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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Me again (but with flamethrowers this time) yup, it's a shameless ploy to catch your interest. But it's working, right?

  

  hipster. You just don't TALK about this kind of thing) For example, I'm friends with "MIT Engineers" on facebook, from whom I get the latest Tech ... the MIT shuttles (cue the: when I was your age, we stood outside in the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • February 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  I live in Burton-Conner, which is a cook-for-yourself dorms, but I purchased a meal plan last semester for convenience. I didn't cook often and ... lunch and dinner. I got slightly sick of dining hall food after a while

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  college's sister's uncle's first wife's second marriage, but to people I went with high school with. As in, a couple I distinctly remember running ... So I just submitted my first-ever RSVP to a wedding for people who

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  from high school to now, I took the 16personalities test and the Harry ... to even how my island is going to look like in Animal Crossing. I try ... random spurts of highly productive moments, but for the most part, I hate

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  figure of speech, by the way; I ended up with some excellent macros of the ... the focus to infinity. 15 seconds later, I had a fantastic, high ... always prevail in the end. After a night of abortive attempts, I was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  … that was the beginning of the end. ok basically I have a lot of tote ... I don’t know how it started exactly–a nice lug of canvas here, a floppy rectangle of yellow there. I tried my best to retreat under the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  close really honored the "trash" I found.   Designer: Kathleen Z ... mind with happy endings!   Designer: Annie Z. Model: Stephanie Z ... Two weeks ago, after a long day of committee was complete, I headed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  possible. While I ended up only getting 4, I still came away feeling like I ... more information from them. I ended up obtaining another shirt from the ... the universities I visited, MIT treats religion the best. End tangent

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  completed this goal last week! I think by the end of 2020 I’ll have read a ... generalize or share high-level things when talking about bills, and I wanted to ... biased towards that goal. In the end, I did learn about various specific

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  high school, I had been switched over to a different project. I ended up ... office (I actually didn't end up working with them, because I wanted to ... -by-play of my year so far. After I graduated from high school in June '07, I

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  weeks after finals ended, I may be viewing them through rose ... the middle. However, I ended up appreciating it quite a bit at the end ... (Bjorn Poonen - the man, the myth, the lion), and I’ve realized this

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  Hi, I'm Jess L. '12. I met Yan during our freshman year (she even ... recall we journeyed to New York City at the end of July and survived a ... -interpolated constellations swimming in celestial gutters cluttered with light pollution. As I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  This morning I went for a miserably hot run along a busy road by my house and I decided that I really missed the Charles River and the Zesiger Center. A few of you were curious about the facilities, so I thought I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  school. In fact, (a brief tangent) I’ve always disliked it when college/high ... algebra” or “…and then I’m sure you guys can do the algebra, so in the end ... (which was the most college-like high school class I ever took, take it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  ended up taking an Uber. Before coming to MIT, I already had standard ... . I wore my hat lopsided, keeping my right ear away from the fabric to ... [caption id="attachment_55805" align="aligncenter" width="500"] i

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  As a person who hails from a land devoid of seasons, I consider it my ... way. Amongst other things, I’ve been taking pictures of the changing ... sillier. Today, I present to you: Operation Pumpkin. Objective: Transport

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  early (today or tomorrow would be very smart). I highly recommend hotels ... Providence, Rhode Island, and as far away as Singapore. There will be meetings ... Financial Aid Info: I know many of you who have complete aid applications are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  their hotel early. I highly recommend hotels that are within walking ... nearby campus as Providence, Rhode Island, and as far away as Singapore ... information... Await Financial Aid Info: I know many of you are eagarly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• 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…

  

  Today was the first snowfall of the year! How exciting, I didn't even know it was coming. Two of my best friends from high school were visiting ... looks like it has transitioned to rain =( Last week, I finally busted out

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

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  accommodating my strange academic interests when I actually got to high school. I ... self-study AP stint in eleventh grade. I ended up without enough ... Hello! I don’t think we’ve met. I’m the girl who rollerblades

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011