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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  always having baked goods to offer. She studies Course 6-3 at MIT, but in her free time, she blogs at FoodParsed, where she shares easy ... ’re going to be at MIT over the summer. Kendall Square Market Location: 350

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  (See the #1 Boston Adventure at the Boston International Antiquarian ... suits. Not particularly interested in huge games at the time, we headed ... lounges back at the MIT home. Here are some examples of the awesome Black

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  (See #2 Boston Adventure at the Institute of Contemporary Art here ... incunabula at the BIABF (see below). Foxing refers to “rust colored spots which ... . For valuable volumes, they started at $500, increased to $2,500, $7

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  mean what most people call “night,” some “morning.” Our lounges awaken at ... . Occasionally, the midnight lounge is quiet. Some stare at the wall, relaxing ... . Dancing on tables permitted. At the start of the semester, lounge

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  the past three years at MIT I've taken a good number of team ... the team. So here goes: my stab at a success profile, heavily informed by my experience in project classes, UPOP, and at companies.  Whether

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  postponing for another 47 days of drawn-out anguish at the accumulating height ... , and subsequent soar into brilliant adulthood?). Who knows at this point ... Phone note I'm typing into, I now see that, at this point, the best option is

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  boarding the bus back to Boston.     Last year we saw Rusalka at ... year, we saw Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle at the opera, Les Miserables on Broadway, and a million great things at the Mo

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  aerobic capacity, which allows them to run at blazing speeds for long ... know what? MIT is unnecessarily hard -- at least if you think the purpose ... of his time frolicking in the sun while laughing at the snow photos his

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  talking about what his first year at MIT is going to be like. That post was ... talking about what my first year at MIT actually was like. First things ... changed during my first year of MIT. I'm smarter now, or at least I hope I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  At MIT, there are two weeks between the last day of finals and ... the Arts Scholars to see The Tempest at the American Repertory Theater ... very good at card throwing. Large objects appeared out of nowhere, people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  -wracked he was about this relationship, especially at night, when the blankets ... to thud faster. He wiped at his eyes with his left hand and managed to ... mumbled, his heart thudding faster now, but even at that moment, his mind

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  community stay healthy, and even though I feel overwhelmed at times, I really ... clarify something about my path at MIT - I now know what I am concentrating ... 'll be working on corrosion resistant piping for oil and gas at TMK IPSCO

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  On Sunday morning the Design/Build/Fly team rolled out of bed at 6 ... that our Corn Dog was the fastest plane at the competition--however, the ... problems at all. As it came around the final turn to approach the finish line

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  abstractions of human proportion and movement. At times, it was frustrating. At ... . The architecture major at MIT is notorious among undergrads for two ... : "Architecture was one of the four original departments at MIT, and it was the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  -set. After staring at the problems for a couple of minutes, my mind folded into ... it with some help or maybe even independently. At your disposal, the ... laugh maniacally at your crawling pace. That probably suffices for now

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  at 4am. I submitted my very last application at 2am, couldn't fall ... into my suitcase; hopefully Eric can fit it into his backpack. At 6 or ... at which the rest of the world was moving. After listening to a very

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  , looking at every project I can find. But today, I was there to attend the ... liquid at room temperature until it was agitated, thus solidifying the ... glasses. Just imagine James Bond at a cocktail party, waiting for just the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  activity, if not necessarily for the content, then at least for the musical ... about Rocky Horror: for some reason, the showing started at midnight. More ... (guess I'm a California boy at heart). Back on topic. That night, at 8

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  Dance Team, stared out at the crowd of giggling students attempting, in ... , is of course, difficult to find at a place at MIT. There's just so much ... suspect) a lot like life at MIT. It will be fun, and also equally

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  across the main island. In my typical fashion I arrived at the train ... , and somehow found it. Welcome to Japan! I work at a pharmaceutical lab ... day for me: I show up at 8:30, my supervisor and I talk about what we

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013