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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  the problems, quickly growing frustrated at the fact that none of it ... months ago, I began my first term at the Massachusetts Institute of ... 't supposed to happen until at least the middle of the first lecture, could

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  children and families of the MIT community. If you are not at MIT you can get ... ;   This semester I will catch none of these lovely bugs, because I ... efficient. When I showed up at the student center this afternoon there was no

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  idea pop into my head at the strangest of moments, and quickly jot it ... you can use it. It's actually one thing I wish there was more of at MIT ... there's one item I've been staring at guiltily for far too long: blogging

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  , bad one.) The timing of the talk wasn’t great; it started at 7 pm ... one of the biggest lecture halls at MIT, there were far more fans than ... alone love, and Jhumpa Lahiri is one of them. The Pulitzer Prize winning

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  first discovered at MIT. Both of them were recieved better than my first ... exclamations... so, if you look at a phrase and say "oh dear," you're out of luck ... discovered while trying to verify the title of this entry. Oh dear, I wasn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  only stay here for one night. I got up at the crack! of! dawn! to catch ... access, a badge I did not have. At the end of the work day, our team went ... . photo courtesy of iStock[/caption] I'm terrible at bowling. I was not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  your status of enrollment. If you’re at home and there’s still even the ... won’t regret it at all (you’re going to be looking at that picture of ... Orientation (Pre-orientation rather)? MIT’s next installment of the “Here’s a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  transition. And in one sentence, I've completely ruined your hope of being surprised at what this entry was about and where it came from. Er.. let ... piece of parchment lodged in the mouth of a dazzling, sparkling horse of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  , staring at a drawing one of my campers gave me, and craving only the company ... layer of a human pyramid. We cheered as, at the end of our skit, our group ... 'mores-making partner. I think that was the first of many times my heart melted at camp

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  for it, but the number of classes you take doesn't determine you at ... . I'm kind of awestruck at how you can go from "this galaxy is ... written in MIT's charter), and John Reed is the guy at the helm of that

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  of my worst week ever at MIT. Luckily, it was not all pain and ... medicine is a marvel of science and engineering At the start of the semester ... , people at MIT generally care about the well-being of their peers. My

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  . My mom looked at the caller ID and said, "Oh look it's an out of state ... steps of lobby 7 and realize that I'm at MIT. This year, I've had the ... about, but if you tell me, I will, but my lack of blogging is not the

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  amongst the stars a comic

  

  Over spring break, I crashed at my recently graduated friend's place in NYC.  In an attempt to get back part of my soul after what's honestly been a soulsucking semester so far, I went full-on retail therapy at

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pixar Pi

  

  way you want them to, it's easy to feel down. Look at all of the good ... Waiting for decisions sometimes made us feel like kids, scared of the monsters in our closet ready to jump out at us. If you’re feeling like

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  picture of me at the top of the article - it's slightly overwhelming But ... particular, the hospitalization of my friend - she is named Emily in the ... people - again, talking about stress at MIT Is MIT too hard? Is MIT too

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  't know that I'm at the "embrace" stage of my MIT evolution (I think I ... heartbreaking, than I imagined back in July when it was spoken of in distant ... admissions veterans were probably speaking in the IHTFP tone: that mix of dread

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  Hahn 1999) of hardcore text, I thought you'd like to look at some pictures of the band too. These were taken at last Saturday's men's water polo game against Iona. I mean, it's kind of hard to take pictures at 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  , so I've been spending a lot of time wandering through Boston. Everything below is within walking distance of MIT -- and I'm not one of those ... : very few of the photographs below are originals) Beacon Hill Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  and is spreading at a rate of 28 to 100 kilometers a year. Even the ... currently over 1000 axolotls in captivity at the University of Kentucky ... used to spend this day at my little brother's elementary school with my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  understand a complex piece of art all at once, so we pick a specific message to ... skipping past uneventful scenes or zoning out for large portions of concerts ... - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022