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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  that number isn't actually that high by comparison to the coastal cities ... winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules ... dumped up to 20" of snow all up and down the seaboard, including record

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  families only, you can't get much closer to the fireworks barge. The nice ... row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the Boston Pops is ... from Star Wars, composed by the Pops' own John Williams. The program also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  refreshing obsessively was masochistic and irrelevant to the outcome of the ... to force myself to go do something else, the usual result is that I ... minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  Link on the top to get more of an idea of the classes I'm taking. The links ... sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not ... . We're trying to understand science, tech, design in the context of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  going to make me happy. Every semester or so, the MIT Press (located to ... after room, carrying baskets filled to the brim, and accumulating checkout ... to see why. The content range was incredible. From computer science to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  will be walking the runway today. I stop by to say hi and snap a couple ... . Laptop Ensemble is trying out every cable they own to try and get the audio ... the scenes to see how a fashion show is made. [caption id

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla ... warning: wherever you happen to be, it will get real dusty real quick once ... does a disservice to the small miracle of beauty that is this movie and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  some very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited to get ... to be so confused by the Spanish word "galleta," which means both ... second after getting off the escalator and cause ten people to break their

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  ), was no longer in working condition. By the way, did you know a 60 mile ... short updates from Harrisburg over the next week. But once I get back on 6/20 (which is also my friend Ben's birthday), get ready for the most ravishing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  the MIT Corp., faculty from other schools and donors/sponsors to both ... faculty separately to assess the state of the department. Your feedback is ... respond to this e-mail with your name and your year. In the case of too many

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  little ways by myself to trip over logs. Here, I've encountered the same ... to go for a walk or get real food. If I didn’t love the world and want ... sipping Trader Joe's 100% maple syrup from the bottle to make up for lost

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  they couldn't find enough people to make quorum and the team gets find if ... inspiring that I got the inclination to write a whole entry on them. So, if ... reporting this news by both Matt and Bryan. By my count, this is the third

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  funny... During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make (Almost) Anything at the ... , backpack to the side, and laptop on the ground. I didn't expect anyone to sit ... breaking it, and offered helping in any way he could. I was baffled by the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  , someone stopped by to see me, or worse yet...it rained and why on earth ... when she was a new tour guide. The following summer when I went to talk ... that I wanted to go on a tour but didn't want the other people on the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  finished it, and gave it to Morgan (do I have to say that he's the professor ... write the first draft of the whole thing and submit it to some journal. It was kind of a given that there would be a paper, and that I'd get to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  , when you come to MIT, get a UROP yourself and experience the wonders of ... brothers...twice. Almost was run over by the No. 1 bus when it decided not to stop for me as I ran across the street to catch it. Lost a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground ... everything everywhere all at once, the rock scene was apparently inspired by ... singer as a fire for the cold listener. compares themselves to a river and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] I am a member of LSC, the Lecture Series ... presenters to the MIT community in the large lecture hall 26-100. We show ... get to see them for free. I only have to work one evening each month

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  completion my real estate agent swung by to check on the progress.  She was ... about as close to winning the lottery as I'd ever get so I followed ... drove night and day to get home. The autopilot really made the drive

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  where you're going to live, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT’s dorms ... . For the rest of you, REX is a great opportunity to find out about the ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022