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• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  would win in a fight: James Bond or Wolverine? "I'm sitting in lab right ... aware of all the different sounds in the laboratory at any given time ... . This is the best recipe for soup I have ever tasted in my short life

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  four years of Latin in high school -- but clearly I am not as witty as I ... -- since I didn't come in yesterday (I was up in Maine at Adam's ski condo watching a History Channel special on the Kennedys), I had to come in at 7

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  . Unless you consider all of those 500 forms I needed to fill out and send in ... videos a few minutes in length about each of the dorms so that the incoming ... following someone dressed in a monkey suit running through the halls, or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  in a cook-for-yourself community. It could be helpful for parents as ... for information about non-MIT meal kits and meal prices in general. The ... note: you are required to purchase a meal plan if you live in a dorm with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  is huge, and it's pretty much impossible to do everything in one day, so multiple visits are encouraged. I know I'll be back in the fall for ... shops here in Boston and Cambridge and give you the dish on what's hot and

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... debate. He could relate; he used to be UAVP himself! In fact, he was Matt ... '06, who were watching Star Wars in 6-120. On Saturday, a bunch of 5th

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  begin with.  I wasn’t planning on buying anything in particular, but then ... of them was in my hands, so I had to buy it. I’m not sure what I’ll do ... events like playing underground capture the flag in the main campus

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  offer even if I did get in (clearly this was just an ill-planned coping ... time gone??? I feel like just yesterday I was in your shoes, nervously ... posts, which only made me more nervous and sure that I would never get in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... we were in Random. As a joke, Raymond decided he wanted to "secretly train in chess" so he could later challenge Chambers in a chess match and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  says you’re in the EECS department – is that true?” another asked during ... mathematical computing) this semester, and I blow glass in MIT’s glass lab. The truth is, I’m actually majoring in 6-2 (electrical engineering and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  two days earlier. Clearly, the natural theme was Canada. 2.Buy food for ... two blog posts in high school literature class and it didn't work. Remember this post in which I facetiously asked for a space heater? Turns out

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  with make-up on, and maybe ride in a limo, but in the end you’re just ... held last night for the Class of 2008. We received the invitation in the ... was May 3rd. In addition to the stress of graduation, we also needed to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  standing around in Best Buy, confusing every single customer and employee ... About two years ago at school I was sitting in the computer lab ... Tube. He searched for "Improv Everywhere Best Buy" and showed me a hilarious

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  ... In December 2020, I learned about the MakerLodge training that first-years could participate in, and I immediately did the online portion of the ... different. In digital fabrication, you learn about 3D printing and laser

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  served as Treasurer in my sophomore year and didn't enjoy it since, well, it was during the pandemic, so we were buying very few things. there was no satisfaction of selling out a successful show, or of buying

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  —imagine being in a museum where you could buy any exhibit (if you have the ... ," Day 2 - "Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017," and Day 3 - "College Life ... for you! Sure, students have less time for books in college, but we don

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  So…I'm not sure exactly where September went, but in plain English: school got harder. We're in rough terrain - first wave of exams, or in my ... courses in your major) – and more pressure to be uh, mature and serious

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  John Harbison is teaching the undergraduate class 21M.304: Writing in ... an impulse buy of some Star Wars: Episode III valentines the other day ... 't really talk. I guess they assumed that the kind of person who would buy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  Google Calendar or other similar online planning apps/websites, but we just like using physical agendas more. For one, it’s fun to buy a new one each ... plastic pocket to put in any design you want. So, I printed out one of my

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  to have attended Disrupt and to have made new friendships in the ... placed in the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon the weekend before. Tickets to ... lets you code websites with just your voice, Bumperz, a collision

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016