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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  everything that I have learned. With the summer skidding to a halt and classes ... be able to get a UROP?” Thankfully, there is already an excellent guide ... to let me in. I think it's important to consider the fact that MIT is

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  ’ve guessed. And the cherry on top? For dinner, we went to a restaurant that ... ) flew by quickly. That is until we got to the arachnids exhibit (finally ... facilities there, including a cleanroom (akin to MIT.nano) and a 325-meter

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  - which is fun, but can lead to a lot of confusion. When I first started ... that his is actually not three letters and consists of some combination of the syllables "schla" and "nguy"*.) Having a simple yet so complex

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  evening we went out on to the Mass Ave. bridge and shot a bunch of photos of this under construction building that's way down the river. This is a ... , and that's definitely been reflected in some of the music I've been

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... nice and dry-- but I was looking for puddles to jump in! There is nothing ... )/14485008384, according to the back of the shirt, and google gives the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  before showing up to pre-season. The journey is not the same for everyone ... The college recruiting process can be a confusing world to maneuver ... Recruiting Timeline at MIT I went to several D1 and D3 camps starting at the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  between classes and everything else, it is a challenging skill to go buy ... is $1.70 ea way on your CharlieCard, same as your ID that you’d use to ... multiple meals for the week. That’s like the cost of a Clover Sandwich and a

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  entrusted us to level set and record using a massive set of equipment ... thesis proposal about to be turned in. Reese what are you doing that is ... Weird and/or neat things I saw around campus this week, brought to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  . (side note: my condolences to all those left high and dry when the IAP ... shuttle to a Zipcar station where we were greeted by the Volkswagen Golf my brother had reserved, as well as the cute fluffy snow-and-ice hat that it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  the Euro. This spring, the class is heading to Amsterdam, and I think I ... other countries, and credit is awarded upon return to MIT. As I recall ... to and from a foreign city over spring break, when students meet with

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  and lab, which is really kind of stupid if you live on the far west end ... to get to work today. And that included stopping at Laverde's for Froot ... ). And it took under 10 minutes to get there. It takes less time to get ice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  [/annotation] and continue upward. The largest contribution to the speed is probably ... then get sent to one of the tables, and someone types up your form. There ... reluctant to get the flu shot, because needles and injections terrify me, you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  . The need to look young and beautiful is a shackle, the kind that you ... satisfaction of acquiring knowledge, and the opportunity to use it. It is ... fruitful. It is important to remember that. My friends have a running joke

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  Orientation is about to arrive and all of a sudden MIT will be flooded with eager beavers that want to eat free food, stay up late, and ... would have been the kind of math that causes a ringing in your ears and

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts There's nothing like a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to make you realize…

  

  saw a bull fight there and it actually made me nauseous, to the point ... that one of the bulls rebelled and broke the neck of a matador, but that ... focus to urban and machine imagery. "The Mechanic" is supposed to express

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  lack the qualifications to do. There is also a form of modeling called ... components. On top of the base, there is a moon which is a sphere, so that was ... . The second one was my desire to do anything and everything that

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  anywhere and there's so much stuff to do for college kids. I love that the ... River is awesome, and the fact that MIT is right on the riverfront - couldn't be a better location. Also the fact that Boston is such a young

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  ’s asking the question in the first place. And even if there is a simple ... to always be exactly this hard, and that no one else felt the same ... good can come from putting Such a thought Out into the world. Is that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  ’s prelude to the opera Tristan and Isolde. The film is split into two parts ... characters deal with a tragic reality that is seemingly inevitable. The ... : pretty to look at and nice to listen to (the tagline says it all), 5 out of

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  there for a cheese croissant and a large tea before my 6:40 AM train to Philadelphia. After a 6-hour nap, I'll wake up in Philadelphia and prepare to make my 13-minute (!) layover and get on a train to Lancaster, PA. If I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006