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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  alone at all. Your first adjustment, then, will be to prepare for the ... feet of snow just to reach the sidewalk.) The caveat is that any day that you miss due to snow gets made up near the end of the year, though I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many incredible applicants to the MIT Class of 2028, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. The comments on ... with the best of intentions, even though this may be a difficult time for

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  went on during IAP." noun -- the location of one's UROP "I'm on my way to ... DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill ... , endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  your typical mechanical engineering lab, but the research is neat! Aside ... your eyes enjoy the feast! July 4th Fireworks! July 4th is probably ... fireworks! The fireworks were incredible. If you ever get a chance to see

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  to join us in the aisle?” By now the rest of the MIT Logarhythms were ... Love” by Huey Louis and The News, which begins: I was walking down a one-way ... row way on the other end of the room. I want to interject here and say

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  (I won’t get into that in this post). To the right is an enlarger ... gripe is that they keep your negatives until the yearbook is published ... , and photo-geekness. Just like The Tech, all you have to do is show up

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  look forward to. IAP is the best time for adventures and new experiences ... these challenges. The topic is Assessment, and my job is to create the ... protesters get close and attempt to convince me out of an abortion. The Planned

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  people are excited by that, because the cold, bleak winter is a tough time ... to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is ... !) so there's no way I can sneak off to the mountains for a few runs

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  things. My time is ticking away and I need to make the most of it because ... the end than I am to the beginning. As I reflect on the fact that I have ... knowing I knew not many other things, only to have the rug pulled from under

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  things when you’re living life p-set to p-set. The best thing you can do ... how to give an honest assessment of myself is probably one of the most ... burned the midnight oil already, you’ll get to hear a couple of my thoughts

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  by the scam that is the college admissions process. I've always just ... lot about what the future holds for me, if I'll get to pursue all these ... focus on CS and make sure I'm the best at it so I can get a good career

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  dogg number there is no one better to be than myself!

  

  ;skip_registered_account_check=true In 2022, Snoop Dogg changed the course of human history by releasing ... on the submission website. "Affirmations" has been a running joke ... -dead, "I get better every single day..." My roommates and I decided to join

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  way of showing the audience how painful it is to change on a deep ... . Capturing the avatar is the only way that Zuko, who has been disgraced and ... he’s been asked to be by his family and his nation, the parasite. While

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  ", because you have just enough room to extend your arms all the way. Coffin ... of the dorm. The design is a pretty big downside to Burton ... single.) First step to moving in: the room required a paint job. Getting

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  next battle. If the walk is anything to judge by, it'll be fun, chaotic ... and the hare is more about the tortoise's ability to keep going rather ... building up the stamina and mental capacity and just plodding your way down

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  way to get my passport to the west coast in 24 hours (mainly, I wasn ... which way residency goes! (really, really far down the road - I want to ... !!! So here it is, good luck to you if you're applying to college, and good

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  that mimicked humans to get closer to us. Whatever the case, this topic ... heebie jeebies with your art? Starting off faithful to the human likeness ... /repulsion, uncanny valley refers to the sharp dip. There are several theories about why

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  zones away, I had to throw myself out of bed by 6:45 am. But on the plus ... water" to transform their lives. The heat is "intensity" equating to "the ... proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  . Therefore, by MIT standards, it is referred to as 10-250 (ten two-fifty). It ... , I was quickly excited to hear that they were replacing the chairs! No ... chair is extremely comfy. The thick padded seat squishes under your weight

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there ... voice. But by the end of the song, she enthusiastically decides to go ... , and it is inspiring us to take the same bravery into our graduate

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019