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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  instance, many people in Boston do like the Red Sox and say "ah" instead of ... boys do suck at dancing. In this case, however, I don't see the ... fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in ... back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I ... , the water sprayed across the small pool and remained in its foamy white

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part One Photos and commentary of a sample floor of the East Campus dormitory.

  

  The blogfathers in the admissions office requested a while back that ... is similar in architecture, layout, and structure. I haven't counted ... few times, but still is no match in cleanliness or plushness to shiny

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 26, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  turkeys into oil and blogging, I actually don't have time to participate in ... caught up in some of my other musical projects, and it turns out that the ... . Also, I wasn't too interested in the prize of a VIP card to any of Boston

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  sea in Antarctic winter after living without food for 120 days. I set my ... television in front of my treadmill. Sure, I lost a little by not hearing Alan ... triumphant and spectacular finale, complete with the smashing things in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  Hudson's wedding in Aspen, Colorado.) Last weekend, I went up to Seattle ... during Class of 2005 Orientation in August 2001, and they've been ... .") Their wedding took place in Bellevue last Saturday, and was a bittersweet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  coherence of an album keeps me focused. But yesterday, in honor of Daniel ... , My Front Porch Looking In. Yes, the first one is country! Country isn ... Opera here in Boston. I love the costuming, the movements, and of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  in lockdown so i never saw any dentists. my gums became weaker and ... moving quickly, but it was only after meeting more people in person that i ... and grappling with their consequences afterwards, and so on in short

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  you alone. 3. Resist mentally. Picture yourself enveloped in a protective shield of white light, or in a safe place. Telepathic EBEs may get ... know what it's like. So while we live in demanding conditions, we do it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  luckily I’d had my own disaster-semester in the spring, and we compared ... things will be different in the future. What a lovely conclusion, right ... while in quarantine as a form of “creative writing”. I should have failed

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bloggers Wrapped 2019 aka i harvest everybodys data, my favorite pastime

  

  feeling like their Spotify Wrapped didn't represent them in some way. The ... listened in 2019: 35,264 Artist of the Decade: Pearl Jam Comments from the ... Best new artist: lovelytheband Minutes listened in 2019: 33,405 Artist

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  exists in and around MIT knows that there’s always so much pressure to be ... expectation that seems like it’s almost designed to breed guilt in students who ... Short Stories just for me. I want to write more in the future, and it

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  in 0.2 seconds, and then proceeds to receive many congratulations for ... performances (people litter a lot in cities; MIT also seems to be littered with ... ever really escapes "technical difficulties", at any level (in my most

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  , discovered three new species of granola in an unexplored section of the pantry, preheated an oven to the wrong temperature in Fahrenheit but exactly the right temperature in Kelvin (on accident), took a partial derivative, tossed up a pan

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  Media Lab research areas; documenting research progress; ethical issues in ... required. Enrollment limited with preference given to students in the Media ... also counts for CI-H? This makes it the best class in the world by itself

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  yourself up in your room trying to get a 100% in every one of the 16 AP ... harder and more important than they actually are. Believe in yourself, take ... 't too long ago that I was in your spot and- Wait a second. It actually

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  I've been breaking computers from a young age. In middle school I ... getting burned in pixels, leaving ghost images on my screen. This happens ... , like Best Buy, even give you your money back in store credit for a new

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  covered in chalk drawings. Then, I feel an overwhelming feeling of nausea. I ... , especially in proportion to its massive concrete parking lot, and I am suddenly ... carefully curated trees. I am pragmatic in a Trader Joe's. I know exactly

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  itself? To leave space in a schedule, to work out and think, to walk places ... , to take up space in my life. I want it and love it for itself, not just ... off in their head. I never thought I was done growing, but I think I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  and humanities magazine. Editor-in-Chief Michelle X. '20 presented the ... . After celebrating, we also planned for an upcoming fundraiser in Lobby 10 ... cookie-decorating event run by Women in Electrical Engineering and Computer

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018