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• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  reading as my stomach sank. I decided on a restaurant to go to (a fancy ... wanted to take a breath and collect some words of encouragement from ... , cozy blanket to curl around you while you wait. here comes a thought by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to ... since the last time I went to a science museum was in eighth grade, it was ... outside of the Museum of Science on a Boston Duck Tour before the tour guide

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  , running a quick setup test for a UROP, filling out a when-to-meet, things ... expected to feel refreshed, ready for a round three. But it’s not happening ... ="973"] stealing inspiration from a friend to use microsoft paint because

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  exuberance to post at least twice a month on average. We may ask you to help ... UROP, or become a mentor for Project Manus, or learn a cool new thing in ... student culture. We pay you for this work. It’s a pretty good gig, to be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic ... . A new survey by her association found that among 39 states that ... those we're teaching to a minimum standard." A 2004 report by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  about half of them) on a slow day, I find myself puzzling the many ... . See, reading is a huge part of my life. My mom used to beg me to put the ... I can get my hands on. I've been known to walk down an aisle of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  to stay in shape so that when he careens down a mountain on glare ice ... a quick elevator trip to the junk food of my wildest dreams. The ... right now is to eat something. A huge something. (Actually, that's not

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Baby Steps It made tonight's newswire. The grass is still green in Boston Common.

  

  level of education on a footing equal to my new classmates by simple ... immediate peers at home had gone on to university, and a spread of gap years ... regular term classes has officially come to an end. My glasses could use a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  Okay folks, here's what I have to do this weekend... 1. Write a blog ... compositions for Monday 11. Laundry, laundry, laundry 12. Go to New York and Connecticut with Mitra to see Abyssinia, an inspiring musical written by a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East ... for Valentine’s Day, we watched a documentary for more on nuclear ... engineers, and we love to stay updated on their projects. One day, we may get

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  before I adjusted to a new environment and began to enjoy everything that ... As I’m starting to write this, I’m sitting on an airplane, my rear ... both. I’m still trying to find out where I stand on that blurry line

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  promised to get back to her on that. Class plans are mostly useful for ... out right.) I feel like the purpose of a class plan is really more to ... at least once a semester from the end of freshman year to the end of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  't be afraid to take a nap (they'll become your new favorite pastime). If ... thinking of them. In fact, I even wrote a little outline of this blog down on a napkin... I just haven't had a good chunk of time to sit down and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  still “under construction”, but I first wanted to give a shout out to an ... room at absolutely no cost. According to the MIT List center’s website, this is a tradition that has been going on since 1969! So how does it

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  time to blog about a nice little semi-formal event that wasn't just for ... be a great idea to swap jackets. While the black jacket with blue shirt looks fine on Jared (although a bit big), Yuki's outfit was an

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  Government gave us a $500 budget to spend on food to support the cause ... research on this puzzle, nobody was able to finish in less than 8 months. It ... from a pleasant distraction to a moderate disturbance, but to me, it was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  , and he was able to get a really great vantage point to take photos the ... weekend was go down to the Hatch Shell on July 4th to see the Boston Pops ... you a puppy. I awoke from uneasy dreams on the morning of July 4th at 5

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  lot of fun, especially after we decided to make a quick stop at Star ... off to 3 feet, and then used the shelf like a super-ruler. No, I ... most of the next day for field hockey, so I figured we'd have to wait a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  , Emmanuel worked to construct a curriculum centered on research methods and ... of Sakata Afrique, in a photoshoot to publicize their spring show ... went on to describe his ongoing project in Ghana. He also shared with me

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  willingness to immerse myself in a new culture since I didn't feel all that ... . 1 trending series on Netflix right now, garnered a lot of attention ... they deserve. I was, of course, hyped to watch it since I've never seen a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020