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• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  -essential employees I said my final goodbyes, hopped on a plane to Canada and shipped ... and greets, pub crawls and administrative meetings, it felt like I was a fresher(Freshman) once again. Settling into classes I attempted to fix the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  I owe you an explanation for my absence (and you'll get WAY more ... : After my last final on December 20, I flew home to London for winter break. On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I

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

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  -brother, hail. Things I'm now very glad I own: (a) hats. (b) scarf. (c). overcoat. (d). sweaters for layering. (e) boots. Things I now wish I own

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  -or-treating and mooch candy from all your GRTs? Aww yes. I, for one, opted for going to class as a princess. Let me explain. I'm a fan of the TV show ... intended for females. That's actually one of the best definitions I've seen

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  For the past few weeks, I've REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango.  I ... was Red Mango, so my friends and I would call going to get frozen yogurt ... beautiful day and the sun is shining, so I really REALLY wanted to go to Red

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  Love” by Huey Louis and The News, which begins: I was walking down a one ... row way on the other end of the room. I want to interject here and say ... next to the Page lab on the fourth floor of the Whitehead Institute, so I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  minds less often than we think. Last semester I applied for an NSF Fellowship. Part of the application required that I give the name of my graduate institution. Of course, I didn't have a graduate institution yet

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  DDR Tetris Read: The silliest video I have ever made.

  

  months ago, I had the opportunity to see it first-hand during an impromptu cello section social. Then, I let the footage remain in my FlipCam untouched because I was too lazy/swamped with work to do anything with it

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break Good times all around.

  

  career. It didn't seem that way at first. I was scheduled to fly out last Friday: Boston --> New York --> Houston. I managed to get to New York ... intense craving for home/family/my mom's food - none of which I'd had in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  Disclaimer: I'm sorry if this post is a little incoherent. Narcotics do funny things to your brain. ------------- On Friday, I got all four of my wisdom teeth taken out. Five minutes before the surgery, I lay

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  Congratulations and welcome to the class of 2016! I found this picture of you on the Internet:          Go ahead and introduce yourselves :)

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  On Friday morning, I walked into Lobby 7 to head up to the Edgerton Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more ... which I'll blog about soon!) but I did manage to make my way over to East

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  2011 Internship: IFMR, Chennai The skills I gained and the ideas I got from field observations will be crucial for my own future research. I really want to improve my qualitative research skills: for that I plan to

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  Silence. Stillness. As I lay on my side, feet curled into my chest, the only sounds I could hear were my rhythmic breathing, my steady heart ... earth was catching a glimpse of heaven. I felt safe, warm, and full of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  (This post’s tagline is ironic because I’m actually kind of hosed.) I emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night ... , crunchy mass on the countertop over Labor Day weekend. I stayed in bed

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  freshmen guys because I'm going to talk about my rush). You've probably started packing for your adventure and I hope you're shaking with excitement ... fantastically overbooked. This campus never sleeps (but I encourage you to). You

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, strangers. A video, a song, and some doodles.

  

  I... have not been blogging lately. It's too bad, right? Sorry folks, I was just swamped with April, also known as Hell Month&reg. Please don't hate me! Anyway, I also realized it's been a while since I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  my punny ways are a lot stronger when I'm around them; this entry is ... rest of this worse. Before I get fired for writing a blog post ... ) light bulb; 12 to play with the iPad (sigh), a few hundred for the fanfare

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  One of the things I love about the Boston area is that being a ... attending MIT, you can even get into events for free. Last weekend, I took ... are still hanging. What I love the most is that stepping into the

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  Two weeks ago, my life was studying. On three consecutive days, I had ... .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How, uh, relaxing. And now, to punctuate the beginning of this week, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011