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  Anna’s Taqueria

  

  It's raining in Boston today, but MIT students are smiling anyway, because today is the grand opening of Anna's Taqueria on campus! Anna's Taqueria is perhaps the best know Boston restaurant of the variety "cheap AND

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  ’s office is leading a Dear Colleague letter in the Senate that closely ... I discuss how to get scientists more involved in advocacy, and what a ... Part 1 here. *     *     * Rush Holt is in the room, but most

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  Being a college student in a dorm means finally having to decide how ... on a meal plan at MIT, then this one is pretty much a given. You ... halls and courtyards. It is a sport only known to those willing to put in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  exposed had that effect. But I was in a rush when I moved out. Plus I ... (you kinda have to be a nerd here). Now is probably the best time to ... apply. MIT is a unique, friendly, busy, and creative place, and I think

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... wine! eek, free wine!) and staying in a classy hotel on Sunset Boulevard ... 're like in the lab. This is a pretty important part of the package, since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  payoff being that you get free summer housing plus a stipend in exchange ... extra money while working on my problem sets in a relatively stress-free ... Okay, first off, I have to tell you that Erica '07 is a superhero

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me shooting outdoor footage from the terrace in Simmons Hall for a practice ... people in Paris and Saint-Tropez. There is a cathartic moment involving

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  a lot of Star Wars books. I wore a fanny pack in the front with extra ... birds, took my first creative writing class, and learned how to make a ... experience. This year was different, however. It was rewarding in a new, scary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  ) submit a request to remain in on-campus housing. i applied. i also ... get a copy of some book shipped to them. i picked the unbearable ... time in my three years of joining code jam, i won a shirt. [caption id

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... minor in Course 17 (Political Science). Now, that said, let me tell you a ... embrace that my state is one of the most-often bashed states in the country

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  this isn't a bad way to find a starting point: ask me anything in the comments. Go ahead. Don't be shy. This is a judgment-free zone. To ... ? Well, it means I not only have a lot of free time for writing blog posts

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  I have a theory: free food is positively correlated to quality of ... clock from scratch, cruised around in a limousine, met Randall Munroe ... ½ inch drill bit in a poker tournament, played ultimate frisbee at midnight

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  need to figure out in order to decide on a program, therefore, is which ... into a department once they've declared it? How easy is it to go about ... does the academic calendar look like? How easy is it to get a research

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  wonderful and free as the Edgerton Shop, the only catch is that you have to ... Shop training, they actually teach you how to make a neat little flash ... stuck this piece of aluminum on the mill. A mill is essentially this fancy

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn ... …or is it Seattle? Anyway, grab your umbrella just in case. While the ... not, Orientation is also a great opportunity to learn about internships

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Passing Out ...of classes. Or in class. We'll see.

  

  we understood that cheating is bad and to bring a certain type of ... is the only class in which I'm not starting at the very bottom, since I ... can still take 18.01, or 18.01A, which reviews 18.01 in just six weeks

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  really is. I traveled - at the end of 2022, I flew in a full circle around ... 'm forced to spend it in a way that I feel is meaningful. This includes ... ride[/annotation] away.  It took me a while to feel like I lived in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  fact, theatre has helped me become a much more effective engineer. How ... entire prod staff on my side. How do you make a picture in your mind come ... What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  Unlike Snively's "Alaska" post of a year ago - which read, in its entirety ... was back in my hometown in NH, playing a knock-down-drag-out game of ... neck muslces later I was boarding a plane to Seattle in a neck brace. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  ? A lot of power is vested in individual groups and people to make ... some of my thoughts about it: A lot of the story is pretty much ... universe. Teams fix a device in the intro round to access the MMO. Power is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021