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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  I think FUN would be a good way to describe this weekend. THURSDAY ... The Patriot which is a movie I have yet to see in it's entirety ... in mind, there are adventurous ice cream flavors that I feel do work

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  to a friend about how, if i knew i’d live a long and healthy life in a ... i’ve ever read. on some level i already knew what the post would contain before reading it - i knew it would discuss the jack’s depression

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  If I had a dollar for every body pillow I’ve purchased in the past six months, I would have four dollars. For a net decrease of ... of my friends and I rented an apartment in Central Square, Cambridge

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February ... Instrument Design). Still, I think it's amazing how much physical equipment I ... musical instruments using them very soon. A dollar bill I got in 6

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  even I forget this – mostly, in this case, because the grand prize ... , because the last time I'd been in any talent competition, it had been at my ... " and "Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town." Alpha Delta Phi accepted me

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  taught in a field I was interested in. Seminars, he said, were ideal, since ... perfect department. That being said- and I promise this'll make sense in a ... always gave good answers. I would not be the person I am today if not for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  challenging. In 2024 I developed strength and self reliance. Obviously it ... that I am beyond grateful for. But in some of these lows, I grappled with ... , relationships, etc… and then choose what deserves a place in your life. I think my

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  been sitting in my drafts box since. However, I still believe, fervently ... us a happy pi day, and I realized that today was the day, and in t ... glorious day, and it is cold in Boston, but I still find it beautiful outside

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  ; I know a few friends who have never seen snow in such amounts, let ... instance, I was lucky to get one or two of them in a given year, presumably ... frozen, fluffier, and more white....Hey, I don't know how many readers

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  presentation.” (2.ThA website) Some people choose to begin their research in the ... Senior year. I began working in the Lab for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies in the fall of my senior year, and I’m spending most of my IAP here

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  Wesomeness that is MIT...As I would do right now if I had the chance to - high ... ?!??!!?" and "wow, just wow..." I guess I was more focused on being there "in ... to make contact with the balls represents how much I was overwhelmed by

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but unfortunately it was all Spam's idea. Thanks, Spam. Unfortunately, in the mean time, I've forgotten how to blog. So in true "first post" style.. there

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Kendra

  

  representing 65 teams from more than 50 schools participated in the first "P3" competition, which was held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 16 and 17. To win the P3, a project had to demonstrate how it would

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  . Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological engineering and neuroscience and double minor in history and music and I was ... time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  the title of "best milkshakes in Boston" at one point, I'm pretty sure ... it was hilarious. I found it a little like that "How do you get to ... asking me questions about specific things I had done in his class. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  open, because that is how you make friends in college. I met with my ... in full supply. I am sitting in my palatial room in East Campus as I ... unceremoniously late. I would like to posit that half the notoriety of Unified stems

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  In response to my last entry, Drew asked: "So, how important is it ... mentality of "This is absolutely the dorm that I want to be in," certainly not ... in, but my information is not even close to adequate, and I should take

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  refrigerator), they became chapters in it themselves. How could it be otherwise ... . What if I need those vector calculus equation sheets in six years?! Anna ... list.) The third category fills a half-shelf that I would gladly haul

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  mother finally came home late at night, she would come in to her room and ... I had cable and I would just watch the weather channel over and over ... vodka, Joey a bottle of something else. On some days the cops would ask

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  puzzle in private dining. In all of the reviews that I saw while doing ... were anywhere else, they probably would have chuckled at the joke that I ... progress. After a while, I couldn’t have a conversation with anyone in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016