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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  get to perform at OVRDRV, Boston University's dance showcase, and Dance ... had three floors, over 30 rooms, and a hot tub, so it was a very very good time. however, i subsisted on oreos, mozzarella sticks, doritos, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and ... morning, and strolls through rows of dark offices. And there are the "crust ... action and fun, certain things along the way make you think. It seems like

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  two freebie posts; for fall and spring semester, you can write about ... first test, and he somehow refrained from smacking me (which I would ... 't all that bad, around here, and completing 65% of the material isn't all

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The ... representing events from their first two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire class, RingComm designs the ring over a six

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  interviews has changed (though Kim's observations on the interview and our ... enough to be back on campus it immediately feels like home, and I remember ... and have interviewed 50+ applicants in the places work and life have

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  gotten comfortable in it’s state of unconsciousness, and hauling yourself ... I’m not hosed I’m no longer neck deep in school work, and I finally ... ’re not even big things, just little chores here and there. Like taking my

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  (Course 9 and Course 6-7) actually submit my concentration completion form ... , Bunker HIll monument, and more. (and more that I can't think of in my current I-can't-believe-I'm-graduating-this-year state of distress) O.O It

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  before and slid my laptop back under my bed. Hopefully my gel would be ... and several rainstorms from several feet of table and a window away. We worried about flooding (and hosage); meanwhile they withered in the cruel

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  of faces and experiences makes it all worthwhile. * Came home to find ... (Vamos…); NBA Finals (aww Boston…; next year!); Wimbledon (Rafa!!!); and ... and all the fans in pandemonium of national pride is pretty exciting – I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  . Let's take a look around 54-100. Shiny and state of the art. I did a ... 't take MY word for it. Read on. It's 12 units like most classes here and it meets 2-3:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays for lecture and some time on

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  ? Now that I'm here, and I have an entire set of shelves dedicated to skeins of yarn and unfinished crochet projects, I can say that I ... , appealing is subjective and ultimately depends on the values of the maker and

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  fire pits, grazing water buffalo and men hauling logs. Occasionally, a group of American college students come along and play ultimate Frisbee ... had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  university, and I obtained these twenty two computers the other day; if I ... that grease, dust, and oil be added to that list, at least for those of ... and Hobbes? Hmph. Guess I'll just have to reference the comic strip

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  ! Based on a comment I got yesterday, there are still people working... and ... entry. Given the locations of our cuts, I would say that thekeri and I are ... second day of classes and I have now had every class in my schedule at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be ... for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is ... decided today to sleep in and not check on the Chemistry prize. Big mistake

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the ... the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more ... that i can bring fresh air into my room and let my cat hop onto the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  -modern glass and steel, traditional marble, and cracked windows covered with peeling paint (it feels both exciting and homey!), but objectively speaking ... above), and the walls are covered with an eclectic mishmash of posters

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  land that is Texas. I've been catching up on some much needed REM and ... exciting.  But mainly, it just makes me feel kinda old and a tad bit anxious ... , when the future (the one where you have to be a responsible adult and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  (sorry Malcom), and as evidence I offer you this video of him shaking his ... I'm ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh** Well, I kinda wish I'd been ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh**, but I wasn't. Instead, I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  . They buy blocks of tickets for events in the Boston area and offer them ... When I was a freshman, like many before me and many since, I lived in a quad in Baker House. Four women, one big room, and all the fun and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009