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  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  in the town. Newport is a lovely town and it was definitely not made to ... and it is a few sizes bigger than my telescope in diameter, which ofc I ... is to be anything at all I had lots of dreams as a kid. In particular

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order ... solar astrophysicist at Harvard. The AAS has a whole website on how to ... ) freaked me out. This afternoon, I drank a cappuccino and in a fit of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Stu Schmill ‘86 Name: Stu Schmill; Job title: Associate Director of Admissions and Director of the Educational Council;…

  

  : How walkable the city is. And how, once you've been here a while, every ... yourself is going to lead to the right outcome for you. This is true in ... think change is great! (I do plan to stay in my current house, job, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  for censorship boxes.) I've also been interested in how we tell stories ... we wear and the things we use. In high school, I used to joke about how ... A few months ago, I stumbled across this blog, which takes a look at

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  that will differentiate you is how hard you work." I left feeling ... Toscanini's, where the ice cream is tasty and the electrical outlets are in ... made a list in my head of the things I've made in the past few months

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  faith in my ability to grow and become a great artist. Music is an ... to risk looking like a mess in a meeting, recitation with ten or fewer ... the weight. I would put my hair in a ponytail and place my hair on my

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  : Growing up, I never thought I’d become a college rower. I was a swimmer in ... of the sport. After a few days of “erging” (an ergometer is essentially a rowing treadmill) and rowing in the boathouse’s indoor tank, we were

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  to a warehouse club in the area. The house manager just delivered a ... think it worked out to around $4.50 per person, which is a steal ... Charles River, just adjacent to East Campus. Now, I'm not much of a swimmer

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the ... things like this, but my boyfriend is trying to make me into a better ... how to talk about anything but science? A. Well, most of us don't. But

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  should probably blog.” IAP is a wonderful, wonderful time. While all my ... , so the rooms in a suite will be 254A-254E, in our case.). And made ... /inauguration day for 4 or 5 nights in a row, and one of my roommates' birthday

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  dinner for her roommate Adelaide a lot. (Adelaide does the dishes in return ... 'm not as much of a deadbeat roommate as I look. April and I share stuff ... a big poetry person, but I liked his stuff. I have no idea how well it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs turn twenty 👴🏻 the posts start coming and they don't stop coming

  

  It is a venerable tradition of the blogs to begin a post by ... celebration to a puzzling punctuation in the calendar. Hmm! I say to the mirror, looking at nearly forty-year-old man in the mirror, where a bright

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines.  He is: a prediction wizard and ... say that Nate Silver is as close to a rock star as you can get in the ... sense in political news coverage about whether a story is important. There

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  I've been pretty busy lately doing stuff like this a little of this too honestly too much of this some of this and a sad amount of this. But this blog post is about the elephant in the room (read

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  going on. The idea of a shooting occurring on campus was impossible in my ... .Take some time today to reach out to people in your dorm. Check on how they ... seemed very grim. Needless to say, I didn't sleep very much last night

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  change nonetheless. I am left thinking about how much has truly changed ... everything. I couldn't stay in 2East. I need to do what's best for me. It's a change. And I hate it. I hope one day I won't hate it so much. A Glee

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  learned how to eat.” Hmm, it is a good book. But I’m still eating cupcakes ... in. This is one of the best parts of summer in my mind. Whether you ... This is a quick read and I read it one day after complaining on facebook

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  a fireplace (even if it is boarded up and non-functional, as are most ... , frostbite is no fun and neither is being wet all the time. In case you haven ... in January is 36 degrees, the average low is 22 (it's also the coldest

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  people who thinks that Stata is the most hideous excuse for a building I ... in awhile when I'm home for a break I run into another person who I ... pages in a recycling box in the cluster, so Ruth raided one of these and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  majors. The professor is John McGreevy, who has a toy unicorn in his office ... .703 is "Studies in Drama: Stoppard and Company." It's a CI-M in the ... gas fires blue? how many cells are in a panda? why do dogs chase cats

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012