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• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  ideas that are not good ones. On the day of the Green Building Challenge ... of stairs in two hours on Friday night. That's 12 times up the tallest ... better to do on a Friday night, along with increased risk of heart failure

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  had been on my to-do list since getting to MIT. It’s a pretty good way ... especially useful for anyone planning on doing MISTI Israel. In one of the ... out of the way. The other is being one of the two chairs for Bad Ideas

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  was a slobbery, deflated mess on the floor. For the sake of writing a ... except for the voice on the other end. I’m not sure how many of the words I ... the call, and then ending up crouched down on the side of the road for

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  process. The good news is that she got accepted to a bunch of schools all ... bunch of bills to pay and I don’t really want to be a burden on them. I ... hopefully develop lots of new friendships that will last a lifetime. Finding a

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  anymore. If I need to learn a new protocol, I usually ask one of the ... the floors' layouts? Then, on internet connection. Does MacGregor have ... has, but on the page about MacGregor housing there is only wired

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  videos. The folks on campus certainly did, as upwards of six people ... , Drive-Ins, and Dives (which is one of the few things we disagree on - I ... ... ....so you can say that you made it all the way to the tip of Cape Cod. h

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  're done.” Don’t think of all the ways you could have made the application, or the life described in it, better. Think of your wonderful high ... ribbons on graduation. You've heard of them, haven't you? Do the numbers and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  friends on the fourth floor have Guitar Hero II) was part of the reason this ... was waiting for early action decisions. I know there's no real way you can get it off your mind completely; after all, you're on the MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  ! (Come on, how unprepared can you get?) It turns out that three of us ... saw these two posters on the wall of a bathroom: (And then a girl ... taking a picture of a poster on a bathroom wall, which is exactly what I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  interview the same way! There are a lot of things that can come out during ... of thumb, if you can't talk about something you worked on during high ... forehead and trying not to cringe from the terrible aftertaste of the iced

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  Eugene, reminds me of a Dance Troupe concert (Dance Troupe, by the way, is ... ! The Daily Show is now on, and Jon Stewart is making fun of Ashlee ... 'm going to bed. Good night! Not the same few colleges: The University of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  't mean you have to lose the advantages of new technology, though.  Most ... free). In any case, on the PC side I've heard good things about Lenovo ... purchased Kindle books on your computer. Tablet (?) Let's get this out of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  The arrival of September 1st signifies exactly 4 weeks until I board a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college ... good use.   So there you have it, a couple of things I want to do

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  via solder wire. Solder doesn’t take to every type of metal the same way ... went wrong. I was working on a persnickety mill, so a couple of problems ... ’t sure how to fix them. Each time, I wasted a good bit of time before

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  have a good amount of friends, but more often than not they are simply ... the exact same when I came to MIT. I would have a good amount of friends ... ’t know I live in the #1 dorm on all of MIT campus #BURTONCONNERORDEATH

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  embarks on a new journey. We'll miss you, Ben. ... fantastic new job (Vice President for Communications!) at Oberlin College. If ... in at least some small way. He created this community and made it what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  ): obtain mushrooms of various types. shiitake is pretty good. obtain ... lots of ways some people like pan-frying them do this by adding oil ... sauce of choice (soy sauce + sesame oil + balsamic is pretty good

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  , views of the harbor Teuscher -- chocolates on Newbury Top of the Hub ... of your dorm -- it's not so hard to find the way out from here Park ... , seduce, and hopefully-not-but-maybe-because-people-sometimes-grow-apart-and-that's-just-a-fact-of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  flow of cultural goods around the world," there is a "new pop ... It's snowing here tonight, so when I got home I decided to curl up on the papasan and catch up on some reading. This weekend, I got so caught

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  . I'll rely on my practice instead of my head. But now, in so many ways ... Santa Fe, New Mexico   What: Working at Surroundings and ... 's Tumblr. Lifting weights, riding bikes, making things out of clay

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014