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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  eating at me for a couple of days now and what better to rid yourself of ... were going to be friends for life. i thought this was it. i thought you ... our dogs and our families all close to each other because that's what we

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  It's time for more questions and answers! sailmaker asked, "How many ... .2 [note: Course 6 is MIT-speak for Electrical Engineering & Computer ... freshmen classes? When do we register for those classes. Are there any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  traditions. And to celebrate--and mentally prepare for this frenzied weekend (activities include hanging by the pool at the Cosmpolitan, Red Rock Canyon ... feeling like it's an okay the best way to do life Chatting up classmates

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  in the world of the play. For example, there is a palpable mood ... does not disappoint. The play follows three story lines that frequently ... human boy up on her own, as best she can; Oberon is furious at her refusal

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  , we'd like to play one more piece for you," and everyone applauded until ... concerts in the past week, for free. Concert #1: Verdi's Stabat Mater and Te ... a very inclined treadmill. I paid for my improper shoes / insufficient

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spoiled Milk I wrote an entry so long overdue my milk has spoiled in the process. So…

  

  might understand that what you do for fun actually reveals you're someone ... MIT might not be the best place for you. But you don't just send that ... . You can still drink it for two weeks after." I have a strong feeling

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  , really cheap (like $2.50) Halloween-themed cruise for older undergraduates ... : 10/28/2006 12:06 PM Hey floor, I need a tight black t-shirt for a costume event tonight Mitra: "the best costume in the world." It's okay if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  People sometimes say that it doesn't matter where you go for undergrad, as long as you go somewhere spectacular for grad school. I have ... undergrad, and your undergrad school will change you, whether for better or

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  are also big at MIT, for anybody who likes playing football ... played D-league basketball my freshman year for my living group. It was ... write about while cheering for tonight's MIT mens' basketball game, and I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  play. When I walk past that house, I feel an overwhelming yearning for domesticity. For matrimony. For a car that is safe and reliable. For a sidewalk ... they run. Other times, they are playing music aloud. Those are my

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  silly little mental health walks, sometimes to dog-watch in local parks ... ) it's time for anyone who's interested in blogging to share your writing ... students are the Institute’s best ambassadors and community

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the ... was important to stay in shape and to keep my mind off school for some ... (there are varsity heavyweight/openweight and lightweight crew teams for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  until about a few weeks after I graduate. Also, I made fun of Ben for not ... six chapters for my first exam on Tuesday. So, there'll be an entry ... easy, in that order Record for number of grapes held in mouth at one time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  was playing as it occurred to me that i have no friends in this city ... that most people don't know beforehand what they're optimizing for/how to quantify all their choices, and there is a post hoc rationalization for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  . I choose to play with cubes because I want to. I find it fun. I like ... school don’t play with cubes. It’s just a fun thing some people do.  my ... curiosity got the best of us. On one sweltering day, my oldest brother and I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  built a lot of fun little things. I made a sound effects module for ... close and New Texas (Destiny) was mostly Texans. He studied Brain and ... imagine that they must have had my info from when I was a finalist for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  Some fun around Boston and Cambridge lately: 1. Free Jewel concert ... in Boston, conveniently 4 stops down on the red line from MIT, that ... can't believe I haven't been to before. Nicole, I owe you so much for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  Students (SAAS) group, and playing the trumpet for MIT Symphony Orchestra ... trying to improve the technique for producing high-quality HRQAR images ... neutron irradiation room and seeing the neutron flux jump from 50 mrems

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  bestowed upon ten leading researchers from four different continents for ... cricket? 5. How can we best improve our nation's economy? 6. Why bother to ... 34 years? ...and the best part of this adventure was that it was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  . Waste hours for fun, while still knowing that after, one still has just as ... ="aligncenter" width="400"] every piece of red text is something I am doing later than I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020