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• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  option, and it's useful when there's a particularly long message that you ... aquajogging this afternoon. Joe is on the cross-country team, but had his little ... revealing to me that you can get as much organic brown rice as you can fit on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  the snow is while everyone else got sick of it three weeks ago. But can ... Activities Period, aka the month after winter break where there's no required ... ?  but calculus?).  Being the knowledge junkie that I am, you can bet that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  -filled apartments is quite steep. For $3000-4000 per month, you too can live in a one-bedroom Solaire apartment. For a *mere* $8000, you can have a 1600 sq. ft. three ... National Real Estate Investor reports that "a green building can pay for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  this is very cool in and of itself -- there are not too many schools in this country, especially Really Good Ones, where the president of the ... Well, apparently I touched a nerve with my last entry -- sounds like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  only there were a way to show you the humble beginnings of the 'net ... text but apparently there is a low-res version for people with speeds ... website, and you can tell they're serious because the text is red. Psh I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate Can MIT brainpower, with the help of the LHC, finally put the matter to rest?

  

  represent. The latke, essentially a potato pancake, is traditionally eaten ... derivative of the hamentaschen, you can’t take the derivative of the latke ... -100 in a quest to solve one of the greatest conundrums of our time: latke

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  my major. Plus, you can't really beat the weather--I ran up what must ... country just calls this "design" or "process operations," but at MIT, where ... 's stomping a mudhole in me. I think the problem is that German I, II, and III

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  bad ones, but is there a general teaching "style" that most professors ... Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a ... my window is 15 stories up and falling out is not up there on my list

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  're considering MIT then you should come visit. I realize that depending on where you live, a visit to MIT can be expensive and a little time consuming ... . This is where you'll go first if you come for an overnight visit. When

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  two weeks. You know, until I arrived at MIT, I didn't think I had a ... argument about what the proper name is for a soft drink. Most people said ... generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  and/or summer. You can even get paid for it, which is awesome. [caption ... notice you in the first place can be a daunting task. But it doesn't have ... for those who aren’t sure where to get started. There’s also a good

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  -to-volunteer programs out there (as you will see if you run a Google search for gap year ... dessert. Note the baby bath that we tried to use as a sled. As you can ... 's really just a tomb with one room you can go inside). The birthplace of

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  everything is well-coordinated. of course, things aren't perfect—there's a ... , it was during the pandemic, so we were buying very few things. there was no satisfaction of selling out a successful show, or of buying

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  . Solomon queries: Jess can you really describe the showers in detail. Is it a ... , where there seems to be a pretty even split of Mac and PC users. And if ... conversation: ME: But you think this is a good idea? HIM: As in, doing it? ME

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  . Unfortunately, there is none. You can certainly can try to help your chances. You can spend July buffing up your technical skills in calculus. You can ... , pull out your device, and ask Google. We’re in a day and age where you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  outside of MIT Medical, positioned directly under the streetlight, where you can sit and watch the moisture in the air fluoresce on a foggy night ... laughter, silliness, and genuine friendship, a place where I lived with two

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  month, falafel was my savior. At 77 Massachusetts Avenue, there's a greek/middle eastern truck with a really friendly large lady, and you can get a falafel ... cards. You can tell I'm not an econ major. Goosebeary's, a South Asian

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And so it is… Just like the blogosphere said it would be.

  

  Admissions. For an introduction on me, you can check out my introduction blurb ... . The dog had babies, and then there was a big earthquake. Without ... movie this is based on a 2-sentence plot description and no title), the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  without the people? Branding is important, but you don't need to wear a ... Conner is seeing a few changes that have implications for its ability to ... . There's quite a bit of concern that this apartment would prevent the floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  being there, doesn’t mean that you don't belong. Engineering can be a ... 15-foot-tall balloons to the ground. There are dozens of ways you can accomplish this task: you can pop the balloons, catch them in a net, knock them

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025