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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get ... !); second, smile, because the word “snoozed” looks funny on the phone screen ... ’ve discovered that multiple small tasks are more taxing on the brain than several

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  ’ve ever been asked about the water project that I’ve been working on (you ... to understand rain and its effects on drinking water. I later realized ... that lots of people work on researching, but my point is, it’s not as

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  getting burned in pixels, leaving ghost images on my screen. This happens when you consistently leave your screen on one image for too long. I had a warranty on it that was close to expiring so I took it to Geek Squad

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  abundance of free time was a given) I’ve been spending less time on the ... awesome phoenix design on it, while the white one has the Aperture ... pillow. Even though I’m on the East Coast and the closest NFL team is the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  -sets and chatting with hosed friends. Well…don’t take my word on that. Nah ... is always a cause for celebration. And, on the surface at least ... harmony of brain-dead chimpanzees banging on drums. My saving grace existed

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  . On the news, in magazines, at the watercooler - it happens all day, and ... statistical concepts.) So here's what I think is going on: 1.) Not ... entire savings on 28!" This is what they want you to think. But because

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  is signal from sources a) here on Earth, that interfere with what ... drive up close, you have to use a car that runs on diesel. There are some ... . One day, to us on Earth, is defined as the time it takes for the Sun to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  Musical Theatre Guild was putting on "Urinetown", which I had never heard of, and wasn't particularly keen on hearing more about, given that title ... Man With A Gun" from Annie Get Your Gun, and left. On March 7, I got

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  , and if you can't be patriotic on Memorial Day, when *can* you be ... used to - such as on the day before I started working at RIKEN, when I ... totally drove me crazy trying to figure out what to wear on my first day (I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  going to a shisha café (see a theme?). My flight was at 8am on New Year ... remaining MIT students on January 6. On the way, I stopped in Bijapur ... , as I met a number of people on the train and joined passengers in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  . Maddie and I planned on leaving for South Station at about 11:45 PM so at ... , and tie for me while Maddie just packed clothes to put on later. I ... I wore my tennis shoes and a baseball hat for the trip. We hopped on

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  stay on campus? I know there may not be one answer, but an idea of the ... common for people to go the other way on the Red Line and end up in Harvard ... when it just feels better to put on pajamas and rent a movie and order

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  the game and TV rooms. (More on those later.) The laundry room is ... -Conner's newly painted spacious TV room...there's a TV in there, I swear. On the ... with friends, watch TV or movies, or play on any of the game consoles the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  I did three things on Saturday, and each one of them rocked. Better ... large even for me, so it's a bit difficult on city sidewalks. Still, she ... Hampshire on our dorm's camping trip. Having the option of a day hiking up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  encouraged me to work on projects that interested me, even if they were ... roommates was also on campus for IAP, so we cooked a bit together. We made quesadillas with the stove turned on all the way — inadvisable, but much more

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  sounded together. (TWO: Giving up on stepping around puddles, my socks ... . Later I’d go up close on a sunny day, note the trusses (more bronze than ... saw were working on a new rendition of its elegant figure to stack onto

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  – I’m back on my feet now! (Hooray for modern medicine!) Now allow me to ... best idea I’ve had at MIT"]I even went to all my classes on Tuesday ... on Wednesday, a second doctor finally diagnosed me with an infected

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  . My two passions were basketball and programming. I was on the Varsity ... freshman fall.  And now? I am not on the team anymore, and I have no idea ... limited me because I have been rejected from research opportunities on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  Kyna suggested, copied low-cut jeans and folded-over jeans from people on floor. I encourage the free food culture on floor to thrive — we always ... in one friend’s room, or on another’s rug, or in the flounge with lots

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  were going on an all-expenses-paid trip to Brazil to learn about their ... get enough sleep (and food) on the two flights it took to get to Manaus ... I despise cupuaçu, but I’ll focus on the positives of the trip instead

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023