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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  age is 18. You can read about it here, but the basic story is: Proposals ... not only because it is fun to see British terms like "Freshers week." It ... many students in Scotland, on the other hand, just go to the pub. It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  , it is now I make my triumphant return to these blogs.The timing is ... peers. Everyone wants to live somewhere they can be happy and comfortable ... 's a place for you. That is why I don't think it's redundant to add

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT ... to unleash the zombie virus release it to the world! To play the game ... internet connection, it may take a few moments, or minutes, to download for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

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

  

  birds singing. I miss it sometimes. It used to be a charming and peaceful ... not disappoint. Its hues of pink and orange merged majestically to yield ... sunset go from its blush glory to a darker one full of city lights. It was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  advances faster than our ability to apprehend it, it produces progress but ... for which they can care like you would a pet. Amino is developed using ... , easy-to-use bioengineering kit that lets anyone create and take care of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last ... to advance to the semifinal of the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  things that are often made. I'm using this entry to warn you against a few ... . Disclaimer: All of these people are fictional and are being used by me to illustrate points. The use of a living group's name is not meant to imply

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  want to be a writer, you have to write--but it also helps if you have ... as a process of matching words to a rhythm, which he uses as ... s (though it's set in the future, characters still use boom boxes

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  could change our lives. It’s crazy how quickly people can come together ... time as possible together.  And damn, did we manage to do it. On ... , so I’m really glad I was able to experience it. Afterward, I  y e e t e

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  admissions counselor fashion - I'm going to use this last pulpit opportunity ... it shouldn't cost you any money if you can't afford it.   ... process works. You can think of it as "cutting," "filtering," "funneling

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period ... . If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like ... worth it. I take it all in and try to just do it. Sometimes I fail

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  essay that I thought I did well. But I would never wish to do it again. I ... used to make the most ridiculous and hilarious wishes, while I just ... bell almost every day, or not at all. I miss how he used to use

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  concentrators promise to reduce the cost of solar electricity because they use ... blowing and power is needed; and can also be used for mooring a floating ... that can be grown and assembled at room temperature using biological

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  a great time! [You can click on the pics below to enlarge them ... nothing else in it, so I decided to fill it up with things that I've seen ... can't unsee it. [caption id="attachment_87985" align

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  everything I'm invited to work on; it's a real problem, and I plan to use the ... ) seemed to enjoy it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yuIE1OYnVI But ... respond with its own series of selections to generate an answer. We like to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  ’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on ... were difficult, but it mattered also that I couldn't find the time to ... I chose to stay a physics major. Ultimately, it mostly came down to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  Tech and did my bachelor's in computer science, and I used to work in a ... that can currently be searched unwarranted, using algorithms that haven ... technology that we're using being targeted to a specific demographic more than

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  used it mainly to get a second machine opinion on the sentiment of each ... living in MacGregor House, I used to live relatively far from the laundry ... confession is posted with a unique number, it was straightforward to select the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  liked the title and couldn't bring myself to change it. Actually, this ... Science this summer is kind of cool, but I can't wait to get back into saving the ... to use mine as long as you wash them and put them away when you're done

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  planes and contours. It's fun to choose which ones to emphasize with such a ... time to add just a smudge of shading. It's feeling looser, but it's not exactly where I want it to be. I peek at Deelia's sketchbook and notice how

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023