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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  weird." And it is a totally, completely, utterly weird place. You can take ... wear a tie??), it's more or less true. There is zero dress code at RIKEN ... - but it's a little unnerving. Especially in a country where one in ten

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  'm on to you, Melinda. In fact, I've kept the 2002 Time cover asking, "CAN ... they teach you in 18.702. Well, as a member of the MIT community, it ... a newly-bought laptop, it has already been rendered obsolete. Well, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  charge? Whatever you want.” Hmm... Eating at food trucks is a common MIT ... Lab. And this is the inside. Clover Food Lab, which grew out of a ... /CEO and host at this conference, is actually a graduate of MIT’s material

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  . And what I’ve got is this pretty amazing flowchart my cross-country co ... before going out to dinner. Running is a great sport, but no one ever chose ... sleet and snow (October) (you think I’m kidding, but this is Boston

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  seemingly only a science in a purely semantical sense, is a hidden gem here at ... Sloan's Wong AuditoriumSome of you might be wondering what Model UN is in ... proceedings of any number of committees in the United Nations. You're given a

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

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  (a well-balanced diet if you know where to look). I used the money that ... winning is done (paraphrasing Rocky).   I'd like to leave you with my ... , because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  it here, or let you read the full text below: It is truly a deep ... might be a place where there were others like us. Where we could challenge ... , the most selfish thing you can do is not let them move on. Money is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  heaven. And the fact is that a lot of times, you don't even need the Subway ... where you want to go. By itself, I think the T is kind of expensive, but ... limited to countries or regions, but cities and schools as well. It's also a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  environments but let our environments take advantage of us. There is a quote ... dialogue: “Ravinder, you can do calculations in your head that the average person needs a calculator for. And yet you fail in Math. You have a gift

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  Emab Plaza is a busy shopping mall located in the heart of Nigeria ... its own life. There’s always a crawl of congested traffic at its ... shock, from a plane crash, and there’s no point psychoanalyzing these

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  -aware guidance algorithms for aerocapture, which is a maneuver where a spacecraft ... ."]“mild gastrointestinal issues”[/annotation] who needed a home. We named him Percy, which is ... from prescription dog food to normal dog food. He is a very friendly and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  . I took a moment to evaluate my options. There were all sorts of ... me to skate on. I tried going left, skating for a while to see if there ... thing about step by step directions instead of a map, one mistake and you

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  you know where you can have a good laugh if you're having a bad day.) I ... . But what you probably don't realize is that there are other people out ... here I am. I guess the point I'm trying to make here is that you can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  where you enroll next fall, please make it a better place. I know you can ... ;    You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  For those of you who didn't notice, the Supreme Court of the United States voted to legalize same-sex marriage yesterday. MIT noticed. The Great Dome is one of the most iconic pieces of architecture on campus, and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  and Sunday, which is a pretty crazy thing if you think about it ... yeah, THE CAKE. So no, I can't actually make you a white chocolate raspberry mousse. I CAN charge you $25.50 for it, though. (That's a skill for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  work despite the [annotation note="extra is a strong word here. to be ... stopped by Target to buy some snacks for the marathon walk. I ate a few ... blogger meetup. I got there a little early, so I sat outside and read a book

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  a five minute walk from campus. This is actually where the bloggers ... , it would be ice cream. Fortunately, here at MIT, ice cream is only a ... blog entry, you can probably tell I support diversity in ice cream

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  Registration Help Desk, 11am-close, Sunday See you there! p.s. With bad weather expected almost everywhere in the country tomorrow, I suspect there will be ... 12 hours and counting until CPW. Here are some places where I'll be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  's going on?" Friend: "..." Me: "...is that a parade?" Friend: "..." Me: "..." Friend: "...I freaking love this city." Here in Seattle, you see, there ... surprising -- it is, after all, a port city -- but that's far from all that

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014