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• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  it in Chinese and writing English subtitles (I have a new respect for ... so please forgive me for the countless mistakes I make… I still have so much practice I need to do. I spent a good amount of time trying to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  Committee, which shows films every weekend for a relatively low price. While ... celebrate it, and "Tech Support" includes a hilarious word-for-word transcript ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  edge of space, sending back photos over a cell phone -- partly just for ... How are you planning to spend the day? Jeffrey Warren, a Media Arts ... , one of the MIT students who in September launched a $150 camera balloon

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be ... you ever been walking down the hall and caught a whiff of rotting flesh? Maybe heard the sounds of a shuffling creature behind you, limping and

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  . I thought I'd look like a super-tourist and pet the cow for the camera ... study for a 7.20 (Human Physiology) test on the liver when the World ... at ridiculously cheap prices -- a dozen oranges for a dollar, six red

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  work. Our friend got a spot for the month of November and tonight was the ... a SaveTFP (which stands for Save This F***ing Place) event to get free ... first friend was showing the second friend a video she made for a program

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  at a restaurant here in Cambridge! This might not be a big deal for ... would probably sell her soul for coffee. But I didn’t become a regular, a ... living on East Campus for a semester. But then I came back to MIT, and as

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  it in another post, but for now, I wanted to give a small room tour! I ... specifically, I live in 2 East, or 2E for short. 2E is like a family to me, and I ... , along with several other 2E people, built a music player web app for 2E

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  vicissitudes of life together. When I was really little, for a long time I ... be off the meal plan and experience cooking for myself. Simmons has a ... Slayer and feeling a little melancholy for no real reason, I realized that

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  for my next blog post and I took a dainty sip from my aluminum water ... was predictably cold and the Student Center was empty except for a lady ... It was 2AM. After a heart-warming and tummy-filling Thanksgiving

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  's formal. Brian speculates: All my buddies tell me MIT is for a bunch of ... see for yourself. I consider myself a nerd proudly, but at the same time ... 's not enough for you, I shower. Daily. As for liberal arts, I've been a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  monkey and a butterfly garden. I watched the baby tamarin for about 15 ... heat for as long as I was allowed. Needless to say, it was a good ... think it would suck to be a penguin... I'm not so much a fan of the -80

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  quite a bit of time in Ilani’s room. For the summer, though, PUF was ... cat. PUF also has impressively large lungs for a relatively small cat ... This is PUF! I obtained a temporary cat this summer because Ilani A

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  ;     Tune in later this week for a blog explaining why I've been MIA for a semester! [1] http://www.newser.com/story/63494/middle ... Entering college has meant I fly at least 6-7 times a year and I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  innovation and the future. Certainly it isn't a bad thing to have respect for tradition; it's a different perspective, and that's what I was looking for ... thought it would be nice to get away from that for a year. This isn't to say

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  carve out time for that activity. I finally read a gift from sophomore ... thesis on a German novel) asking for recommendations, and at a ... abundance of resources for becoming a scientist. This is what disturbs me: I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  in my 30 day trial period to tinker around and make a couple videos for ... Hey friends! This post is a little unconventional and inspired ... creates an annual video series called "Letters to July," sort of like a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  search of a bakery for a well-deserved snack. As you’re wandering through ... for something sweet. However, for such a quaint little bakery, there ... as fast as possible, enjoying the flavor for a second and moving on to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  decided to add an Early Action (EA) round for a couple of reasons - first ... 're considering for a major (list all possibilities), and what activities you hope ... and headed southwest. Assuming a trajectory of 42.6 degrees for said

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006