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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  classes and other work looming over me (save for designing the program for MTG's Reefer Madness, which opens next week), the period between now and ... , visiting more family every two and a half seconds... Oh, IAP. Thank you for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  between “I’m currently eating” and “I’m currently dining.” Dining is so ... a group and cooking for yourselves on rotation Free coffee in select ... up for. McCormick, Simmons, Baker, and Next houses all require that

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  , thought it was important for prefrosh to know about it, and did a video ... pens, I might as well work for Livescribe and get paid to do it, right ... applied for the job and after a couple of phone interviews and some

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  a fear of heights and needles. I am smart and capable and ready for ... !". And for some, this method is useful. For me? It lacked structure. I had difficulty differentiating between when to use vector notation and hat notation

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  ’s Tucson for you. # I grew up in the second house and didn’t move again ... waiting for this — hell, we all have — and it’s finally here, we’re finally ... to touch up the paint if I stay, and build a ladder for the loft. The

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Battle in The Bay a comic

  

  mountains and are filled with hours behind the tissue culture hood. The cells and I, we've really gotten to know each other. In between splitting and seeding cells and learning to increase throughput with the use of all kinds

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  Ageing: for all the all-nighters I can no longer pull off, and all ... , 9 weeks old (cared for and photographed by Kristen Y. '19) Drinks: I ... Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science). Important for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  learning from their insight could be the difference between life and death for one's company. I wanted to meet as many as I could and learn as much ... , "Ask for money and you get advice. Ask for advice and you get money

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Comics for IAP Doonesbury takes on the 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition.

  

  , and Charm School). Read on... (and if you like comics, or movies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  . I sit right between Jacob (junior at Texas A&M) and Sarah (junior ... , they receive the least press, the least Hallmark coverage, and most ... vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  , organizing logistics for MIT Science Olympiad, sailing on the Charles, and even ... moment with no concern for precise detail and composition. I simply trusted ... couple firm rules for myself: 1) no future corrections and 2) no use of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  Amsterdam. For me, this was my first time in Europe, and I was eager to see ... looking for, and he directed me upstairs. Now, with A LOT MORE nervousness, I rung the doorbell to the house, and waited for a response. For ten

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Running away with the field Junot Diaz is sort of a big deal.

  

  not to share, and hope you all don't mind. Welcome to the new bloggers and have a great first semester, Class of 2011!) As I wrote in a ... with Professor Junot Diaz. I was inspired to take it by Nadja '07 and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 10, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  , something so carefully and meticulously thought out, something for actual ... -playing group here, and I signed up for their first game, which was held last ... the caller asks for the sides to promenade, but even if you and your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Going for the Au An MIT alum will compete in Olympic skeleton.

  

  Karvinen (TsK) Antaki, who was born in and will compete for Lebanon, lived ... , sailing, and, of course, UROP. Pat Antaki isn't the first MIT alum to go to ... , 2000 and 2004, men's lightweight double sculls, United States FENCING

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  stop for lunch, and lots of practice in Spanish conversation, I soon ... open, traffic stretching for miles, and tourists in every corner. I don ... for [annotation note="Campus Preview Weekend"]CPW,[/annotation], and

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  : the balance between perseverance and self-care is one that we need to ... available at MIT, particularly for upperclassmen. during my junior and senior ... could do anything and everything, doing dumb, insane things just for the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  thin layer of insulating material called Kapton sandwiched between two ... up to ten times. Researchers at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center in the Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS) at MIT have developed a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  handled and that all decisions from now on will be more transparent. For ... in our names and sizes. I realized right away what they had done. They ... and dignity. *To be perfectly clear, I don't want to discuss the merits

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  , so we headed down intending to take over their fire and chill for a bit ... , we yelled back, and he conferred with his friends for a translation. It ... fire pits, grazing water buffalo and men hauling logs. Occasionally, a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012