Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can ... to my parents, living on your own is the first step on the pathway to ... teenager, I unconsciously start tuning out the ends of all of their sentences

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  think about all the new people you're going to meet in the next five hours ... 'll probably miss you, and you're excited because the airport you're going to has ... waving parents and sister and dog, you head for the burritos, and you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  office on the school's campus in Groton, Mass., May 19, 2006. Smith, a ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, is one of two Presidential ... impressed that he's one of two Presidential Scholars in the state, headed to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  Jennifer Donatelli, Staff Writer [Photo by Lawrence Jackson Jr. - The Gazette ... Herbert Flowers High School and the Class of 2006 valedictorian, is the recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's Gold Medallion 2006 award for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  So the other day at work, I was sitting at the bottom of one of the ... the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them ... just sitting there, trying to ignore the incessant Beach Boys music they

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  blueberry pie for the family's annual gathering, and Adam and I made our ... dying of hunger) feta chicken, and our friend Mark '07 manned the grill. Adam's family is Portuguese, so they make linguica dogs for the 4th. They

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The last movie Tony Randall appeared in was Down With Love. This weekend I was troubled with the terrible dream that Bob ... it for three months! This is like the time Tony Randall died and I didn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  This is Akash: Akash is the president of the Class of 2009 (like ... all know, today was the premiere of a much-anticipated movie. What movie is that? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, of course! One

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  Employer: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology As a consequence of my ... . Here's an abridged version of the whole thing. I grew up in Hampton Bays ... , Our Lady of the Hamptons. I then made the big leap to the public high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  Today I neglected to bring a jacket to class. As the afternoon waned impassively toward night, the last hanging breaths of August condensed into ... estimates, I caught six different strains of flu on the way home at 6:30 pm

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  content warning: this post is about covid-19, and the stress and ... memories and the sense of loss that i (and others) felt during that time ... /6/2021) april 2020 Over the past few weeks, coronavirus went from not being

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  Come one, come all to CPW! I don't know about you guys, but the energy on campus right now is absolutely amazing. The Infinite Coordidor is ... campus tours, the sun is shining beautifully, the steps of the Student

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  , but they all agreed in one very unfortunate path. That when the leaves fall down, sky turns blue to grey The freshman will forever cease to live in their PNR ways Instead learning the trials that come to all. Beware

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  the same code all day? All questions that concerned me and the next 40 years of my career. Well, this reporter’s got the inside scoop, having infiltrated the Google Pittsburgh office this summer as an intern. Disclaimer

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  Spanish Incubator, where I would study Spanish poetry and literature in the ... UROP where we'll be reviewing the role that MIT plays in Marvel ... faces. A gaming UROP hosted by the MIT Game Lab where we're creating a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  I don't usually watch TV but recently I saw a few episodes of The Colbert Report. Pretty hilarious stuff. Then the other day Chris Peterson (Head Honcho of the Bloggers and Senior Counselor for Web Communications

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

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook ... like the idea of a "journal" -- a book just about what I do or feel every ... about something, in the shower or while walking home from school, and then

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  posts include the ones by Lydia K. '14 and Anna H. '14.  One thing that I did not expect about the weekend was that it would be so strange and even sometimes sad being on the other side of CPW. I knew that it would

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  run through Boston at the time, and he was chilling in someone ... ’t wildlife in Boston; I’ve seen my fair share of creatures, including the ... their behalf). One of my favorite places to run in Boston with the cross

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  substantial, and I feel that too many photos takes the focus away from the ... is it! First, there's these photos from the UA retreat, which was nearly a month ago. We had the retreat in Cody, New Hampshire. It was very

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005