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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in so long! My friend Rose '05 came to visit, and we took a mini-trip to Santa Cruz, Capitola, Monterey, and ... call it, Velocity We woke up insanely early to go on a fishing trip. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Very, Very Important News That title is written to tantalize your RSS readers.

  

  're all feeling good about the past week's work. I'll post something longer in the next few days; in the meantime I really need to say something

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 3

  

  Today's tie: Sesame Street themed, with Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, Ernie, and Bert Today, I worked with Marivel and ... some delicious Thai food. Yummy! After work, I met up with some old

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  for their sweetheart, or friend, or professor. For example, I remember ... from the subway to my office, I ran into the Logarhythms, MIT's all ... of my favorite serenades aren't traditional serenades at all. I once

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  It's a beautiful day here in northern Virginia, where I'm celebrating ... National Gallery (East Wing designed by MIT alum I.M. Pei) and maybe the ... detective also asks, "Alongside SATs and SAT11s I have had to do GCSES and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  Ambassadors, I helped plan and host activities during their visit. My fellow STARS Ambassadors and I met the visiting students on the first evening and ... got a chance to really sit down and get to know each other; I learned

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  'working' on a manicured persona (i.e. learn sorority chants/dances, gossip ... I've used in my life (finally something hot enough for proper wok ... resident of Tetazoo, where dirt and grime were constant companions, I would

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  i. basketball everything in this section is only approximately ... every principle i’ve been watching basketball on-and-off for a while now ... this post, so i won’t try to. instead i’ll just say that the most common

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  rent for the few weeks we are here. Yes, I am one of them—I got to campus last Saturday and for the past week I’ve been working nonstop on EC rush ... : Come on, anyone? Aw, what the heck. I stayed in Simmons this summer, and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Stuff that happened on Pi Day (besides decisions) pastries and pie-ings from around the institute

  

  Pi Day is a big deal around our mathematically-minded Institute. Since the blogs were mostly focused on decisions, I figured I'd follow up ... mailing list culture I really appreciate that I work at a place where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 16, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ice Bear it’s ice bear

  

  Due to popular demand, here’s a guest post from Ice Bear. If you haven’t heard of Ice Bear before, here’s a good introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyPeDZ-I8pY Ice Bear wakes up. Ice Bear observes CJ do work. Ice Bear

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  rocky, but I could always rely on it to be there for me. After long hours of fencing practice, I would stumble out of the Z-Center with a ... bite of a spicy Italian sub, I would do anything - including trudging

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  the same dorm I lived in freshman year, Simmons Hall. There, she ... . Mike Deodato / Via Marvel   I lIke how identical the comic book ... different ways. I asked my friends to show me what real Simmons dorm rooms

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  viewings. I’d never seen MIT so formal and tame. But that didn’t stifle the ... . With this, my description is almost done. I’d rather show the hack than tell, so scroll through pictures (and links) below. In conclusion, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I ... like their children are doing while they are here. Since I am involved ... campus. The first question I often hear from parents is, "what events

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  AgeLab I've seen troubles...

  

  feel old? Well, I, as a prematurely wizened twentysomething, can tell you it isn't any fun. My bones creak and ache and I can tell when the weather is changing in my knees. Also I'm cranky and like to talk about the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  First of all, apologies for the radio silence. I've been sequestered ... , but it is no different. But before I once again immerse myself in the awesomeness that is all of you, I wanted to share this different awesome thing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  is, so maybe this will: I play alpha/survival, which means that during the day I run around and kill pigs and chop down trees and run away from creepers and during the night I hide away in my bunker and dig dig

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  . It’s been months since I could wander through Lobby 13, enjoying an ... ’t believe me if I told you’ serendipitous moments that make up a normal day on campus, I can’t wait for summer to end. I missed you guys!

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010