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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  one of the best holidays of the year. In the past, my family and I would ... that I've come to fall in love with.  And recently, I've been trying to ... in Cambridge. As someone who loves scenic views to take pictures, the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and ... learned a bit about winter fashion, and how to dress appropriately. I was ... So how does a boy from Texas survive the oftentimes harsh winters of

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  at least three bathrooms. Hey there. I'm in Leverkusen, Germany ... pretty well set up here--I opened a bank account, almost entirely in German, until the lady got tired with how incredibly stupid I was and started

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... CI classes in your major: CI-Ms. I invite you to join me on this ... 'm being totally honest, though, when I say how rewarding this project was. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  meat quality. I am located in Leon, Guanajuato but I have been able to ... an ambassador for such a cause. Now I am at home in Tulsa, OK interning ... in handy, I promise. Be nice to your co-workers too. It never hurts to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  passionless had a crisis, got a tattoo

  

  . I’ll write in a passing note in the introduction how “my childhood ... believe in what Lorde has said about how people don't change day-to-day or ... year" but in reality it's just where I'm at right now, which may or may

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  I had a quick, whispered conversation in the audience: Ranjeetha ... does it feel like to be one of the richest people in the world?' I'm way ... academic question, and then - "So I'm curious...how does being such a rich

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  and expenses, and I stressed about the rest of my life. In September ... new. I did social media research and sat in on team meetings about it ... , I worked on the end stages of some art installations in Boston. For

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  how to work in schools across America to change how children learn. I applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift ... apartment-hunting is contingent upon my being in the Boston area after June. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  . Compared to most people in the South, I certainly don't. But in my first couple of months in New England, somebody told me I had a Southern accent ... ". I promise I'm not making this up. In the South, "coke" isn't just a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  English that I wrote it in to the typical Russian they publish in, but the ... thinking about an article about foreigners living in St. Petersburg. So I ... first published on http://dfactorial.tumblr.com I wrote an article about

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  . I noticed that my first two weeks in Albuquerque - when everything was ... work alone. I walked two and a half miles in the dry Albuquerque heat ... cracker jacks and funnel cake for the first time. I fell in love with green

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  found this bookstore before I left MIT. In addition to a large fiction ... in Boston, conveniently 4 stops down on the red line from MIT, that ... : Economics) and I met there on Friday night to hear Jewel perform a free

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  7 countries in Europe :p) but I know there might still be awesome pics ... 'refrigerator'/blahblah I will post selected entries in a complete blog to come! You'll have at least 2 weeks to send them in. :) Will post when I get

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  explain the kinds of things I learned, in a very simplified manner, as a ... have languages, we want to think about how, given a string, we would ... 's also in the set, if you make it small enough. Eg I = (a, b), a, b real

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  about my UROP   ^_^ It all started back in March, when I began poking ... Computer Science), with a heavy interest in biology.  I had intended to get a ... engaged.  Thus, bottle rockets! In July, I started mentoring at my school

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  Dear fellow chompers, A year ago, I was asked: … and in typical hosed ... introduced me to 30 cafes in the Greater Boston area, and since then, I ... caffeine companion in town” and deservedly so. I always mention this cafe

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  most succinct advice I can give is from Adam's dad (my future father-in ... learn at MIT will be how to fail. Okay, one time I said that the most ... amulets. (Some scientists I know recently put up in their lab a statue of St

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  Constitution, I wanted to see how Prof. Maier crafted her argument (she was ... students - would often bring up something interesting that I failed to notice before." Taking her up on her offer, I pored over many of the pamphlets in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  illustrate it, but I thought it would be a neat challenge to illustrate it and ... expressionless.   CAPTION: In the 9th grade… CAPTION: I learned about Bohr ... I'm taking 21W.744, The Art of Comic Book Writing, taught by Marjorie

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022