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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  comes to a close culminating in graduation and Tech Reunions on our campus ... passage of time I’ve had a better opportunity to get to know them. This year however I’ve reached the maximum time that I will have to ever get to know a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  in a blog? Anyway, it's good to see fans getting along. The motto of ... liked to paint tangled masses of naked people getting sucked up to heaven ... the Olympic Stadium to watch the Mexico-Argentina game on Saturday night

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  continue to learn and grow each day." and "The onus is on you to keep learning." "Get a PhD" in your field--even if you're not literally getting ... crosswalk conversations ("...host a wine party..." "No way!") waft up to where

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  "I got it on Reuse," people say, with the emphasis in the word falling on the re-. When I see the word elsewhere and say reuse in my head ... was mispronouncing the name of a continent, or the way I refused to call

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  . Darryl and Marvin '10 are working on a project that uses pedal power to ... get back to more stable internet connection. Aaand literally as I just ... Bill - arrived to take us to Darbonne, where we sat in on a meeting with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  , I think, is universally agreed upon to be an age at which you’re painfully unaware of the world but slowly beginning to realize how little you ... Boston, all I thought about was how quiet my hometown was. It was hard to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  day soon get your art on again. (Maybe when you graduate, the cynic in your head suggests.) Or maybe sooner. I'm never short on inspiration ... , and it can all feel artless. But then you might look to your left, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  deliberation on this issue. Scientists point out that we need to reduce gas ... protein? I get that, but hear me out. In order to avoid devastating climate ... “carbon budget.” Adhering to health guidelines on meat consumption could

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper ‘84, Astronaut The 24th MIT graduate to go into space.

  

  early '80s, they were doing a big push to get a lot more girls to go into ... the problems we have on Earth." If you're curious, NASA has even posted ... -Piper said of her MIT experience: "The brief thumbnail sketch of getting here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  year, respect their time! Try to get your application components to us in ... a bit on your regular action applications. As I like to say, plan for ... Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  you get to put your gown on and wait to graduate. I found about a ... on my iPod Touch, things I should remember to mention on my blog. Each ... commencement they make you give them your cap and gown, which they proceed to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  nothing special

  

  least that's how it works at East Campus. If you don't want to stay here ... get to come back a couple weeks early in the fall for free, in exchange ... machine of the working world stops. If you're waiting for a meeting to be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  trips, and guitar hero III. I learned how to ski; I beat a song on hard; I ... folks again this time to do some research on the payload (science ... me, exactly how, we're still a little muddy on, but there's certainly

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to ... upped my game and suspended my ring on a branch, right next to a spider

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  about now, right? How about forcefully regulating your heart rate by ... schedule for the remainder of your week, to take advantage of the adrenaline ... solitude between 6 am and 8 am. Halfway through your run, take a moment to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  -student club: how, then, can he be allowed on campus so late at night? The ... night until probably 4:30, didn't get to bed until six in the morning ... favorite topic. I was then invited to an upcoming juggling event. If you're

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  to step on your camera if you leave it there." "Okay, I'll put it on ... 'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  bajillionth time, I should make good on my promise to write something from Spain ... 't get to go around Europe hearing about people's awesome jobs and taking ... .86 in Euro. Then, in reference to the quote, "When I get a little money, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  how your shoes sink into some sand. I’ve been made to feel guilty about ... of MIT to set up. I understand that a lot of people get a lot out of ... you decide to use your IAP to just exist, you feel like a stupid, weak

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  WOULD BE LYING IF WE SAID WE WEREN'T TRYING TO GET STUDENT RUSH TICKETS ... ! We get to the Boston Opera House at around 12:15ish, almost 2 hours before the show was starting! That’s exactly how much earlier we came to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018