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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  're doing. 12:45pm – In which I decide to write a poem because I don’t feel like writing prose right now Sitting in a Chair (A poem about sitting in a chair in Hayden Library. Although arguably, it’s just a bunch of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  (a popular website for sharing fiber arts patterns and creations). in ... pm. i'm studying progenitor cell migration in planarians, which are ... in the recipient, cut the donor until all that's left is a square piece

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  something on the admissions website about a Maker Portfolio and got nervous because I had nothing to put in one of those and thought that maybe they ... they've made meanwhile I've kept all my abstractly creative ideas in my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  legal. The very first state-sanctioned same-sex marriage in the USA ... @MIT website. During CPW, I had the opportunity to check out the brand new ... to answer in time, but i'm STILL struggling to decide between Yale and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  athletics at MIT in order to share with attendees what I believe to be the ... , mailing lists haven't been in vogue since before Nick Carter was but a twinkle in a record executive's eye. And yes, mailing lists are not as fancy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  could hypothetically take and imagining my futures in them. Of course, the ... romanticizing the classes and picturing myself seated in the classroom learning ... the semester at around 5 or 6 and in those next two weeks or so I drop

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  time as a prospective student. In light of it being the night before CPW ... :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as ... from campus, etc. Each floor in Burton-Conner also has a different

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  There’s a trampoline in Simmons!!!! [caption id="attachment_94960 ... table that is now less cool in comparison[/caption] I live in Simmons Hall. For the last few weeks, large boxes have been sitting in the lobby

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  may be entitled to financial compensation in the form of “me buying a ... lives on Black Hole in Random during the year, where they have a tendency ... quite a bit of time in Ilani’s room. For the summer, though, PUF was

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  here with you, talking with you, and existing in the same virtual space ... who wouldn’t be? My usual defense in this kind of situation (aka any kind of situation) is to make lots of plans, so I had ’em ready in spades

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  interview. He suggested that we meet up during his short stay in the area, and ... we take for granted as residents of the East Side. In a similar ... . Apparently, when she attended college at a certain Ivy institution in New York

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  rock band CDs and video game/TV/movie soundtracks. In high school, I ... ’s second nature now to check local theatres, in this case Broadway in Boston ... limited number of as-yet-unclaimed tickets that you can buy for $20-40, let

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  weren't old. As in, not for a distant cousin or my mom's best friend from ... went with high school with. As in, a couple I distinctly remember running around with in the back of my best friend Wes's Explorer, who started

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  . That $20 in tech cash they give you? Use it right away for non-food (buy ... experience last year / my observations of other peoples' experiences. In no ... at least one more year (unless they're old, in which case, why are you

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  On the Coming of Winter in Boston November peels away like buttery ... humanities at MIT is non-trivial. In fact, I have just proved this fact in such a way as to cause e.e. cummings to weep in his grave. As an MIT

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The chocolate chip cookie was invented in Massachusetts by Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1937. She was working at the Toll House Inn ... shrimp, and then crispy fries rolled in melted butter and dipped in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  spotify ever since freshman year. shuli and ankita have also done posts in ... 've just been too down in the dumps because of the quarantine to actually ... what i study to nowadays. RIP having good taste in music. my one attempt

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  Stark, the John Harvard statue, and soon, my classmates. In the several months leading up to Premiere, RingComm had been moving in silence. standing on business, even. working on the ring design in private. In order

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  blog post ever! I hope you enjoy following my adventures in MIT ... , with some "day in the life"s, similar to others that have been done in ... follow along on my six weeks of adventures in Michigan, Texas, Seattle, and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  I live in Burton-Conner, which is a cook-for-yourself dorms, but I ... pretty much lived off of avocado toast in the morning and Maseeh dining for ... , though, so when prompted with the option to buy a meal plan for

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024