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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  /ladder constructions, and those in the trees. Niki '09 and I grabbed a bench. She ... patriots. So, he was really unsure how the battle would unfold, if he could ... night, and squeezing in doctor’s appointments wherever they fit. Helpful

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  during this whole process, in order to show your constituents how calm you ... hobbies of all kinds – acting in the Musical Theater Guild, for ... in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  playing every instrument in turn, and the teachers would rate us from 1 to ... that "you better be in the band, dear", and I found that I really don ... I troop downstairs once a day to practice, trumpet in one hand and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  abandoned it in favor of Google Keep as soon as I realized how many things I ... Being organized is fucking incredible. I like limiting stress in my ... journaling, which I took up in my junior year of high school because I was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  glad that I totally switched gears in college. I think I would have been ... 'd excelled in high school; I would have been all "oh, I remember the time when ... what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  something this summer (since I have an internship with Bayer in Germany ... Marathon or checking out the MFA. In fact, the only reason I even planned ... , offering advice on how to get tickets, which games would be best, and other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  letter in the Senate? Dan: No, but I would be happy to start one. Wait ... I discuss how to get scientists more involved in advocacy, and what a ... him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  I'm back in Boston now with five Central Meetings under my belt: Long ... knee-deep in orbital theory and photoelectron spectroscopy, and I was ... real science. I had forgotten just how awesome chemistry is. And the best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  in my last post was misinformed, because when I wrote it, I was relaxed ... without waking them up. It happens sometimes. I just threw in the last ... -robot-building time loafing around and figuring I would start doing cool projects again

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  questions remind me of a time when I was coming out as gay in my 30s, when I ... hand, and their scooters tossed on their sides in the driveway, and I ... until recently. And I suspected, not in a very clear light when it did. It

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  You may track the progress of your application in the application portal. Materials submitted through sources other than the application ... MIT, and we'll check to see if it's been included in your application.
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  92 days. Lately everyone seems to be asking me how I am. Are you doing okay? How are you feeling? What's your emotional state? I find the ... considered me a friend taking time to check in on me. Another common thing I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  East Campus at all in my short time so far, and had no reason to. The ... the time, I couldn’t exactly understand what was happening in my ... found my home in a place I’d never even bothered to consider before. Now

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working ... think about all the things I would miss about my old job but now those ... also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  distances, because when they arrived, I was appalled at how 16 feet was, in ... Amazon’s six-month free Student Prime trial, I would like to offer a ... , and I feel like some of my overthinking actually paid off. Thus, in

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  exciting time in the world of particle physics. A week or so before, I had ... ." I hope that this gives some sense of how much was riding on the LHC ... period. Naturally, my friends and I decided to go. We walked in early and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  about to work with in 2.009 -- the people I know will be big value-adds to ... means owning and really understanding your part, while keeping in mind how ... , and oddly-formatted emails.  I've been reading a lot of job descriptions

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  reality when I inevitably run into the door frame. I wake up in the morning ... stuff. I haven't decided how I feel about this. Actually, things have ... who remember back in the day when I used to doodle in my notes. The

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up ... my favourite drinks back home in South Africa; naturally, I was excited ... has the drink, though, so I lived in blissful ignorance about the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  coffee table. And then I remembered the bulletin boards in the Infinite Corridor. I can't seem to make it to my office in the morning without ... director and I had to email Chris, who was in the middle of committee still

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012