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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  curse word I can think of becomes a filler word in Spanish. I'm not even ... I am in the US. It was a little annoying at first (someone actually ... a great day, was sort of in a lousy mood, and my friend and I got into

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  around without a clue as to what I was doing, I finally.... ...gave up and ... the design is also a work in progress. I'll be working on the other ... So. I decided that I needed a new banner. Alright, so that's a lie

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  worth checking out when you have the chance. ) I find that I am ... that a) applicants simply don’t understand what information we are ... salient, and most likely to swing an admission decision in a highly

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  should really get up, so i[annotation note="in room 251, we all have Next ... in light [annotation note="i was fortunate to acquire both a waterproof ... ="mit.nano"]building 12.[/annotation] before i begin, [annotation note="a lovely frosh from

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  with a healthy helping of pasta, a sadly bimodal fruit salad (in which I ... should be -- relaxing, and not too much more. I took a lot of time taking ... , we had a three day weekend. What does this mean? It means it's a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  suppose what I’m trying to say is that, in the past two and a half years of ... , in a sense, it is what I would answer to the questions “what is the ... of their relatives in China, a way to share the holiday with other

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Vive la France!

  

  I'm about to head off for a two week in vacation in Paris, Rennes, and Bordeaux. In the meantime, you can check out the MIT France Program, one of MIT's awesome international programs. Current music: A.R. Rahman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  favorite character in the novel. Still, I don't get what's up with all these ... 'll finish up this entry when I'm safely and comfortably back in room 224C ... . I think the trailer's actually a little encouraging... it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  weekend here, a whole four days before classes started, I got COVID for the ... Erik Menendez Story I devoured this show in a disgusting amount of time ... about the Menendez brothers. Because I was a little freak in my formative

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  ways to feel lost:" I feel lost on a much deeper level than ever before ... , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... sophomore fall. I wasn't really certain in what I wanted to do after college

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid ... saw the aurora borealis. I'm a little too sleepy to blog about all of ... , we stopped at a Wendy's. I ordered a #5 Spicy Chicken Fillet combo

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  have never before been this prolific in a 9:00 AM lecture. Maybe I should ... It all started on Monday night. I had a big French III essay due ... . (... but I still went to it!) As a preventative measure, I purchased a medium

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  night before a race. This Friday night dinner was no different, except I ... set up camp in Baker House’s quiet study room. I love this room! It’s a ... again. I take a practice test in testing conditions (at a clear desk

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  curriculum. You should do your best and use your judgment in asking for letters of recommendation. In some cases, you may ask a teacher who you thought should be able to provide a letter, however they are not able to do
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  and Ruth and I didn't know what to do, so she said I should blog it ... and perils of vegetarianism, but I got a little involved this evening ... ! Ruth's room before phase one of painting, with a fresh coat of Institvte

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  .  Still, we had a lot of fun — I learned a lot about what people’s favourite ... checking that probably nothing would burst into flames in a way that our team ... pretty long post; it’s been a long few months. I’m proud of what we did. We

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch the Tea with Teachers Video Series! and learn about the wonderful students behind it

  

  : Founder MIT life outside Tea with Teachers: I graduate in 2017 with a ... what needs to get done over and over again. I also to a lot of random ... . I live in Chocolate City, which is a black male living community in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  Bryan's fraternity, ZBT, for…an 80s party. And as soon as I walked in the ... much time in Photoshop because I didn't want to be programming in Scheme ... . Luckily, I managed to jot down home of the highlights: How to sleep in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  wind down. I've got a life update on the way, but first, I thought I ... to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I ... lists. I once scored a USB floppy disk drive and some software while

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  before finishing July 27th in Calgary, AB. Check out the schedule and best ... place in the 2003 World Solar Challenge in Australia - for a spin on Mount ... , said MIT student Ben Glass, who was traveling ahead in a lead car

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005