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• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  . As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to ... is belongs to a class of acronymically redudant phrases (or ARP phrases ... number, and ATM machine. But if you want to be a functioning member of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  ; activism has largely been confined to a few small groups, many of which have ... face of the atrocities that were occurring – atrocities to which ... activists to establish a chapter of STAND (a student anti-genocide coalition

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  around 11:20 am; thanks to the number of spectators heading that direction ... managed to get a shot of the frenzy over the final few paces. Now, I’m not ... Boston tradition – 115 years running (no pun intended). Of course, I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  deadlines that I never had time to appreciate and absorb the material. Some of ... Alewife and just took an Uber to drive us the rest of the way (Uber is ... incapable of sentient thought. We spent the day hiking to the summit, then

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  for this day to come, for this year to end. But now, a large part of me ... to no longer be among the 'babies' of the school, to be replaced by the ... ! My favorite part was when we went to the very top of the Prudential

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  me and another one of my best friends who goes to MIT. We were walking ... excuse to drink ungodly amounts of hot chocolate. Nothing beats sitting by ... Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  at which the rest of the world was moving. After listening to a very ... , we opted to buy a bottle of water, which somehow cost $4. A Dunkin ... January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  A couple of weeks ago, Chris Peterson tried to describe my life as ... nutritional content of Doritos... and I went to one session of jiu jitsu only ... 've concocted so far. 1 box of questionable purpose (If you're wondering, the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  to turn as early a September, but only recently has most of the campus become awash in color (thanks in part to that unusual snowstorm last week). I'm not a very good photographer, but here are a few images of campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  opporunity to see War of the Worlds for free--a premium discount on the already ... perhaps the IRS. Sadly, I didn't get to watch a bunch of people send out an ... pretty much any other group of AZN's that managed to get ASA funding. There

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2015. If there's one in your ... home of a Kansas City MIT Alum for a lovely Sunday afternoon. Be sure to ... Hi! I’m Katie Kelley, one of the Admissions Counselors here at MIT

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike ... stylish if I say so myself. I promised not to reveal the identity of this ... kindly. However, soon after, I began to worry about what my auction price

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  students to take advanced classes out of a sense of competition, rather than ... for MIT. In recent years MIT has strived to emphasize many of the ideas ... how appreciative they are of our efforts. MIT’s mission is to use

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  ?” was one of the prompts I responded to. I wrote about finishing my ... City to stay for the summer about a week prior. Most of my stuff was ... , it felt great to just take all the time in the world to get out of bed

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  away. I write to you now from Frankfurt, Germany, with the title of “MIT ... projects here in Germany, before heading off to visit an MIT friend of mine ... heading back to Cambridge for a quick apartment move before the start of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  home; come to think of it, I was one of them. Good ol’ highway 34; a ... to my alma mater in only a matter of 45 minutes! It was this road that ... accomplished what I set out to do: earn my graduate degree…at the cost of

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  my list of college applications. MIT eventually came back to being my top choice, and a couple of days after receiving my acceptance to MIT, I ... color and appeal of MIT got through to me. We, the admitted students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taste of the Middle Ages

  

  My 21H.927: Economic History of Work and Family teacher, Professor ... sorry I missed it -- it looks delicious. I'll have to settle for visiting the Met(ropolitan Museum of Art)'s Medieval Art collection --------

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  the sheer exhiliration of cleansing myself to "When Doves Cry" and ... pulled enough all-nighters to take most of my showers at 4 AM, so this ... training to eat all the pieces of cookie dough and brownie out of it and then

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  to try so many new and wildly amazing experiences here, some of which I ... returning to the familiar rhythm of psets, friends, and free food. Of course ... ’s last home game of the year and, consequently, Senior Day, a day to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014