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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what we’ve been up to recently a short list about winter break

  

    Retaking the GRE ten days ago (and doing a little better than the first time ... really liked a lot of the songs, and dance numbers. Memory was amazing, and the second big number, The Naming of Cats, was super cool and spooky

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  stuff, the jobful and the seeking return to MIT and I get to see some of ... (but still close to both of them). On the first floor the Harvard Book ... , to bring to Paula J. '13's birthday/ANTM and Star vs. the Forces of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  myself and two of the grad students working in civic. we'd gotten together at the beginning of the summer to read and discuss interesting papers ... obligation to test and publish the potential outcomes of something you’re doing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  , and settled into its new home. The first flight of stairs was no issue ... location. Said item is now free game and the first person to get to it gets ... foot tall, 8 foot long fish with teeth made of metal and plastic. The

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  most of the way and only actually hiked the last 1k or so feet of ... soon after, all before the first day of classes. Before the semester even ... psets due and a writing assignment within the span of a few days

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  ! that's the least number of classes i've ever taken in mit, and the least ... pset in the first third of the semester, one paper presentation, a big ... years, and dozens of new players showed up. and all the effort of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  wrists wear out before the rest of my body does, and instead of waking to ... pinching the top of the udder with your thumb and forefinger, then curling your other fingers around and squeezing the milk out. "Lots of milk

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  MITblogging. First of all, what's the catchiest song in the entire world? Wrong ... through the wreckage and finds a small backpack, out of which he pulls... a ... in front of a palm tree, and so on--each one to the rhythm of the music

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  itself), which included a night out to Bartley's. On the first day of ... of the day. One late night Colin '10 and I walked into New House and ... , more food; and don't forget that last night the entire class of 2010 got

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  summer tidbits a picture and annotations

  

  the first time ever a few weeks ago in seattle, and i went to another ... libraries and jenkins and the concept of a workflow."][/annotation] ... summer. the two sets of flights to pheonix, arizona are work-related, but

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 4, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  [/annotation] of the weekend: inauguration. Here's a cluster of weird and very ... a line of security blocking off the backroom, and we officially ... the way that it is all very brick and has a lot of historical features

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  loving MIT and choosing the institute as one of your college options. Thank ... kisses from across the pond. Ooh, and to serve as a source of distraction ... the world!) For my first trip, I tried to think of touristy things to

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Bad Haiku What better way to welcome spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create…

  

  weekend. I'm seeing the first signs of spring. What better way to welcome ... Break, and somehow it feels like the whirlwind that surrounded the mailing of decisions was ages ago (due to the fact that last week felt so very

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  just got mine from Costco at the beginning of my freshman year and I ... packs of 5 for $3) and they're great to store in the bathroom. Wash them ... speakers will do wonders. 15. Flip flops. The floor of the bathroom and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  Chamber Music Society, and the Symphony Orchestra. First of all, I want to ... , conversations with TAs, and guest speakers, with the intention of finding a super ... and has $22.5 billion in sales. Basically, being the CTO of such a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  Roast is a celebration of mud, meat, and music. Mud, because of the mud wrestling pit and matches. Meat -- well, that's obvious from the name of the ... ) and used one to play half of a song on his bass." Apparently, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  really early when I got to the front door of the dorm and saw: No ... because of the email from the night before, and I quickly discovered the ... has already increased the amount of greenspace on campus by 0.0005%. And

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  and turf dinners at the houses the first night of rush. Parents, to a ... fraternities and greek life, but just a lot of the opportunities you'll be ... meet the houses, eat free food, go do really fun activities, and if you

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  filled of Cranium. Some of my favorite quotes from the night: In a "Club ... doodles weren't working. In a "Club Cranium" round of Humdinger, Diana and ... during the session, for a quick test of your single variable integration

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  prequels and sequels. I also read The Robots of Dawn and The Naked Sun ... participate in discussions at research meetings. And in the past couple of ... enjoy the communication and social aspects of science as much as I love

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014