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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One and one and one is three Haha, it tells me to write an excerpt. This whole entry is an excerpt.

  

  your genes." Sitting in Lobby 10 with Ruth '07, contemplating buying an ... in my life over the past few days. As my beloved high school friend ... genetic?" Sam: "No." Mitra: "They learned it in 7.012 today." Sam: "Oh

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  grade, I came across a highlights video for the 2014 Fair held in Los ... There’s this idea that every moment in your life, every experience you go through adds to your being in some way or form. You essentially

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  that Gwen Stefani, in addition to designing a bizarre new line of ... follow her around as a living fashion accessory. Her inspiration in this endeavor was apparently the girls who hang out in the Harajuku shopping

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  Rome So my spring break trip began in a sudden blur of things. My day ... laundry, change currency, buy travel books, and sleep. After a pizza lunch ... way. Saturday was the big day. However, I slept in and still hadn

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  numbers. If you already have a cell phone in your hometown and buy a new one ... students. In reality, however, it's just an excuse for me to advertise this ... I'm not premed anyway), but my experience was that in high school, a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  can definitely say that I learned a lot and improved in both reading ... , that was not exactly the case in practice). I wanted to learn more on the ... gender discrimination among its women faculty in the 1990s. Below is an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  I met Will and Kristina in very different parts of campus. I was ... popped up and started speaking to my friend in Chinese. I hardly even got his name, but in my mind, he was already The Hispanic Guy Who Speaks

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  Avenue Saturday (avec Sam): a lunch in Chinatown a visit to Trump Tower (where we contemplated buying Donald Trump (flavored?) bottled water) a ... ] the menu of the most expensive restaurant in New York City -- good thing

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  This summer, I'm doing MISTI-Germany and living in Berlin. I've been enjoying it a lot for a number of reasons: not least because in Europe ... I did a lot of reading and relaxing. That in itself isn't a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  : 6 About: Hey guys! I’ve lived in exactly two places my entire life: my family’s house in Los Angeles (one week and 18 years ... In July we posted the blogger application. 88 students began an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  downloaded from iTunes and buying furniture for the new apartment to do a public service announcement on where to buy stuff for your future ... transportation stuff Public transportation in Boston is not as great as it is in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  doctor who could communicate in English or at least keep the prescription in your native language. Find a [annotation note="primary care provider ... might be able to help you around campus. I got in touch with the Pakistani

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is ... in order to learn how to win at high school, college applications, and life.” In other words, to help you! From Jacob: “We believe that you

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  having to check maybe 10-15 packages on an average morning in the past, but on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of ... several textbooks from Amazon, and I was considering buying a notebook (the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  donate our unsellable textbooks to schoolchildren in Africa. (I have to ... dollars in credit card debt, because they were like 'Oh man, look how cool that new HDTV is! I may not have the money to buy it, but, hey, I do have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  each year, and that it is the largest food festival in the country. On ... , we can smell the garlic. Love is in the air, and it doesn't smell good ... ice cream -- no one's going to buy it if another stand is giving it out

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  , Erica, and Simon were smart enough to buy a family pack of season passes ... that much to get in the pool at Hurricane Harbor for five minutes. On ... ; MIT does not accept insomniacs. The park put in two new rides this year

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  doing. In November, I pitched my entire "buy-genes-off-the-internet, make ... .[/annotation] In any case, I spent all semester thinking about laser-powered dopamine ... do it in-person this week! so how did we get here, anyways? Last

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it ... awed by its 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and it being all-electric. 2 years later ... house in 2013.  $11k down gets you a $205k house.  As my house was nearing

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  Almost forgot... In all the laziness surrounding my vacation, I ... Thursday for all of IAP in a classroom. As long as I pass all of the tests ... semester. If I take the national registry exam, I will also be certified in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006