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• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  Monday, June 13th. 9:33 pm, in the back of Öz Konya Kebab: brightly ... all day. There is oatmilk in the fridge, and a basket of granola bars ... my two suitcases. I’m going to be in Europe for the same amount of time

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  "prawns" in Australia. However, the incident of a dingo eating someone ... cleaner than the Charles, I really miss the 17 miles of running paths set up ... doubt that any of the pizza places at which I will probably be eating will

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  couple of weeks, filled with editing medical school applications (first ... summer projects at the National Institutes of Health (I’m close, but it ... ; they are a home that I share with rats the size of cats. I have this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  right now    a lot of the times, i am my first invalidator. it is ... that it is not a big deal. but to pull out of the details of the context ... sad? why is it that i don’t feel entitled to sorrow?   the first

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  additional award of $150.00 for the best original piece. "Oho," I said when I ... find a copy of Billy Collins' poem, "The Introduction." My reasoning was ... somewhat short notice of the email, only fifteen or so people would have time

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  , the current state of my life and psyche, and the existence of God ... during the summer to bike down the entire Western coast of the US, from ... 've forgotten everything but the very basics of integration and derivation. Can I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  One of the first things that I learned about MIT is that everyone ... of the MIT blogs you probably have an affinity for math.) In an effort ... me, you need to know that my definition of LΔ is the following: (L

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  demoed my final project before the last day of classes, with my two final ... : I was to spend Christmas at home for the first time since I left for ... some ways, the end of this semester has been bittersweet. I have 3

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  . The gym is usually empty when I come down, however, so the lack of ... feeling of getting stronger and lifting big objects. I love the way your muscles tremble at the end of a workout, when you’ve pushed to the edge of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• 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.

  

  first Meet The Bloggers, which was a pretty fun, low-key event. Apologies ... generally not the variety of nerd that seems to stick in society's collective ... ." So I dumped the remainder of my IAP paycheck into a violin and an alto

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  away. I write to you now from Frankfurt, Germany, with the title of “MIT ... heading back to Cambridge for a quick apartment move before the start of ... the course of my life and set me on a path to learn more about

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  parents. Old friends. Blotches of forest in the neighborhood where deer ... views of the setting sun. Here, I get the best seat under the setting ... this summer. In the beginning, I braved the Boston streets in a week of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  , first of all, cuidado! (Be careful!) Because "me gusta" is definitely the ... . :]" Yeah, sooooo, I'd love to, but see, most of the words that my new Spanish ... Russia in the qualifying rounds of the Eurocup, they taught us Americans

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my suite on the fourth floor of Burton Conner shedding a trail of water from ... to my roommate, "It's so... gray!" She's from the northwest corner of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While I was at MIT, I barely explored the city, so my knowledge of my ... some of my favorite spots in the area! Kendall Square Area 1

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  byproduct of number 4 is that this semester was the first time we deliberately ... same classes (often the timing of our schedules were different, but our ... in general, this past semester has been the first semester we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  memorable than usual, because it’s the day my first novel went to auction. It ... ’s family home in New Jersey. It was just the two of us. We’d been dating for ... apocalyptic event either of us had ever experienced. I knew the auction was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  I need to dew was to trek up into the mountains of Switzerland and see the famous statue of Freddie Mercury built in Montreux, the site of Queen's major recording studio. The statue can be seen on the cover of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  child survive the process of choosing the right college for him/her. As you may suspect, this blog is written from the point of view of a man of color to an audience of color. With that said, I believe that the vast

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  what do I want to do, really? On the Friday of the first week of class, I went to one of the faculty lunches that the First-Year Office ... disappointing when my some of my other friends, who were first-years just like me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020