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• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  ignore the rest of the world for a little bit and, as I peruse the aisles ... . Someone who knows what they're looking for and what they're going to do ... up dropping my UROP--a story for another time--I started cooking. A lot

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  (Take a look at “My Monday” by Yuliya K. '18 for her day in the life ... thing I’m all bundled up though, with a beanie and down jacket. 9 ... organizing the Banquet for xFair, MIT’s spring career fair and expo. A futon is

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  . Initially, I was actually a little confused when I looked online for ... Thursdays. EUREKA! Surprisingly, I'd made a discovery. MIT actually has both a ballroom dance club and team, ergo the two websites. Monday night

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  were festive! Everyone gathered 'round with their spoons and forks for ... attractive and well-mannered members of Team Bemis spent Saturday night a ... implementing capable lovable hand turkeys. For those unfamiliar with the concept

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  willing to work with you. If you need to work out a flexible solution for ... . Performers and guests will converge on campus in late October for a series of ... and friends for a wonderful brunch in the Sidney-Pacific Multi

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  miserable and instead washed my mouth out with baking soda (which neutralizes ... ) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its temporary effect on taste. The berry’s miraculin glycoprotein (3

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  exercise our creative muscles a bit and it came up that we both like to write ... daughter, age three perhaps, and i pause only for a moment not meaning to ... windowsill with a novel and a hot cup of chamomile tea, and watched the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  out of practice with my Japanese for a while, the Japanese books get ... . A LOT of my friends firespin, and it looks so cool, and ahh I wish I ... , let me just say that it makes you look like a firebender and also you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  . Furthermore, if your interests don't align with an organization and you pursue ... extra-curriculars or achievements it looks for on your application; rather, it looks for attributes that you can demonstrate in just about any

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  partner and I made a little robot than ran around in funny patterns with a ... musical device. They played a beat they created with the software, and used ... interact with their environment to look for virtual "paint." Neat fact: The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  my senior year both stressing over and romanticizing college life. After my admission and with a summer countdown in full swing, this ... completely change who I am–I could speak with a fake accent, dye my hair, and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  . Beethoven wrote only one opera and it was called "Fidelio." 3. The first ... lateral epicondylitis?" I won the "funniest answer" prize (a free entree and ... valves and just do alternating Bb, F for most march songs. Sometimes we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  : a. Oldie but goodie: Leave it for a day and read it again with fresh ... . The hardest part about essay writing for me is actually coming up with a ... you are looking for. It’s like priming your brain for a lightbulb moment

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  for depth, and prolonged engagement with one project. Very few ... always struggled with, as a dabbler. I have had so many ideas, and so few ... for each side, and he said "yes, that's true" to both of them. He

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  right now, it's wrapped around in a blanket and shielded by pillows, all ... of us in space! 2) Tickets for the Vessel, Come from Away, and the ... ) and metallic disentanglement puzzles that a puzzle maker guest speaker

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  bookshelf more filled than before, a new coffee cart with 16 mugs, and me ... short montage of packing a backpack, taking meds, throwing on shoes, and putting on eyeliner plays. I grab my bag, and leave the room. With the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  in the #1 spot (East Campus 2nd, Burton-Conner 3rd…) and was notified a ... credit for Electricity and Magnetism with those same hard-earned 5s ... a blogger. But sometimes reality takes unexpected turns for the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  a shocking look inside a macgregor single where my loners at

  

  I have to move out of my room that I've lived in for four semesters and a summer. It stings a little, but I figured I'd introduce you to my setup. (You might want to max out the quality if you really need to see

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 23, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  . So as long as I can identify an intention for myself and be a 100% sure ... naturally lined up with that. Summer is a time for MIT students to spend three ... for the blogs was humbling. Taking A Look Back In all of the stories

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  student-teacher relationship existed for years and was a complete disaster ... ("Beethoven to Mahler", for you words people) takes up the baton and covers ... ). I loved having a class that taught me to listen, and was all set to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014