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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  finch songbird pair bonding, and trying to soak in as much Japanese life ... experience, to say the least - while my lab is an international lab run by an ... to. The cherry on top of this weird, informally-dressed sundae is that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  pounds of me, were to get in a fight, the last thing I’d want is for it to ... "]However,[/annotation] in this case the answer was distinctly ‘yes.’ Punching is supposed to ... I've been taking the time to explore some classes and activities in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  so easy to use. They're actually magic in how they work. You put the ... " inside the pot, put in the chicken, and set it to cook. After a few minutes ... not really a recipe, in as much as it is an idea for what things you can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  , because faith is something that is very much within a person. It is in the ... is still mostly men. I would love to spend a day in her shoes (and ... the hijab at the age of 8, very much clueless as to what it meant in a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  November was … read until the end to find out

  

  in the semester, and covers all the material up to that point (which ... the GRE, we would've had to start studying in senior year of high school ... we ate at a Lot as kids. If we had to choose one smell that is the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 29, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  . I've learned that fear is often rooted in the unknown. Fire spinning ... ’ve grown close to the people in the club: those who are just as eager to ... favorite parts of the year is our retreat in the woods with other East Coast

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 18, 2025
• 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…

  

  from my house to my office, and although the Rhein river is a little ... Harvard to small highway to Watertown. MIT is in a prime location for you to run anywhere from 3 to 17 miles in a closed loop around the river. 2

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  . Has life been perfect in the Alpha Phi House? Of course not and to say ... bus during the day on Sunday and I need to go to campus and it is ... Dixie, and Jeopardy to name just a few). We have laughed at the antics in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  needed to be. I've always very much been a more-about-the-journey-than-the ... roses that have decided to latch their roots onto me, but in the process ... . There is no pressure. I am simply in transit, going to and from but not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  also work out together!! One of the guys I'm living with is in ROTC and ... about living in a group like this is having to be organized about meeting ... , while others are in favor of keeping contact just to people in the house

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program ... of the things we learn in GEL is an urgency to act - I ordered the ... the labs creating craziness in general, there really seemed to be a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  -built formula cars in the world. FSAE is an international, collegiate ... problem sets to build an entire racecar. Most of the teams we visited had ... -time members, admission onto the team is usually granted to only sophomores and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  [/annotation] email, but you don't want to take up too much space. The email sign-off is ... 've gotten pretty good at it over time. Most importantly, however, to break the ... have included in an email to Next House, ranked in tiers from most to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  different from yours. This opportunity, in fact, may turn out to be the one ... of them are going on to college. Add to that an increase in the number ... the last several months, as you have been waiting to find out your

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  scope out the lounge for fellow passengers to chat with, but it is mostly ... Santa Clara, from June 26th to 29th. Here’s (most of) my planned route, in ... cone next to the felled fire hydrant, like a battlefield cross. Rest in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  feeling of being trapped in the Bubble is tangible in my failure to take ... ’s going on in the world i am. i used to be so caught up with everything, but ... r e~ made me realize how accustomed to MIT campus i’d become in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Swiss Miss "The archangel Michael descends riding a triceratops."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The song "Hips Don't Lie" went to #1 in nearly every ... according to the above five characteristics--so I opened it, held it in my ... to #2, and it only went to #94 in Japan. And I am SO SICK OF HEARING IT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  , these 1.5 hour exams are pretty much 100% of your grade in the class ... 've adjusted to learning in the MIT system, but I do feel like there are more ... complain about the lack of time to study for exams, the truth is... I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  behavior in a given setting is to experience that setting i liked that ... experiences with doritos and other snacks it’s much harder to come up with the ... to whatever real life throws at me, in the way that exceptional

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

   about what it is like to not be well at the end of a semester, and it is not fun ... to the committee: "I have spent so much of my time at MIT writing, I ... ago to the advisor for the writing department, and she got back to me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016