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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe ... forest and call me in the morning. The physiological effects of Shinrin

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  on entering college. So click away! If you’re like me, then in the ... internet related to the topic. If you’re not like me...well, I still hope one

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  misty background of my mental landscape. Knowing me, it really is one or ... sense.  I'm not sure it makes sense to me anymore. Unlike this post, good

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  ?). It caught up with me pretty quickly, so I crashed for the rest of the ... walked for an a couple hours to a secluded reservoir. It baffles me that

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  craziness on pause for a while has allowed me to really think about what I ... read. Another friend of mine lent me The Autobiography of Malcolm X

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  , or #ragnasnow. Although that last one is mostly just me. MIT closed ... abundance of classes teaching me exactly what I'm interested in learning. But

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  . They came to this country to give me a greater opportunity. Their courage ... because someone is telling me? There is no option to stop,” the sophomore

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  assignments/homework, and it really made me feel awful. Cat naps with my cat are ... the candy wrappers in my room and trying to help me write this blog post

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  . Me? I have a collage of family pictures, a Phi Kappa Sigma flag, and a ... me at Comic Con. What are you gonna have in your room that makes it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  , being "surrounded by people working on interesting projects makes me want ... making. If, like me, you're the sort of person who likes making things, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  displeasing. The whiteness screams out, “Look at me, I exist!” And we reply, “Go ... program and sat in the corner. As the music enveloped me, I closed my eyes

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  what I'd tell younger prefrosh-me if I had the chance to. Maybe that the ... study. We fill whiteboards. We cry. We dance. me and my roommate

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  introduced me to MIT, Cambridge, Boston, and a new group of awesome friends ... concentrating in writing poetry, which involves me taking a few poetry workshop ... a good grade in these really difficult classes.  But this leads me to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another New Semester and A Lot of Cats Call me the crazy cat lady

  

  couple weeks.  Wish me luck!  I have been studying a lot and I really hope ... ! My New Friend This is my new squishable Batty!!  He comforts me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  in February. Raphael very kindly woke up extra early to help me pack ... the delicious ravioli (I woke up in time for lunch :)). Raphael woke me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  me feel like I have ice-walking superpowers!" So far I've done a hike ... climbing with me on Monday.  Yay for Winter School/UPOP crossovers!  [photo

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  keeping your arm steady, if you're like me and have almost no muscles above ... it is physically impossible for me to travel more than a few feet

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  ." Every time I re-read that, I wonder what possessed me to agree to do this ... . Caviar or Cadaver- Evolution of Facial Hair- 1380-1690 Me-eow! - How

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  , unless you want me to look like this: (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ while I open all of the ... dates and deadlines, let me know if you have any questions in the comments

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  materials scientist who graduated in the early '70s and she told me about her ... us fund the event, and Vicki C. '13 helped me organize meat catering

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013