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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  now-me in the heart with a blast of nostalgia or inspiration that stings ... prefroshly days, when I shuddered with anxiety over freshman apps or ... tangible classics like '8.012' or 'sleep deprivation', which symbolize MIT to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Bombers or the Cultural Houses in New House). The walls are more likely to be Institute white, or brick, or of some other neutral ... the buildings, like painting murals or drilling holes in the lounge

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  Russia this fall has really made me appreciate sunny days, even when – or especially when – it’s cold outside. The [annotation note="or is it one of ... . [carousel image1="62952" image2="62953" /] I’m nineteen today, which feels

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  grade...or the stress of finding a job amidst all this academic pressure ... they'd explore Boston via bike or foot, but it got cold DUMMY quick, so I ... Cambridge at 1 am never fails to make me feel like the main character

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  does. She has a common saying, "It's a fifty fifty chance -- yes or no ... 's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I ... and boil it down into its simplest components, not as if reducing or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  building route sequence would be 7, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2, 14. If you're not an MIT ... study spaces and lush greens, or less-worn nooks and places you might not ... building numbers seemingly not making sense or our campus aesthetics being

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  summer or during senior year :D I normally hate exercising, or find it difficult or boring. The aerial classes, though, were tons of fun, and on top ... (sigh). But, I did get to hang out with my friends in House 1/Chocolate

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  me: 1. Listen. Ask people to lunch or to coffee and just get to know ... . Asking someone to teach you something, whether it's big or small, can be ... —whether it was about last week's trip to Europe or an interaction they had with

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  * to fulfill my major requirement… 6.00, or Introduction to Computer ... favorite class of the semester. Why? 1. I have an awesome professor. And by awesome, I don’t mean just “Oh, he’s so funny” or “Oh, he’s so adorable

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  cream-you’ve got give me more to work with. Are we eating it plain, or accessorizing? Is soft serve an option, or not? What’s my day been like? Am I in ... children...” or something, but I think you can see where I’m going. So

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  writing and think it'd be great to improve my creative writing ability, or ... can pop into her lab and annoy her =P Or give her chocolate, since she ... decide whether I want to keep that grade or change the class to non

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  games- either in bars with friends or in La Plaza de Colón, where they put ... some video of the reveling that was going on. After a block or so I ... apartment around 1 AM and logged on Skype. Spanish friend: a por ellos oeee

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Conservative pundit Ann Coulter once described on a VH1 ... baby out of a year or two ago. We also saw Checkpoint Charlie and the ... or something. Undaunted, I split with the rest of the group and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  walking ~8 minutes from the Student Center, or biking, or taking a shuttle ... made to your specifications or they can make you a wrap sandwich), Bits ... semester and then get 1/2 off all the food the dining hall. For an example of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  Sometime late last night and/or early this morning I received a ... friend of mine tipped me off about the hack, but publishing his or her name ... there are 2 things I want to cover first. Number 1: I answered your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  4 Jack Bauer, eat your heart out.

  

  can bring it back not COVERED IN ANTS! Or worse, COVERED IN BATS!! 10 ... how he woke up naked on somebody's bathroom floor or something. Oh, he ... relation, or at least only very marginal, to 10.302. Here is the finished

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  : "Strangers With Candy", Season 1 Shana: A Mighty Wind Allison's Dad: The Sound ... recipe; but don't tell Sam's Mom or she might get mad. I think it's a ... beverages "pop" or walk around with their collars up or say "y'all." Anyway

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  , or something. I'm not very far from "the real world," as they say, and ... world. Hopefully, after four years of TFP, this hypothetical job will not ... led me to MIT and my ultimate hatred of anything math-related, or if I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  banished from his family and his homeland, will be welcomed back as the ... get to choose whether or not they’re going to be the person they are, or ... communities and/or society at large. I ran into one of these opportunities a

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  a quiz that should’ve been easy, or even how i’m not drinking enough water or eating healthy at all, and how all of this is documented in a ... recently chose to drop—yes, in November—or the FOMO that i’m struggling with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019