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• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  other night after a long day of travel and lugging. Good to be back, but I'm glad I had a time to see my parents, friends, and get a taste of home ... in Cambridge, a new land of activity and opportunity, all the while

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Places You’ll Go Places I've recently gone.

  

  , solving brain-busting puzzles, and taking classes on the other side of the ... staring at The Weather Channel for hours on end as a child, and having a ... and cold afternoon but the feeling of liberation from classwork kept the

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  thought to reconsider my initial hatred of the MBTI. Could there be any ... standings of other people. Practical matters and gossip are their bread and ... Podcast, and freak out over Brexit. The only grain of similarity I could get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  , Physics professor Scott Hughes, Professor of Urban Studies and History ... , and more. One of the dinner tables at ZBT; in this picture, you can ... Peak fall foliage has finally hit MIT. Some trees on campus started

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  , seeing everyone and feeling the ENERGY here. But before I get too ahead of myself, I want to say that this summer was one of the most meaningful and rewarding summers of my life, and a lot of it was thanks to MIT. I spent the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  -time, and did all sorts of [annotation note="including but not limited to ... juggling classes, DormCon, and other dorm obligations, I had a fair amount of "free time". Of course, many of those free hours could (and probably

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  at the College of William and Mary before swiftly transferring) so when ... junior year of high school, class was cancelled on account of a -60F (that ... dumped up to 20" of snow all up and down the seaboard, including record

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  few friends and play a couple games of cards, then I got home and just ... t-shirt, and my Harry Potter desktop wallpaper's fact of the day read ... instead of in my room, I spent my evening reading the book sitting on the

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  lot of stepping on and off of chairs. I didn’t really know how to set ... Pad is difficult and I did most of my psets on an iPad then, and ... feeling of getting stronger and lifting big objects. I love the way your

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  of high school, but I mostly design and sew clothes for myself. If you ... for and everything else. And yet...or maybe because of that, I ... has to work within the practical and historical framework of the story

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  . My mom looked at the caller ID and said, "Oh look it's an out of state ... to the effect of I know every area code in Massachusetts and that is ... ." Mom wins ... and so does Bryan when the person on the other line is

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  being on Project Runway, and get ahead of the game! And the game is just ... teaching the last of four terms of Character Design and World-Making. On top ... put on by the Museum of Science. Co-produced by Amanda Parkes from the

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  afraid of commitment, and so on; i am trying to find my way again, and ... dedication of the self, and this naruto battle… well, i suppose you can ... , and it is only through constant commitment to some kind of value or

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  decision. Out of the 437 students on our wait list, 26 were offered admission ... any additional students for the Class of 2020. We have seen all the wonderful updates that many of you have submitted, and appreciate the time and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  grin and a two-inch rendition of a saguaro on my left ankle. I showed my ... On New Year’s Day, I got a tattoo of a saguaro. Saguaros are massive ... here: the gila monster, its mottled orange and black skin warning of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  working on over the past week. Some of these science experiments include a ... ! Inside of our main lounge (Talbot), Alyssa W. '16 is working on creating ... of East Campus. We are excited for our new prefrosh and about the build

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  skiing. When you're on the slope, it's just you and the mountain. You point your skis down the hill and let gravity help you on your way. As you turn ... holidays because a lot of our extended family doesn't live within a drivable

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  Pushiness of Parents, and Other Admissions Tales By ALVIN P. SANOFF While ... intensity of the admissions process and constant news reports warning how ... admissions process (and many other aspects of their children's lives) are now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  compares any influence of fibre-type material and textile construction of underwear on thermoregulatory responses and thermal comfort of humans during ... has more of an influence on the thermoregulatory responses and thermal

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least your first week at MIT. Since Sam and Mitra both have covered many of ... Midway, I'll just try and cover the aspects of Orientation that have not

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005