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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally ... the man across from me. He has a beard like Edward Abbey's and a red

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  participate in MISTI. When senior year rolled around, I decided that a 5-month internship in another nation would be a perfect post-graduation, pre-rest-of-my-life opportunity. It was a great idea in my opinion! So there I am, sitting on the

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  very new to me even though it's my 7th one here. I have been through a ... set on pursuing a degree in course 16 (aero/astro engineering). After a ... path I really wanted to follow. So I switched to course 2A with 15

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the ... , well, IAP. Oops. :) So, here's a quick recap of what I've done so far ... , among other things, means that I now have a Broad email address! Right now

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  Saturday. Saturday (sans Sam): a run around Central Park a walk way down 5th Avenue Saturday (avec Sam): a lunch in Chinatown a visit to Trump Tower (where we contemplated buying Donald Trump (flavored?) bottled water) a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  Hey folks, it's been a while. I've been very focused and not in a ... start cooking. Yes; as the music changes, Like a prismatic glass, It ... common carnival Of passions and regrets, And gives the world a glimpse of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  where advising groups often meet for dinner; it’s where we’ve had a few ... order pizza, but then ask for a bag of those famous pizza dough rolls to ... junior year’s Engineering Leadership Lab (ELL) wanted to have a reunion

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  things, and I thought that led me to being a mechanical engineer. Fast forward a year, and I've had some new thoughts on the matter. I've always ... , I built a bike. Working at MITERS, one of MIT's student groups which I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers ... . The dorm as a whole shares several facilities, such as the laundry room ... owns and maintains a small exercise room for residents. This is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  We are very sentimental people. Not like the keeps-every-birthday-card-in-a-cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the-potential-value-of-a-random-reciept-sentimental-types. We’ve always kind of been like this, and it wasn’t a problem in high

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  MIT website: I'm an AFFILIATE now. No longer a student! Maybe that ... a lifestyle change: *     *     * Post-MIT life involves a lot of airports and train stations. Yesterday, I was at LaGuardia waiting for a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  semester, we hold Dîner de Noël, a fancy formal dinner. We decorate the ... like 7 or 8 alums. In the weeks leading up to Dîner de Noël, we have a ... gifts for a randomly-assigned other resident. At the dinner, we make two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think I'm enthusiastic about food nonetheless. On a scale from 1-10, where 1 ... -caliber fastidiousness and acclaim," I think I'm a 6. Maybe a 6.5? I don't really know. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me as a faceless recluse, I haven't been posting because of a drought of ... to blog. Here's a quick summary of my last two-and-a-bit weeks to prove

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  Here at MIT, and - let's be honest, since this is more of a lifetime ... weeks I will have spent a few trillion hours taking three midterms (two of ... mostly incoherent emails. I will have been in several meetings, broken a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  -filled time, a time to relax, hang out with your friends, and have the experiences of a lifetime. Last year, MIT didn't give us a spring break because ... "]Miami.[/annotation] Instead, we came up with a somewhat unorthodox plan: we'd fly to New Orleans

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How Do You Mic A Stripper? [by Harrison Bralower '11] It's a great question when you really think about it.

  

  ) spring production of The Full Monty. It's a great question when you really think about it-—how does one attach a microphone to a stripper ... front of an audience of 200 they shouldn't be looking at a black box on

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  the trance that comes after watching a good movie or a good book, the ... reply back and wouldn’t think you’re weird because you’re starting a conversation for no reason opening a fridge immediately after closing it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  (DACA), a program that allows undocumented students meeting certain ... . A few months ago, after the Presidential election, I posted an entry ... universities — an institution built on intellectual excellence, a meritocratic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to procrastinate an assignment that you organize your life, clean your room, get a ... a blog you’ve ignored for almost 6 months (!!). So welcome to my sad

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016