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• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  , notice: First and foremost, my super-fabulous high-heeled rainboots. I got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had ... down steadily the entire day. I actually found myself walking outside

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Camp Kesem! It's magical.

  

  Exactly three weeks from today, I'll be done with my freshman year of ... day, when I shelve my textbooks and notes and give it up for three wonderful summer-y months. I have a few things lined up for the summer, and

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

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  time that feels like it's being wasted. As such, I decided to take most ... ) and I was heading back to the dorm. As I walked by the student center I ... Saturday Night at 8!" I check my watch. 7:45pm. Oh why not. I went over to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  Last week, I blogged a little about how MIT's student body really distinguishes the Institute from any other university that I know. On one level ... MIT. At the same time, though, I have come to realize that MIT's faculty

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  [by Mirat Shah '08] My name is Mirat and I am a junior studying Course 3 (Materials Science and Engineering). I grew up in New Jersey and ... year I am in the other Cambridge (the OC for short :) ) in the UK. Along

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  scientist.   Photo Credit: Robert Mesa   I haven't learned much yet. My teacher is Rob, a photographer I met in a coffee shop ... a limitless light behind it. I kept stalling out. "Chill OUT," Rob

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Some weeks ago, Jeanne '13 and I embarked upon yet another of our ... college cards. I haven't actually had the chance to use mine yet, but at the ... . Wait, it's free?! I'm getting one ASAP." And thus, it was decided that I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  [by Patrick '09] On Tuesday, I went to Trinity College chapel for evensong. I expect most people are unfamiliar with this tradition, so it ... all their own - Trinity happens to be one of them. Since I sing with my

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  for feedback in the last entry. :-) I will be creating some in-depth entries about projects as I decide what exactly to write about! In this second post of a three-part series, I will showcase some vacant rooms in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The new wave-y pop song "I Should Be Allowed To Think" by They Might Be Giants begins with the lyrics, "I saw the best minds ... readers. I've had an overwhelming number of requests for sample problems

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a trip! We left off in Miami, where I had a great meeting before a packed house. I also got some recommendations for yummy Cuban food on Calle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  I win. So I apologize for having disappeared (somewhat) off the ... thus far. Here's a brief recap of what I did/what I have plans for in the ... , 2008 Right after school ended, I hopped on a plane and embarked again on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  your day running errands. If I were to redo this entry, I would sit down ... styrofoam cup, I assumed that the liquid inside was caffeinated. Similarly, if someone was holding a reusable bottle, I assumed that the liquid

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  Last weekend was CES 2019, an annual convention in Las Vegas that I ... open to the public (I think you actually need business credentials or media affiliation), but I was able to get in on the last day for free

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  As an African American I have always felt left out when it comes to ... culture, a sense of history and background that I simply did not possess or understand. I felt like I was missing out on an entire world that everyone else

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  MISTI-India: Community Health Internship The MISTI experience of Gilad Evrony '07.

  

  [by Gilad Evrony '07] I think it was around junior year that it ... were not at MIT. I backpacked through north India with a friend of mine in the summer before my junior year, and I was deeply affected when I

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  So this is what an Add/Drop form looks like: Now, I know what you ... this blog in forever, I know you only took that picture on your second ... , it's such a cool class!" I was enrolled in 8.02, and I was very

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  A couple of months ago I got an email saying that Leslie Jones (from ... tickets were being awarded based on a lottery system. I entered the lottery within the next 45 seconds because...   ...how could I not go? The

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] I was once told, "If you come ... and following my instincts, I feel like I haven't even tapped into what the institute has to offer its students.  If there's one thing I learned

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  i moved back to east campus last weekend, and to continue the kinda ... slightly less smooth than last time, because i had to carry boxes up three ... helped with transportation again, and i had the foresight to distribute the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021