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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  recognize them as the closing act). I never ceased to be amazed by these guys! If you want to see them in action, you should go to YouTube and search ... ...I'm only part way through the most recent season, though, so I need to finish

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  Wierum)[/caption] As it turns out, relying on measurements was going to be ... was going to be a better approach, given these limitations. phylogenetic ... mascots that I could use to check my searches), I looked up their mascots

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  of work. Poems are a great way to try out new ideas, or condense ... after I flew back to Boston). I was surprised by this, since my fiction ... length. Cutting words in longer fiction used to be the bane of my existence

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  switched it to P/D/F, but it's okay - by the time I graduate, I'll have taken ... to-be-determined overpriced glorified daycare center. Oh, college ... these reunions to be weird - and for the most part, they aren't; every

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  it to any other Hubway station. After searching around a little bit for ... chowder. We got pretty lost on the way back to campus—turns out riding a ... the sky. By the time we made it over to the promenade, the series of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  figured it wouldn't be the worst thing if I stayed a little closer to home ... , the class would be flown to Istanbul for a week to present to the ... distance it can buy you. She sees money as a way to unlock the ability to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  intrigued. When I came to MIT, I knew there would be lots of famous ... ): Disturbia, which appears to be a bad remake of Rear Window. One of the best ... , pro wrestling announcer Jim "J.R." Ross spoke at a colloquium hosted by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  to make changes to be happy with your situation. I think it helps a lot ... ’s common to feel stuck in a rut at times, and there are ways to get out of it ... . (It turns out, language classes are a great way to meet people.) There

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  best way for them to figure out if they are comfortable and at home on our campus and the best way for you to be comfortable with them being ... so don’t be afraid to ask them about their experiences. In addition we

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  to San Francisco. I'll be spending two weeks on the left coast for a ... this trip to a) explain why I might be uncharacteristically quiet on the ... 'll arrive this afternoon, try to grab a quick coffee with CMS/Civic classmate

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

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  terrifies me, as I expected building strong connections to be difficult, and ... ’s like to love science and math, be curious about the world, and remain a ... this entry to be structured and helpful, but am sporadically gushing. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  winner of Charles Stark Draper Prize (considered to be the “Nobel ... MIT. However, it’s still hard at times not being able to go home ... . Being able to meet others and making a difference in their lives seems

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  survived the death of Flash by migrating to HTML5, it hasn't lost any data ... SnowDays is a snowflake maker, and I think by far the best one. I ... 's been around since 2002, so it might be older than some of you reading

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the ... at is English. Being good at failing means not being phased by it, and knowing how not to have a breakdown. It means being able to look at failure

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  Everywhere. There is so much to be inspired by. Classes. Activities ... to be true. Some truths are easy. For example, the addition of peanut ... be best to eat Oreos upon waking up for class. But if you slather

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  it when I wanted to check my mail quickly ina computer cluster or ... have to answer these with either 'Y' or 'N.' And you have to be careful ... heard by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison. You may be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  goes out to you. But -- it could, somehow, be worse! A hundred years ago ... they're not as bad as they used to be? On that uplifting note, I'm going ... Who Is Too Big To Be Killed.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  way for you to get involved - just download, log on, and get saving ... right before closing hours. Meals listed on TGTG are supposed to be at ... listings can sell out quickly and pickup hours/locations can be inconvenient

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  Interview It's a long one, but a good one. Ben: Many Ways to Define the Best ... , right? A blow-by-blow look at being a second-semester freshman. Chris ... of saying, 'go to class,' my advice will be as follows: pick classes

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  way of weighing which one would be better for me. On one hand, I had the ... would have time to write, read, play music, be with myself, and be with a ... would be a great experience to develop communication skills, teamwork

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015