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• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  It's 9:05am PST. I told myself I'd wake up past 9:14, but either due ... year, I'm up 9 minutes too early. It's 9 minutes too early, because in 9 minutes, or so I've been told, the early action decisions for MIT are going

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  my plans for the three-day weekend. Sorry, Chris Columbus. I’m actually ... long for just one Saturday morning without a race on their mind and a ... in time to start warming up. The funny thing is that a “weekend off

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  oil, unlikely to be mistaken for water." Might I provide an ... I said, 'Why pay for a yacht when we can just make a giant flotilla of ... up a barbecue grill on the leader raft, cook meat, pass meat around in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  , getting a feel for the demographics. There are no international students ... " "We encourage you to come up with your own procedure to solving problems" He's talking about how, for example, in Eric Lander's Bio class (human

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  ended up doing verrrrry bad for our standards. Boston, Massachusetts (1 ... and coaches made up for the lackluster setting, but I'm only ranking ... Sentimental Man"]Wicked[/annotation] - Yes it has not even been out for two

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  ’ll probably stick with applications for the project, and just try to pick up ... about my UROP for a while, but usually end up just UROPing instead as soon ... ’m taking a fourth for fun and knowledge and hopefully preparing for grad

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  internship, like I've been telling people. It's a subgenre of sorts, meant for ... expanded the program for me in order to get in. And so that's why when I look ... godly figure shining down on me saying "Cami, computer science is for you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  Thanks, everyone, for your feedback on the admitted students parties ... was unscheduled, but that made it all the more better. For example, Les ... of amazing as well. First thing in the Fall, I'm trying out for both

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  , showing up in classics like the Delmore brothers’ “Freight Train Boogie” and ... for artists to hearken back to an imagined “simpler place and time,” as ... shadow I grew up in. It’s a truly lively city with a lot of diversity and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  supposed to balance when you have a foot up wayne: well how do you balance ... feet hurt wayne: mildly. i mean your foot's been on a thin edge for the ... foot up cj: uh huh freddie: and then put it in front of the other cj

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  ??: 1/10 “You’d probably throw up before you can drink enough for anything ... them...for purely educational purposes. RPMI (made with water ... this up in the microwave — super-pure water will superheat and explode

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  soggy wooden path opened up to the ocean, a lone dock, and the museum over ... up and away from the DJ and the one awkward pair dancing in the open ... straight for free “Thirsty? Need a Snack?” section of the room. Got drinks in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  who I am. This all started when moving to Cambridge for a year caused a ... understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I ... come from. Growing up, and up until recently, I was a serial flip

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  were doing astronomy research for the summer. His face lit up, in the way ... up in the entrance. Curious, I stopped a guy from walking in ... store was empty, except for the owner and his friend, who looked at us

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  have any professor as a director or musical advisor. Techiya is made up ... some connection to Judaism; they auditioned for Techiya because they ... , then going through all the major composers up to the twentieth century

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  why; according to the anesthesiologist, I curled myself up in the fetal position and had no pulse for a good 40-50 seconds. He said the likely cause ... brought with me to India is already half-full. For a rural-tribal hospital

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  November means a lot of things for different people. Thanksgiving and ... worse – the dreaded neckbeard. And for something entirely automatic ... like fixing motorcycles and blowing things up. "No problem, I've got this

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  Achilles heel. It’s not for want of trying. I bake a lot; last summer I kept track of how much butter I used up, but since this blog is supposed to be ... different problems, and although it was a lot of work I ended up doing just

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  . Boiko: Last year, a senior in one of our courses came up at the end of ... 's a terrific event coming up on campus. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist ... and A Canticle for Leibowitz. Students consider genre protocols and how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  . Everything was a learning experience; the world had just opened up for me in a ... - whether or not you take it is up to you My Card: The Eight of Cups [caption ... strolled down that path, and I’ve realized what lies there wasn’t for me

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024