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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  the homework like? Is it hard to get an internship during the summer? Is ... 's definitely not hard to get an internship for the summer. First, there are ... stay on campus for the summer, so it's extremely easy to get a research

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  can opener—you just can’t get anywhere with it! “Well duh,” you say. You’re ... , who I'll get to later. So clearly, you can tell Adam’s been ... facts, but you get the idea. I want to tell you about Paul, because Paul

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  well in advance and just toss it together when your guests get there. Sometimes she has to go get some flowers or something from her friends, so she ... just testing to make sure that your camera still works?" "Oh, I just want

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  , with every entry, if you're the first person to name the musical artist ... Hampshire to discover that my laptop, where I store one bazillion pictures of ... 'm just not in any condition to compose a proper blog entry today. And

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  yours -- "You have grit - the single most important factor to succeed in ... applying to things and places I didn't think I was actually qualified to get ... me that I wasn't going to get it, but I tried anyway in large part

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  blank canvas without any idea of what stroke you're going to do next. It ... Wellness Coordinator in New Vassar offered us a variety of stress toys to get ... I want them to?" And in a way, MIT has helped me get through this. My

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  , I have no idea who you are or what you’re like, but I’m here to ... to learn and what you’re willing to do to learn.  MIT has its way of ... If you've never played two truths and a lie before, all you have to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  . Anyway, it would be cool to do a hack getting some of the faculty involved ... . =) But I'll do my best to answer all of your questions and direct curious ... get caught. I guess you'd have to actually get caugh to figure it out

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  took a weekend away to fall down a 3-mile trail. So not only do we get outside, we get out of MIT pretty often! Going to school here is really ... Hampshire to ski down a 4,000 foot mountain. Your call! A few days before

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  not while friends are on vacation in Maine and only get the chance to ... 't get the movie back on and he was just going to drive to Portland. So, I don't know what prompted that, but we ended up getting to the city about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  was a completely opened ended opportunity to design your own printed ... what features you want your circuit board to have. The components I ... where you bring your schematic to life. How will these connections and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  with the dormitories being so self-selecting. You get to choose where you ... !!1!cos(0)! Ever wanted to be a teenage girl? Well now's your chance ... . We'll show you how to use Zephyr to hang out with friends, get help

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  blogger to learn to swim (you’re welcome).  The day after I got to campus ... get to skip the line of people attempting the test to sign up for a ... ever fall into the Charles River that borders MIT campus, you can swim to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  then proceeded to get no credit for the whole thing because [fill in ... dying to publish their findings quickly to get the credit for the ... sometimes harsh and sarcastic (and I have to say this allowed yours truly to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  getting e-mails from Hilleevery two days inviting me to all of their events ... bore the slogan "It's getting hot in herre, so emigrate to Israel with ... DID YOU KNOW? If you eat too many carrots, your skin will turn orange

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  's especially frustrating when your TA can't seem to get powerpoint open; nobody ... entry to looking ahead! Here, from your temporarily-a-sellout blogger, is ... stage singing. In summary, I never did get to blog about the Winter Logs

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  obligated to fill up the form—it’s okay if all you’re sending us is semester ... can indicate that you don’t have any grades to report since you’re not ... want to see your latest grades and any updates. It’s okay if you don

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred ... matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to ... easily to the strangers i pass on my way home. it's finally warm enough

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  during the school year that you didn't quite get to because you were ... to walk across the Harvard bridge, wear rainboots up to your elbows ... . IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... actually played with your feet), and preparation for the holiday season. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008