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• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  is easy these days. Fact 1: my internship switched to being a Canadian ... do when on a finite-length trip. We found (after much difficulty) the ... -crossing passenger bridge with all my possessions on a hand cart. *cliche mid-00s kids

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  . (And by join a team I mean spend much less than a day out of the three ... out what kind of a puzzle it even is! After solving a disney music song ... the hunt's headquarters came to us with a chained up box that we needed

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is; they ask how your week is. That's because most MIT students take this place one week at a time. For me, each week is like a round in a boxing

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  discovery. Exaclty how this came to pass is a long story and I'll skip it here ... ultimately accumulates. I unfolded a cardboard box, switched on my desk lamp ... across the globe. On the far left is Plato’s Gorgias. There is a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  'm working on is a bit different. For this experiment, I've built two boxes ... 'd like to major in a life science. Biology is boring in my humblest of ... was a fair benchmark for which course to declare, so Brain and Cog it is

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  reminder of how easy it is to pass a day without making the most of it. I ... things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day ... picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  've learned a little about life - and how to live it: 1. Tell the truth. I ... is so worth it to take a few extra seconds and truly understand what ... felt silly, lol. 2 microliters is clearly too small a volume to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up ... fateful night during a Phineas and Ferb marathon. What exactly is cream soda ... ’s version is less creamy with a light, rosy/floral taste, while the Japanese

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  him. The issue with doing that is Leeroy Jenkins is only a voice, I had ... my red lunch box and started collecting signatures. This is when I got ... Scientology as well, but Anonymous is a terrible organization that should just

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  is a building with… many quirks… Some are annoying, some are ... ? treasures? mysteries? inside! A few of the boxes I saw just had playing cards ... Let’s face it, MIT’s campus is not known for being the most gorgeous

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  for details. ;-) I was really hungry. Such is a day in the life of a ... Here is what I bought at Shaw's (the local grocery store) last night ... whipped cream 2 jars of sprinkles 2 jars of cherries 3 boxes of brownie mix

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  for me. Having a desk is a game-changer, though—there's so much space to put things!!! The joy of having a single is unprecedented. I can ... took a few days to get the essential furniture set up. Boxes were so

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  we see is a building. A huge, windowless, cylindrical building ... us. “Not unless Chinatown is this thin strip, and that a few streets ... means to be Chinese. We talk about language, and how culture is carried

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  big-ticket items like "who gets to live on-campus next year?","how much ... day in August, I checked my parents' front porch for a package from IS ... and open the box with the other. I still doxxed myself a little bit, but

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  the food line a campus dining? How much is the average financial aid award? How much of that is covered by loans? What is your overall ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  the children yearn for the snow quarry 120 bricks, 80 man hours, 3 tons of snow, 2 forts, and a partridge in…

  

  them in the box, and compact it into a brick shape (this is more ... snow and too much packing effort. Surely there’s a quicker way to do this ... you find out how sound-insulating snow is, and the music isn’t audible

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  people, so when our[annotation note = "first is crazy I know, but a lot of ... there is a consequence for not showing up ... the exam, but the class runs really smooth and a lot is covered each

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How Do You Mic A Stripper? [by Harrison Bralower '11] It's a great question when you really think about it.

  

  think about it-—how does one attach a microphone to a stripper ... front of an audience of 200 they shouldn't be looking at a black box on ... individuals—-to give life to words on a page. This is my experience from

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  How I Made the MIT Orientation Trading Card Game The Insatiable Urge to Collect Continues...

  

  The year is 2021. It’s a Sunday night in early January. My mother ... and felt, boxes and tiny army soldiers. I'm sitting at my desk which is ... this is the perfect opportunity to make a massive, campus-wide game. I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  that?" "How much to feed 2-3 month old kittens" "Best kitten diet ... " "Kittens getting a belly" "How do you tell if you are overfeeding your ... 2 Kittens from mysterious origins came into my life about a month ago

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008