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• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  having to be rescued and then getting a shower afterwards my vacuum cleaner ... . I asked her to send a couple pictures and said that I will take care of them til I find homes for them around here. So I took a trip back to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  to Round 2, and the idea to "Establish a 'Global Challenges Wikipedia ... , and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send a message, loud and clear, that we don't need to rely on dishonest

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  getting a lot of calls and emails from students concerned that their mailed ... 're getting one or two dozen buckets of mail every day. I have built a small ... morning's shipment of mail. We will get a few more like it throughout the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  light dimmer is a bad idea! the heat gets trapped and things begin to melt ... could get to black without my parents becoming upset with me, and an ... trying to develop a style. I’d had other bedrooms, before then, like when I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  sick. What a joy it has been to experience illness during the first two ... Thermodynamics” (which is the subtitle of this post when said by someone with a stuffy nose) is a real mystery to me, because I haven’t really gotten my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  really confused but Flourish's jaw dropped to the table. After a few ... who managed to turn her love of Harry Potter (and other things) into a ... deeply intertwined! When I was a teenager, I was contacted by Henry Jenkins

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  , MAS.A17 (Designing Technologies for Kids). Basically I get to play with ... students in a kind of mini-class on some random, fun topic. (You get a few ... have no problem with this concept where everyone refers to classes by

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  a pass/fail system. (Similar to 6.005 but labs are all or nothing) Also have to orally defend your code in a short code interrogation. E-CAD/Architecture Practicals - Similar to further java, two long term labs with a similar

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  thing I did when I came to MacGregor? Get a rice cooker, because I haven't had a rice cooker in forever. And oh man was it a great decision to get ... to get your own, you don't need much. Consider: Grimgrains, a blog

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  Development) and Sean Gilbert (MISTI-China coordinator) to Beijing. Sean makes a trip to China every summer, but this is a brand-new cultural experience ... , so we get to manage our time for work, travel, leisure. (At the moment

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  was mispronouncing the name of a continent, or the way I refused to call class and majors by their course numbers my first few weeks here, because it felt elitist to speak in a code no one outside MIT could understand

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  interested to partake in social activities. Though to be fair, you get what you ... freshmen that’s inspiring and a little nostalgic. I didn’t come to MIT with ... last year when I was remarkably overwhelmed by pressure to have an answer

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I ... ’ve acquired on the way to becoming a full-fledged adult (in no particular order ... hill you want to die on. On a similar note, every word out of my mouth

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  , you push in firmly to force the clay up and down until it reaches a ... to even out the rim; round the lip over with a soft sponge; and glide ... ’s controlled with a foot pedal whose angle corresponds directly to the velocity

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  that was close to campus but also allow me the chance to get a first hand ... company to watch a movie that person can be found just by walking into the ... women to belong and live for a time in a value-based organization where

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  'll provide you with a full schedule when you get here but to get a head start ... all this time, I never cease to be thrilled to get to finally meet all ... shirts so keep a lookout for them. A great place to find a parent to talk

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

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

  

  back to MacGregor, a thunderstorm hit. And by hit, I mean a torrent of ... appears to be passing by Boston with only a moderate amount of wind and rain ... is the edge of the Tropical Storm/Hurricane Arthur (now lowered to a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  ?" and "Tell us something funny, we read a lot of these!" It seemed to go ... worried about getting put in a quad, there are only 10 on campus, all located in Baker House. Don't sweat it!) The year got off to a rocky start

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  excellent time! The one thing her post is missing is a section called "how to get home when you oversleep and you have a morning train to catch" so I ... finally went to bed, I was exhausted. I fell into a deep sleep. (Even if my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  . ------------------------------------- Edward wrote: "I wanted to send an additional recommendation by a close pal ... 's story as a complete picture - each factor affects each other factor to ... to the word limit for the essays, a lot of space is left over in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005