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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  I warn you: this is a depressing entry. Last week I finally finished ... realize she was a scientist. I never really thought about it much, but I ... finally cracked the puzzle, they were left in a bit of a mess- they were

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  cambridge." "The Landau building is in the shape of a 30-60-90 right triangle ... specializes in cannoli, which they'll supposedly ship fresh to anywhere in the ... weekend in Foxboro. Well, I guess they're a little more dedicated to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  every MIT student receives in Orientation, and mine is a little more than ... MIT students can get in for free any day with a student ID). Looks like ... Fenway Park, home to the Red Sox. In front of me is more of the Back Bay

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  France, and ended up in Spain. Because I was asleep, I don’t remember much ... warmth. The world felt anew, like we were in the first episode of a new ... parking, which I had never seen in a city layout before. It felt like those

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  Prime membership (with free two-day shipping) for a year. And, supposedly ... . Well, today, Amazon, in probably one of the smartest PR moves, took out a ... Probably one of the most lucrative jobs on campus is that of the dorm

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  office is looking in a transfer applicant. Thanks." To answer this, I ... transfers is very low, but it can be done. Aidan asked: "How much will we be ... term, my body can't normally sleep more than 8.5 hours in a night even if

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  -essential employees I said my final goodbyes, hopped on a plane to Canada and shipped off to a land of free healthcare, fizzy lemonade and double decker buses ... competitions later, I'm still having a blast. I came to learn how to dance and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  and fly one of every ship in Wookieepedia. Step one, obviously, is to ... published a paper in Science, one in Neuron, and one in Cell Reports. So I am hitching up my covered wagon and hitting the Oregon Trail. (Is that not how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  Just two and a half weeks and freshman year is over. I'll spare you ... like: STRESSFUL! Just like in high school, a favorite strategy of ... present in exactly one week (seriously, Toy Design is freaking me out right

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  browsing email in search of free food when I came across Splash, a program ... day is a success.” “Sorta weave in worldbuilding as your protagonist ... , started designing a show-and-tell style fashion class. Drawn in by peer

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  Lion King! All: May. SLEEP. You get the point. It’s been a little rough ... Eric Lander’s last lecture in 7.012 (that man is fantastic- TAKE THAT ... . In the interest of full disclosure, I have had a mild crush on him

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  is a day completely free from obligations. So today I (like many of ... everything done, and we got a great group of freshmen in the entry, as well as ... /GRE word!) I guess, strictly speaking, I don't have as much of a right to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  day in August, I checked my parents' front porch for a package from IS ... big-ticket items like "who gets to live on-campus next year?","how much ... birthday cakes in a simple 3-step process involving two safety trainings, a

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  us through learning an entirely new medium, and how much of a role ... tell a story, no matter how strange it is, no matter how bizarre, no ... , what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  your head is that of punks standing on a street corner in a bad 80s teen ... business which brings you this entry a few days late. Now, here is a blog post, in the voice of last Friday. Where were you a year ago today? Ed

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  I also know, though, is that there is a certain merit in all of these ... . I will try my best to keep this short, as I'm sure this is a sensitive ... vulnerability and sharing that part of yourself. College admissions is a volatile

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  " and "much cool". The bezel is also a scratch-n-sniff, with the available ... the same 24 hours in a day. It's how we choose to spend it that ... "Tool" are seen floating in the waters. To "tool" a pset is to work on it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  check, classy security, and fancy wine. Plus a much older and wealthier ... "antiquarian book" is, the Fair’s website has got you covered. Such a book is one “that is valued as a physical object above and beyond its value as a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the cake because I told him to Brandon F. '19 put on a shirt just for this ... the other hand, said "no photos" but lingered for quite a while--what is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom about a recently completed water-channel bridge in Germany. Isn't that ... Engineering) but this picture made me envious of everyone who is. The bridge is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005