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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  actually know how to pronounce it. The nice compromise I've come up with is to just say it rhymes with "data." How do you pronounce "data?" That ... after work. Time not at work is usually spent sleeping. I write in the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  making me despair of the state of humanity on the rare occasions that I do ... classes a year, as some advocated. Not to mention, I am shocked that the UC ... ) California kid who was told in 8th grade that I needed to take five million AP

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Knock On Wood Can I Graduate?

  

  I promised I'd never pull an all nighter....my thesis is due tomorrow. We'll see how close I stay on that contract. More updates coming soon as the night progresses. 2:13 AM I started rocking out in my Athena

  • by Bryan
  • May 10, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  doing this in a yoga class; on my knees (the big toe on my left foot is ... , coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... , acknowledging that I wouldn't be able to attend that morning; Ashley has a rule

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  passed and I didn’t die and I wasn’t scared anymore. Sleeping in a loft has ... an open window I get a cool breeze at night and the light of the sun in ... sleep, which never used to be enough. A third, unexpected benefit is that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  leaves me in awe. This time, it is the I/O Brush: [I just realized that ... /O Brush is a project by Kimiko Ryokai in the Tangible Media Group at the Media Lab. Her site describes the invention: I/O Brush is a new drawing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  "You're joining a fraternity? What?!?!?!?" I think this is what a ... in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... friends were going to be. All I knew is that I was coming to MIT with one

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  with each recommendation letter. Also note that MIT is not a member of ... silver packet in the mail recently. This is our official MIT Application ... process and it’s not too early to start. You’ll want to do a few

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  climbed on a given day. The giant bar in the back? That’s the day my family ... . At the time, I was temporarily housed in a room on the fourth floor, in ... Hi, I’m Kathleen. I’m a first-year student and a new blogger here at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the winter the grass is covered in hoarfrost (иней in Russian, I learned) that ... I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  out, is National Reply Date. It had been a pleasure sharing what I know ... doesn't seem that far away from yesterday. Now, I just want to fill in ... short). ESP is a student "club" at MIT that seeks to provide educational

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  “Now Claire, this all sounds great, but how do I know if I qualify as a rural or ... short answer is: we’ve been doing a lot! So we asked Claire, one of our ... ’s been a big year. Check it out! STARS@MIT: A Year in ReviewWhen I was

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  two women conversing in Spanish. And I generally throw in a bit of Tamil ... about how annoying it is to be sick. I like it at this Starbucks! It ... expected. The high for today is 59 degrees, with a low of 51, and while I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  Square for a little bit later that afternoon because I had nothing to do. I ... [/caption] I found this small sketchbook in my drawer that I impulse-bought from ... nothing else in it, so I decided to fill it up with things that I've seen

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  , I've had a great time in Simmons this past year (and there are more ... backpack (laptop, Starship Troopers, iPod), with a little space leftover in ... Keep pile, meanwhile, is destined for - surprise! - a box of some sort. I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  just a little bit; still can't get over how exotic edamame sounds. I ... 't want to do this anymore". And about that, I'm very excited. I didn ... . Well - story of my life. At the turn of the new year, I posted a number

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  Sam pose for a picture in front of Burton-Conner. Notice that Sam is ... them there are. Merudh again: anyway, how do i get a blog like this? Do ... people that I live on Conner 3, because it's halfway in between. A better

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  optimistic and cheerful. I always do 004 projects in the lab so that I can get ... that I'm capable and can do engineering things in interesting classes ... that I did this lab. I designed a complete CPU at gate-level! It's MIT in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  , but I figure it's worth repeating) is that 1337 means "leet" in "Leet ... the time to do these hacks. I mean, considering someone is awake at all ... get in trouble? Please do provide details =). Aalap Dighe: I was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  that is also why my time in there is done. And so I shook away all those ... scents of Random and took it all in again, I felt a bit wistful. There was ... comfort zone is the best way to grow, and that I shouldn't cling on to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021