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• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  New York. I went to Europe for a week, where I had more great food. I am ... !!!!!! ----- So guys, sorry for the hiatus in posting the photo contest results. I received over twenty entries, so thanks for your enthusiasm! :) (although tsk

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  arrangements for vegetarians??" mudfud again comes to my rescue: "There are ... can get quite a wide variety of vegetarian food (and nonveg for that ... Campus) have really nice kitchens, so you can cook for yourself as well

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  Paige and I, it just has “immaculate vibes.” On their website, the Dear Annie team mentions their goal is to “be a center for community.” I think ... I are big mozzarella fans, we went for it anyway. I’m so glad we did

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  the website, some original answers to brand-new scenarios, and a list ... thought for a while about if I wanted to attend. Pro: get to meet Randall ... rain, so we opted for the latter, got in line, got our books, got our

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators Under 35 for 2008. The metallic blue ... called poly(glycerol-co-sebacate acrylate), created a mold for the polymer ... lab through the UROP website: “I looked under the project openings and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  .” He was looking for funding to start OpenLabWare, which he explained ... ’d be interested in becoming a content creator for OLW. Of course, I ... , before entering the meeting, I prepared myself for rejection. Luckily, she

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  really, for how quickly it was dredged up again, like the structure of a ... exchanged and the coffee poured into a ceramic cup for me to sip at the window ... out and hold up their babies, hoping for more. Underneath the Pantheon

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  the softest and calmest dusk I had ever seen. I watched it in awe for ... : 09/21/2022[/caption] I was dormant for over ten minutes, watching the ... jumpscare made my hands tremble and my heart pound tremendously fast. I had to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  .00, 6.009, and 6.031 for. And was it worth it? Definitely! In this class ... pages of the comic here, but sign up for their newsletter to get the full thing. I think it's worth it for the read! Overall this class has been a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  for four days straight (and therefore, not in class, lab, or recitation). I’ve only really caught up in 6.042 (Math for Computer Science), I ... grateful for, even if I forgot it occasionally while in the frenzy of trying

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  Vagina Monologues. For the week following the show, I attempted to put into ... talking about vaginas in front of a large audience. For an audience member ... was having those very conversations. Fast forward about 8 months to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  few times with some friends for various excursions, but it wasn't that ... of fun. (SPOILER: It was). Fast forward to the end of the PE class ... research project for a class on the effects of knot geometry on the tensile

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  plumbing for the water screen all still works. It has wheels for easy ... before. In fact, I know the guy who made it, so it made for a great story ... awesome it truly was, so it was time for a field trip. I asked if anybody

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  paid around $450 for it, which is like way less than what I would have paid for a new computer with comparable specs. Also it ran Windows 7 ... coding pset at MIT and every pset afterwards for three years. It ran my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  more serious about college, I tried searching for answers on my own. My impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media ... college life, particularly here at MIT. I’ve only been on campus for a a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  's shifted how I approach leaving the house. I can't just go home for lunch ... When I leave for the night day [annotation note="Am I dating myself with ... more into biking! I owned a bike for all of undergrad, but I almost never

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  supplies for team bonding events, since we were all virtual. as a captain, I ... being responsible for the entire [annotation note="aka performance ... joining another college team. from their perspective, the best move for me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  , played with her for a bit, and went back to sleep for a few hours. At 9am ... , where I had a line of duties waiting for me. My first duty was to take ... session at 11am on Narcan administration for EMTs. I went straight to see

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  will be responsible for filming the work being done on each job site and ... children. I will also be responsible for managing the technological aspects ... equipment, etc) and managing the camp website. On a more personal note, this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  It's been a long time since my last Q&A post - sorry for the delay ... . :-) ------------------------------------- If I would like to play for an athletic team, should I contact the coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006