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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  't bode well for my dish. Well it turns out there's a big Whole Foods ... than a "village" of around 1500 people, but for a short while it served ... paving the way for the signing of the Declaration of Independence months

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  . At least for one person, MIT is significantly cooler.   A Trip ... supposed to be practice for adult life: dress nice, be on time, sound smart ... movies, being scared for over a month after, and experiencing some

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  requirement or disciplinary focus. The list for fall 2017 includes ... suit your skills. All but ELS provide subjects for complete beginners ... -H  | M. Roe Smith Theater Arts 21M.603 Introduction to Design for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  making contact with this molten mess would be quite unfortunate for both ... part of the creation (you also pour a little water on the neckline for ... would most likely fail and all his snowman friends would laugh at him for

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  Hayden for the next few hours.” I hadn’t thought about experiences like ... necessary part of growth. For me, coming to terms with the fact that most of ... think for a while I tried to fight the feeling of ordinariness and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  purchases to the cashier and slide my card and pay for my things, but then the ... for my project at work, a new and important project that I completed ... scene. If he would pursue me after shouting at me for so long. If he would

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Cory R. '14, who were questing for employment, and Luisa B. '16, who ... , substituting olive oil for butter is not just wrong but noticeably wrong, so for ... to have tiny Santas). The recipe says to bake for an hour, but in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  rolling out the MIT bubble and into an alien world. For the few on hall, the ... a capella group and promptly proceeded preparing material for our ... has a flair for the mysterious and thus has already been mentioned under

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  uncommon perspective in and enthusiasm for mathematics; appropriately, she is ... written several novels, and is currently working on another one for her ... invaluable tool for procrastination planning your future at MIT. Danny wants

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  David Helfand: "Unfortunately we don't have time for a formal Q&A session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few ... on the project. When a newspaper calls me up and asks for comments, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  , for an 11:15am flight. I made it in plenty of time. Got on the plane ... Airport customs for something like an hour (can someone please explain to me ... for Fastest Credit Card transaction, then another for Fastest Sprint

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  (2), ironically out of respect for my physical health. On the way ... medical test for broken toes and bullet wounds is whether or not you can ... . Fortunately for society, I was able to ignore my toe pain and battle the alien

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  sentiments: *dislike* for not recognizing your own awesomeness, but *like ... very much, but uh... why?" These comments aren't fishing for compliments ... . Prestigious institutions are particularly fertile soil for pridefulness: plant

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  to see fizzing water. They can drink soda for that. Feeling a little guilty for bringing such a lame demonstration, I filled up a film canister ... imagination. On Sundays, I volunteer on a pediatrics floor for infants and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  for any prospective student to stand even a ghost of a chance of getting ... to an end - nor is it, for that matter, a question of finding how low ... webcast hosts for Chesapeake said last night. That's why people look at

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  the school. While prepping for the lesson, I went back and watched ... God for OCW. I’ve watched that gyroscope lecture three times now, and ... for themselves. When my lesson ended, I felt so happy, proud, and lucky

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  Expansion Director for LTI (pretty much the guy that facilitates LTI ... focus on student leadership and provides many opportunities for students ... and service program for Boston-area high school students. The mentoring

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  with each other until about 7:40, when we all headed off for bed to catch ... creative mechanics for the players' green sheets. The original concepts were ... this fall for the enjoyment of Guild members who couldn't play in the

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  't bark, and can better fend for themselves while students are in class ... the rise, said Tony Pals, spokesman for the National Association of ... have higher expectations for campus living amenities, and there's greater

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  fined $25 for not doing our cleaning duties, and the serious shame of ... harvesting my friends' brains for testing failed, I settled instead on working ... ever. Living in Boston. I lived at Phi Delta Theta this summer for a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008