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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  yours, in fact! But I did want to write briefly about something really ... -up to help make learning foreign languages easier in foreign ... can also check out the Lingt website at http://lingtlanguage.com. I

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  buy into the notion that somewhere, in some crevice of my brain, lies ... . So— in keeping with the theme while also in the interest of not ... Ask yourself if the message hits home in any aspect of your life- it

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  way more time in my dorm than usual. Sean Collier's memorial service was scheduled for Wednesday, and classes were cancelled in anticipation of ... jumped into action. Early in the morning, dorm presidents (like me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  Movies Watched in the Past Year Through Which I Have Remained 100 ... being. I can dream in black-and-white or in color, but not in black ... brainwashed you into buying Coca-Cola. Need I say more? 3.Slumdog Millionaire

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  [by Susan Shepherd '11] It was 5:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in ... , dinosaurs in feudal Japan, a traveling carnival gone horribly wrong, and the ... decided on a production schedule, and Guild Camp began. In many ways, Guild

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  supposed to supplement the rest of it. We had to run out in the middle of the event to buy more. The rest of the ice cream finally arrived. There was a ... fridges in the snack room, we found that one of them wasn't turned on. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  BLOOD MOON FEST IS REAL!! "the blood moon rises and the blood moon falls but the wave of whimsy it…

  

  the dorms[/caption] A few days later, I decided to buy pre-made red ... . The morning of, Anoushka and I got to work in the kitchen, but waiting ... earrings, and suddenly, we were in the Simmons Crafts Lounge, searching for

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  to buy as a gift for their family, friends, and loved ones. (continued ... Boston. Yes, MIT is actually in "Cambridge." MIT Toe Socks – Yank off ... Villain Swivel Chair – In case you use your degree from MIT to become an

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  In 4 weeks, you will leave home for an academic journey of 4 years ... sockets appear in the oddest places. -- a Twin XL sheet set, a towel, and a ... good for splitting bills with friends and buying cannolis at the North

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  next age, why put them in a sterile box? Aren't we all supposed to ... take a tour of some of MIT's greatest works of student art, found in ... projects, so we get reimbursed for the supplies we buy. It's a great way

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  design process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process ... purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts down their factory for the one week each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  slowly over two-hour, three-fork dinners in French restaurants with napkins pre-folded in topologically confusing structures (not that I needed to ... vegetables ($2.00 per 16 oz.) doused in oyster sauce and Sriracha, digging for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  conversations. I can't tell you how often I find myself having in-depth and ... . (Free admission! If you're ever looking for something to do in San Fran ... pasty white or what???) Another one of the very first things we did in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  available to you (such as living group websites and the Guide to Residences in ... it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in ... am dancing. I'm also back in Florida, having moved out of Senior House

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  's relentlessly positive attitude towards everything in life no doubt helped him earn his PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT. It also might have helped ... to his thesis defense in full uniform: Doesn't Professor Tester (my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  other people in the world are shallow in what I editorially find to be a shocking way, so I'll answer anyway. Look at yourself in the mirror -- there ... research for him for very little in the way of salary. So slave labor works

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts ... 've successfully woven in my crocheting with my life at MIT. But why do I spend so ... .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i used a selfie stick for good and other things i did in 6.811

  

  semester, but you can start to poke around in the 6.811 course website ... has grown into a gem that features the best guest speakers in the field, interactive labs (including navigating campus in a wheelchair), and lots of

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  . As I recently wrote in an op-ed piece for the higher ed website Inside ... her personal growth and genuine enthusiasm for learning. In the piece I ... participated in FIRST, last year I had the good fortune of experiencing FIRST

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  hand in anything with words in, on and/or around it that leaves the ... this website; every piece infused with a candor and respect for our ... decide if you can't imagine spending your college life anywhere else. In

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009