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  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the ... ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This ... up some snacks and headed down to the Cambridge side of the river at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  consistently for the past two weeks, and I’ve realized that after 2 years, I ... rain thing down. The first thing I’ve discovered is that umbrella’s don’t work. I have had many umbrellas destroyed by the wind in Cambridge and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  EA Blogger Application Decisions The results are in.

  

  impressed with all of the applications (and there are MANY). Your collective enthusiasm is a testament to the success of this project, and Admissions ... for the better part of a year, and most of the committee members were

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  organized by students — at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." And ... how my mother "recycled" the reverse sides of our old drafts of papers ... lists of todos, instructions to myself, things to check up on, and so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  course of the semester. I am spending the semester in Detroit; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; and Hanoi, Vietnam with a group of 30 ... different forces that shape cities and the challenges that they face. I can

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  ~*~Thoughts Are Like Traces of Birds In Heaven~*~ (P.S. I finally added pictures to my last entry - sorry about the delay!)

  

  down a staircase and up another one. It's probably one of the few times I ... , including Night and Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, I've never completely grasped the fear, the pain, and the reality of the Holocaust. My

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  doing for the rest of my life. And in some aspects: yes. I do. Raymond ... of the goal and not get lost in the sauce of everything. Sometimes I ... in my junior year of high school, hated it, and swore I'd never return

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  Career Week. Events of Libraries Week include: Photos with Tim the Beaver ... 's Walls: Tools, Services and Solutions (You may remember the affair someone accused me of having with the Lewis Music Library.) Events of MISTI Week

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Our thoughts go out to Virginia Tech.

  

  the students, faculty, and staff of Virginia Tech and to their families ... professionalism and expertise of our colleagues in the MIT Police, the Environment, Health, and Safety Office, the Department of Facilities, the Medical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 17, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Center, is a state-of-the-art cancer research facility as well as the hub of cancer research on the MIT campus. The Koch Institute brings together biologists and chemists along with
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  On Friday afternoon, the students and staff of the senior capstone ... was fast and furious! The awards ceremony took place of the steps ... each develop a prototype of a product that can (and in many cases does

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... lot about choice, and the choices I need to make. A lot of this is ... forever and stand on the wall, waiting for some moment of certainty, but it

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  different light and expect you to be the expert in everything. Trust me, this isn't true, we aren't the experts on everything. A friend of mine was ... letter he'd sent to MIT regarding this dam. The first letter was all but

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a freshman Getting a P+ isn't just for frosh anymore.

  

  giants--like, people over 6'6"--hit them over the head, and put them in his ... first time. Last night I woke up at 5:30 to put the finishing touches on ... eventually turned out to need about two and a half hours of touching) when I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  into it. This is Skyrim. The most life-consuming of games. And it's very ... the horrifying discovery of what "windchill" is. This year however, is a ... and trips designed to help introduce people to the fun they can have in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  and for all. For the last several summers, I’ve floundered in a soup of ... the disastrous combination of boring and detail-oriented—but every year ... O’Neil, the author of Weapons of Math Destruction, and I was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  was 07/07/07. And if you aren't celebrating the day of the century with ... /07/07, which of course translates to THE BIRTHDAY OF THE CENTURY. (Regardless of ... bit of those 24 hours, but that just makes the time that I was awake

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  my eye. Of course the first thing I thought was that Time Management ... I'm fairly sure all of you are familiar with the fact that MIT has ... Institute of Technology......) But one of the largest challenges, at least for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  ’s beauty in the slope of a curve and the grandeur of Paris. However, it ... your health and literally sucks the life out of you. Now, for once, you ... pleasure of eating an especially flaky pastry. The feeling soon faded, and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  Verde's closure, the bustling grocery store on the first floor of the Stud turned ... the Concord Market raffle! She got 50 bucks and a freezer bag of food ... , and it didn't disappoint. The staff is lovely and very friendly. Lots of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025