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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  to play in the pit orchestra for Assassins, a show performed by ... In fifth grade, everyone at my school had to pick an instrument to ... playing every instrument in turn, and the teachers would rate us from 1 to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  recalling the memories that come with them which makes me hesitant to throw ... ado about nothing by the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble! i went to support ... tuned for the next edition as i reset my storage to make more posters for

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  fun of by everyone in the grade. You'd exposed your own vulnerability ... happen is they say no, which is the same result as if you never ask" to be ... 't we all know this by now? And okay, we aren't eleven years old anymore

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  feeling of transferring income to a savings account. by august i grew to ... was a working adult, living the 9 to 5, subconsciously looking forward to the paycheck every other friday. [annotation note="the 9 to 5 i didn

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  ’s hall by adding to the collaborative octopus mural. I remember also the ... community. This means walking down the hallway to greet smiling friends, then ... lifts to reveal a fascinating life. I have found my perfect match, my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  easier by my dear friend Lucy; however, even with a huge honkin' SUV to ... through dirty, dusty, greasy piles of cruft to find the gems that make their ... Some people[1] say that you need to seriously rethink your life when

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  turned out even better! To make sure she wasn't confused for a gypsy or ... being on the boat, so there's not really any reason not to go. Anyway ... e-mail to send out to the floor: From: Sam Maurer To: Conner 2 Date

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar ... friends and I decided to travel to Iceland!! This was my first time ever ... ! We planned out an itinerary, booked a hotel, found places to eat, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  words to "One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies and I make the best blueberry ... to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair*, or tie your shoes. So every time one of the aforementioned tasks has to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  ], ice cream, and a tall glass to make a float. "Suds and a sidecar" is the ... went at the end of last semester before it was time for us to take our ... . This is the Boston term for a milkshake, from the French "frapper" ("to

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  , Thursday and Friday, to make a four-day long weekend. This year, breaking tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and move out). In the days leading up to our unprecedentedly luxurious break

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  to thaw meat, or cook meat, or separate dumpling wrappers, or make ... profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and ... of college life, self-deprecation, making fun of Harvard, and (best of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  ? Prepare to dance on sore legs. SAT test that morning? You can make it just ... was “I am going to make shelf labels so I can finally know where all my ... With the title of this entry, you might think I’m about to tell you

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  you have to study for a final exam makes no sense, talking it out with ... outside, a cup held to his chest. In response to my jumping in fright and ... anyway. He went into the bathroom to get some water and I returned to our

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  'd like to meet anyone who ends up buying one of these. By posting these ... adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and ... the mechanical routine of a [annotation note="closer to a 9:45ish-to-5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  , used to completing psets by Friday morning and then simply sitting on the ... written freshman spring 2015 inspired by this awesome video from Ze ... . The rest of the day promises no surprises. I’ll need to find food, wash

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  . As it happens, they turned out to be right. Listen to your elders, kids ... brain can successfully absorb, and learned what it was like to have absolutely no free time whatsoever. I vaguely learned how to manage my time so

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  , but I did =) Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the event, BUT ... So I just got this email: Don Rawitsch, one of the original inventors of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  way this works is by matching digital objects to certain visual cues ... Augmented reality is technology that enables you to overlay digital ... MIT Media Lab that I got to try out an augmented reality headset for the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  compiled a packing list for students here, to be used with caution. Some ... essentials for you the student to pick up at the store through Pack & Hold ... campus. -- a swimsuit, if you wish to beat the required swim test and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015