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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  the clothes they’re wearing, or the things they buy. Of course, this ... true that most people have a degree of choice in what they purchase or ... of shopping advice blog, with article titles like “Deals of the Week

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  back in high school had emailed me out of the blue and offered to catch ... kids at the playground, and a trio of middle school boys in neon orange ... words, a quick laugh in the hallway. Having them notice you seems to be of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  , Google, Tumblr, Twitter, Yelp, and Google! (I spent a lot of time at the ... the world had come for the sole purpose of recruiting me! Well, not ... of other events, but nonetheless I found the time to make the trek over

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  calendar was a solid block of commitments from ~8-8, and the remaining hours ... adventure to see all. of. the. pretty. trees. Through a combination of biking ... , looking for any and all signs of fall. My only directive was to maximize the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  . I’m just starting to realize that, after the halcyon days of childhood ... I didn’t get what I wanted out of the meal plan. Not only was it ... would sit alone, losing myself in the blue glow of my computer screen

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The proliferation of "standing cafes" in Germany was ... understanding of the language. For example if somebody at the bank says "blah blah ... , until the lady got tired with how incredibly stupid I was and started

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  previous entry: I am no longer able to make it to the Penn State site of the ... Boston. Now, after a lull in posting over the holiday and during yesterday ... students from the waitlist on Friday. I don't know if we'll take more people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  ’s raining gently, so I am marooned on a bench under the roof of the laundry ... notes that are still on the board from the part of lecture I missed. I try ... thinking of the decent proportion of the 200-something 6.005 students I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... third of the way through, but it's the first book in a while that I ... plots of books that strongly, as long as the characters are interesting

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  , etc. There's a more detailed breakdown about the Class of 2005 here. As ... good candidate?" Hey Alia, Thanks for your support of the blogs =) As ... . I am very much a supporter of taking chances and increasing the number

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  , when I went to UPMUNC in November. One of the most common questions the ... (two weekends ago) Members of the BU or MIT MUN program are given the ... the conference from the other side of the spectrum. Joining MUN

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• 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 ... work right at the edge of their abilities. But this difficulty is what ... /astro major, and course 16 is generally considered one of the most difficult

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  enjoying the class and like how it kind of naturally allows me to set time ... nothing in the superposition of black and white   like the confusing ... the essence of this world that always felt a bit magical –   that

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  So the other day at work, I was sitting at the bottom of one of the ... the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them ... down the last 3 feet of the slide and crash into a continuous white spray

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

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  ’s sparkle with a curtain of grey. The life of the Frosh shifts. Dulled is the thrill of the first impossible PSet. On sleepy breakfast runs, the Dome is ... MIT, unsure whether the prospect of returning home for the holidays

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  where nothing is being learned We have an Asian (15% of the total asian population of my school) We have an Hispanic (30% of the total hispanic ... water bottle We have the teacher taking a picture of the lack of learning

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom of the admissions staff that can be credited with the successful ... contributions or the work of other admissions officers, our roles in the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and ... reputable sources agree on the definition of a pset, there is high variance regarding the proper exact spelling of the word. Are they psets, Psets, PSets

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  You're flipping through the TV channels, bored out of your mind ... Planet, we look at three large hackathons of the fall season. Hackathons are a plenty at MIT all throughout the year, but the weekend of Oct 3

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014