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• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  So this weekend, East Campus hosted the Bad Ideas Weekend, which can ... . Personally, I find this a lot more exciting than Mystery Hunt. I mean, there ... things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  to Propulsion" this fall, and I want to prepare in advance. I would ... that I did. In an obvious sense, money is good, and I've always felt that ... having a job impaired my ability to do my homework -- in fact, I've found

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  parties made possible by Jay Sean. I’ve learned a couple things. Like how ... of grief and I-wish-I-had-Hermione’s-time-turner yearning. And how old ... More than a month ago, I stepped drowsily off a Southwest Airlines

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  . I want to speak up more and learn how to speak up better--in other ... -year-old college student at MIT, typed quickly in Hayden Library. Today, I got up to ... thinking that it was in February; I don’t know why, I didn’t even “get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  sandwich "barbecue", but I called it Sloppy Joe in front of the Europeans to ... in Boston, and an invaluable source of carbs for marathon training. I ... buy 7 falafels, you get the eighth one free! How bad could that be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email ... ”, Urban Studies and Planning --I know someone that would respond “Majoring in 5 and 7, with minors in 9 and 14”. Translation: “I’m crazy.” Well

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW ... .) *With Class of 2013 matriculation decisions due in less than three days, I ... here, but I think I want to join. In the same vein, Lin was present at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about ... something I learned to do well in high school. I talked to TAs and LAs, and ... her. Then she said, “Oh you’re doing fine! I would not recommend

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  're definitely getting in!" just increased the pressure. With how and where I grew ... what MIT had for me. I never thought I would get in, but I went down You ... true. This is how I got rejected from my "dream school", and how I got

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  how to grill. I needed people to help carry all the meat in, and store ... admit that I was despairing a little. There are almost 300 people in New ... happy that I live in a dorm that can mobilize within 24 hours, to go from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  . I wanted to explore how my hair sometimes swallows me both in volume ... mine 'NYC critters,' and I still have it tucked away in my bookshelf at ... magazine, I was immediately struck by just how cool they all were. I’d always

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  Part I August 2020: I read a stray comment in the blogger slack that sets off a chain of thoughts in my head. Pulled by some force I can ... ="Am I black in America? Well, that's one of the things I'm thinking about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  needs help walking now. They raised me since I was born and stayed in the US with us until I was 14. The last time I visited them was in the 9th ... ’t even remember how they’re related to us anymore. I’m just going to refer

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  . I haven't revisited these blogs in some time; the public ramblings of ... relocated to 10am-6pm and careening in the direction of 'hand-wavy'. The day I ... that is no longer accessible. When I think of this place in space and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  Virginia, the most important city in the world that night for all I cared ... maniacal fervor. By the time I returned to Random at 8:30 PM, puzzling was in ... ice cream parlor in America and I sprinted away into the snowy night

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Special October Events

  

  :30 p.m. in the Porter Room. We have obtained carts full of the biggest (i ... Though I haven't had internet for the past week, there has still been ... Sunday the 23rd at 3:00pm in the Porter Room. Winners will be announced

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  post detailing how and why I went on leave from MIT, in honor of my three ... of the differences between us, in how I see the world and how she sees ... ’t have enough to do in my life already and that this challenge would be a

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  singular noun that ends in s, such as abacus, you would need an s with the ... that they would charter five boats a day for it, but I guess if the ... flying into our eyes and nearly killing us, and also I fell asleep in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  350 you start to forget how you normally write your name). That's why I ... listening to when I signed that card. 1 of the cards says "IHTFP" in binary ... cards. I made sure to write down what I added to the cards I customized

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  constraints, we designed a fuel cell that would fit in a cell phone and seemed like it would work pretty well. You fuel it by buying 2 x 2 in cartridges ... cell are carbon dioxide and water. In fact, it would actually be less

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006