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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  . In fact, people here are free to do almost anything they think is a ... weeks ago. It was a momentous occasion in my life, a turning point from ... see, in my family of five, we all like apple juice so much that if we

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  time-machine (film? what’s that?)....and a time-warp. The darkroom is ... , shaking, and sifting, not thinking much at all except keeping track of how ... , aperture, filters quite literally in the darkroom has made me much more

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  once in a while. I've been feeling kind of floaty these past few weeks ... late to find an internship in another country right now, which is cool because my one requirement for a job this summer is NOT TECHNICAL. So she

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  why I chose to live in Tetazoo, a living group where everyone is fairly ... , this can also be a good refresher. Some of the following is specific to ... ’t be able to do much. When your MP and HP drop below a certain threshold

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  skills that would help me learn how to get my projects off the ground in a ... Kevin Rustagi '11 is a designer, entrepreneur, and musician whom I ... began, how he spent his time here, and now what he is continuing to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  reason, is sitting at a desk, rifling through some papers. His partner, DETECTIVE POLK, is speaking indeterminately into a taupe-colored telephone. In front of him is a two-way mirror through which a nervous-looking aardvark

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  .S.S. Constitution in Boston Harbor The Constitution, a.k.a. Old Ironsides, is a three ... in the parade were a group of men called the Aleppo Shriners (which is ... orchard is. All in all, it was a really great weekend.

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  . As I hinted at in my last entry, the GEL program had a hands-on hour ... students did a similar activity in an Engineering Leadership Lab earlier in ... 'cool' factor that trips up some MIT students." This is a lesson I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  's even a Wikipedia article about it! It's how most MIT students, in a ... in the Stud, I realized that there were a lot of cool things on the ... a regular semester, I was always in such a rush to get to wherever I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  free time to participate in competitions, take a class in something you ... of the warm spell by being outside as much as possible. I saw a group ... pictures (I included some below), and go for a run. Boston is known for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  is how it always goes for me. Something about a “young lady” in the ... change terminals in detroit Wdym Ruth how big is that airport Idk probably ... ! This is a bit of a stretch but does anyone know anyone living in New York

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... in the hopes of securing a game buddy. “Nah,” he said, shaking his ... balled up a white t-shirt covered in even more Twister polka-dots and

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  So I'm writing from the end of a well-needed break back in San ... , and the fraternity I was living in over the summer had free cereal 24 ... flops. That, and maybe knowing that all the hair in the drain is yours

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  need is a crash course in all things MIT, so I've spent my first few ... wondering what I'm thinking. Probably not too much of a surprise that I'd want to work at MIT. The Institvte is a mental amusement park

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  concern for how much you will remember six months from now. It seems to be a ... 's drinking song is being proudly sung by a pack of ever so slightly inebriated ... two days before the supervision, suddenly is a lot more intimidating

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  considered me a friend taking time to check in on me. Another common thing I seem to hear alongside these check-ins are "I don't know a Cami without ... , a co-op adventure of sorts. I don't regret any of my time spent in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  taste: "Free As A Bird" -- The Beatles (1995) "For the Widows in Paradise ... DID YOU KNOW? Stonehenge is not in Scotland. Okay, another cop-out entry in the midst of studying for finals. Go read Mollie's blog; she's a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  the optical components in "free space" (as in a traditional optics setup ... experiments in 6.2410 (Quantum Systems Engineering Lab) – a class I’m taking ... ="aligncenter" width="640"] This thing costs as much as many of the tools in MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  unfortunate other extreme of P/NR) A good indicator is thus - if you're in A ... lists that you are interested in is a good first step. At any rate ... same is much easier than trying to do the same in the middle of the year

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  not too much. You should see MIT students try to split the bill at a ... that much to get in the pool at Hurricane Harbor for five minutes. On ... --Typhoon, a "sea coaster" that uses conveyor belts to pull your raft uphill in a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005