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• 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 / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  guests here is unsurpassed in warmth and joy. Last year, I came as a ... friends in Central Ohio. Calm upperclassmen who taught me how to pronounce ... . Rejoiced in the decided spring. Next, ready to blast off into our dreams

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  ’ll typically find me buying boba in Lobby 10, napping in Barker, or psetting in ... Dynamite, released on August 21st >:)), weird math facts, and this-one-thing-I-learned-in ... sorority recruitment (and I am not in a sorority). However, I think that

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  - aka Sparring. Jason Uh '10 in red (1st Dan Black Belt); his team A1 ... I've always thought about doing crew and Taekwondo (TKD) in college ... work (Photo credit: Bobby Ren) To catch up: 1st quarter at MIT, I took P

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

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  problem sets or 6.002 labs or running 20 miles or buying 843 dollars worth ... in history. Surely, Dr. Sarah Tabacco writing "NOT FLAT" in three-foot-tall letters thoroughly ingrained the structure of cyclobutane in my mind, and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  into a skillet to brown, and throwing in whatever vegtables I happen to ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the ... break for about half an hour and there's no refrigerator or microwave in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  to gal for SAT tests, they are my forte in the world of arbitrary national assessments. The first SAT test I took was in 7th grade--I don ... guide to preparing (or at least a guide to how I prepare) in the hope that

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless ... shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three-bar package of Dial Gold My mother said, with the old Asian flair, "Don't buy

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  He looked the devil in the eye, and said "You're looking well" The ... Group") Ass. Homo. Group. Overheard in Stata: Yeah, you know, biology ... to die! CVS cashier dude: (I'm trying to buy Tylenol) Well, I need

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  several years back when I was in junior high. What do you think occupied ... ? Inspiration comes from people who are passionate about something. In my opinion ... they love; they share what they love with others in hopes that they

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  Anywhoo, I'm writing right now from a Starbucks on O'Farrell St. in downtown ... in exotic locales (okay, maybe not so exotic), this IAP had been REALLY ... reason for doing so, you see. In a little bit more than 48 hours, I will be

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  was one of the main reasons that I chose Next House. In RBA, you live in the same dorm as the other students in your seminar (usually there ... honest, I got to know the other people in my seminar but I didn't really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  items might help you as well. Fourth in Malibu Sands Summer Sixth in Raven Symone's 1st Third in Greek A + Roman V Thirteenth in Mr Tumnus ... after you solve the puzzle. Flavor Text: Lost in the jungle, Joe is

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to generating ... I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... country and around the world. Spending time in settings like these is

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... downtime on December 31st, it seems that most students were able to ... moment! To submit Parts 1 and 2, log in to your account on MyMIT. You can

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn ... …or is it Seattle? Anyway, grab your umbrella just in case. While the ... . In their sophomore year, many GEL students were enrolled in UPOP

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010