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• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  first mentioned this song in a blog post two years ago, and it's always been one of my favorite Christmas songs. You can read the lyrics here. Let me get this out of the way, first: I think this cover isn't great. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  , and thus saving the five instead of the one, saves five morally good ... independent of moral luck. Finally, and crucially, the maximum goodness ... up a third and popular variant of the life-rationing problem: The

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  on the leading edge of a growing fashion trend. More and more ... using math and biology to produce the designs of their earrings, bracelets ... the first pieces I designed and thought, "Hey, if Jessica can do this, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  of the dark in the eye and paint them on our walls as warning signals ... could process and my eyes saw but didn’t really see. Even the sight of Van ... are as well. It is hard to not be aware of the news and of the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  , are sure of your classes, and hear which books the professor wants you ... to sell books. Ask around your dorm, spam the email lists, and you ... the book that you need, then you can get it off of Amazon.com. Worst

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  , I emailed the women's ultimate frisbee team and showed up to practice ... and which way we were forcing the other team to throw, that was enough of an accomplishment. But! I learned so much on the sidelines from the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  personal and interpersonal. wholly submerged in the myriad of things going on ... 1Q84 by [annotation note= "author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and ... ordered four pints of Ben and Jerry’s with my roommate to prepare for the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  For those of you wondering, I ended up working only until the first 2 ... the sheer exhiliration of cleansing myself to "When Doves Cry" and ... training to eat all the pieces of cookie dough and brownie out of it and then

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  ’ Association and the President of Sakata Afrique, an African dance team at MIT ... understands the power of good research institutions--which are first made by ... him, and build up the volume of participants. However, he’s still

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  the boxes from the oversized section of baggage claim and hauling them into an Uber. It was my first time in an Uber, and the interior of this ... and made my way toward the back of the line. Still sitting in his chair

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding The Tech Article Some clarifications.

  

  number of international applicants admitted to 10 percent of the total number of admits, this year the number of early international admits doubled, decreasing the number of spaces remaining for international

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  is, really big snowballs are REALLY heavy, and at the end of it we were ... left are eyes and a Solo cup button. The body of the snowman, however, is ... reports that the snowman's head had indeed been removed and destroyed in a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  my friends predicted I would ditch the whole idea by Denver and opt to ... distance is the color of an emotion, the color of solitude and of desire, the color of there seen from here, the color of where you are not. And the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  belief. Now, as Spring Break comes to close, and the month of April has ... different. For me, I spend the mass majority of my time on my Physics and Real ... ’m improving as a person both in and out of the classroom. At the same time, I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  doing them and felt that they were the most helpful part of the course ... ) to 10 (Always). The first number is my result from the beginning of ... , in the context of our goals and priorities. It also discussed our

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  XC is Sexy

  

  I first saw the slogan "XC is Sexy" on the shirt of a 12 year old ... Crossing, where we switched to the Orange Line and took it until the end.) We ... 'm going to mix it up a bit, and give people's living groups instead of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  and mechanical engineer. Most of my 6-3 friends have already taken the ... the last week of classes. I did not take any of my finals and OX’d all ... manpower (turns out it is A LOT of work to pick, gut, and transport all the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  the first picture, Ethan, Desh, Matt, Maggie and Maysun (all '10); in ... , I got to visit many of the finalists and their projects. Anneke '10 at her project, with her sign, which became a hit of the fair. And some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  , appreciation of, and indulgence in our favorite substance to the community.   ... . Two of the more unique (and potentially off-putting) flavors the group ... of 30 students the molecular composition of the substances and, with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  sequel to Fantasy High. A Court of Fey and Flowers - This is the current ... thing that stuck out to me most was the level of dedication and commitment ... dialog with the intent of being intimidating and cool, but you roll a Nat 1

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022