so large that they require the use of ramps, ice skates, and a team of friendly tourists. My friend Julia '08 shares her IAP ... entry in the works, for those of you who are sick of hearing about it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  I'll assume that we've all heard of the Nobel Prizes, yes? Perfect, now how about the Ig Nobels? The Ig Nobels are a humorous offshoot of ... Nobel!" More power to you, but here's what you're up against: In the category of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  this curious flyer outside of the Athena cluster in building 24 (aka "a ... television show. And believe me, my knowledge of reality television is pretty deep. (Yes, I do know that Chris Vu passed the first round of auditions

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  Like many of you, I caught Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith this weekend. If you stayed through the credits, you saw the name of ... Artist on the other two Star Wars prequels, and Revenge of the Sith was his

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  seems that many of the admitted students already have an idea of what ... chooses a major at the end of freshman year.* *n.b. Actually, you need not choose a major until the middle of sophomore year, though most students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  , where I suddenly had an infinite amount of time to respond in a way that ... asleep and the story continued. Eventually, I’d be wrenched out of the world that the random firing of my neurons had created for me, but, for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022