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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  ” The word “but” really makes a sentence turn. The lyrics have a lot to ... , which is to say, not very. A whole slew of factors beyond my control ... America and other lives that are not my own; they also have a lot to do with

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  took a bunch of classes at a local college, you're going to have to get ... , in each of these topics to choose from, but that's for a later entry. I came to MIT wanting to be a mechanical engineer. I love building

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  velvet cookie dough instead of making pies. I took a trip to Target, which ... the blog and immediately told me that we had to make it real. Despite ... folding table, a giant BLOOD MOON FEST banner, and access to the Simmons

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  joined them—I decided that going to California with a ton of people would be better than going to a better location with just a few people. we ... homies @ TD garden[/caption] the next day, I went to a [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on ... .R.O.C. (the People's Republic of Clay) was generous enough to invite me to Clay ... do not do justice to how Clay-obsessed some Claymates are. I don

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  saying, “You got the gig!” It has proven to be a really fun job that I ... . Shooting a bottle-rocket 200 feet in the air and somehow managing to not ... around a table in 8.02 to demonstrate understanding of magnetic fields

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  To give you a flavor (well, many flavors) for what MIT students do ... as you reply to this email? I am currently replying to you as I eat a ... , almost directly beneath the Citgo sign. A brownie in a mug! I'll have to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  reading assignments? We will make a summary of your responses to the ... 's going to happen to my professor to make up for this? Ever heard of a ... die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  read parenting books when I was a kid--books like How to Speak So ... trying and failing to make change in their own lives, and I doubted an ... indulgence. I read How to Talk to Anyone (a wonderful, wonderful book) when I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  difficult for other individuals to make a difference. i think this property ... end so i took the chance to ask my interviewer (let’s call them p) a few ... difficult for me to pinpoint what i got out of the program - i learned a bit

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  Normalisation, created by BBC journalist Adam Curtis. While on a gap year due to COVID-19 ... '22s[/caption] To make the movie, they went decade by decade, searching ... communities. It makes sense—whenever a group goes down, there are less people to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  not be following a recipe by the book while a chef scrambles to finish ... from watching. For example, do you know how to make a roux? Or properly ... will definitely not make it in time to grab a donut. But, free food can

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  mentors, because I think I'm still a bit too young and foolish to be ... you have. If you get accepted to MIT, while it will probably give you a ... 's being empathetic or supportive or trying to make small choices that make

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  when I was going back to MIT, I couldn't help but sigh, just a tiny ... ) things like truffle-making lessons and a Mel Brooks movie marathon, all the ... to. Of course, not all students come back to MIT for IAP. A few of my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  . A brave few will not even be able to visit until they set foot on ... first door to the right is a men's bathroom. My friends Steven and Brendan ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for their interview. We will always finish with an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  the technical ability to make it happen -- can meet by chance, attract ... anecdotes that don't make it to the final papers. And he even had a project to ... heard about OpenCourseWare, a large (and well-funded) effort to put all of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  , and of all the things they could do as a friend to make me feel better ... can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with ... occasionally those people will like your tweets and amplify them to a larger

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  and journal and plan read a little bit, daydream a little get to work ... once or twice a week Guidelines “The only dream worth having is to ... “Living simply makes loving simple.” bell hooks “To be sensual, I think, is

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  have to learn to work together and play together, and it makes for a one-of-a ... Admissions and commute to campus every weekday. But it’s a summer arrangement ... (you kinda have to be a nerd here). Now is probably the best time to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018