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• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  (where I am) in the morning. You get to decide what you will do today, and ... factors, but most importantly, don't let yourself get in the way of your own ... sometimes we get caught up in things that don't actually mean as much as we

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  temperature ever recorded was -18 degrees in 1934. - According to the Old Farmer ... warmest gloves, and the most durable boots. Get ready, it's going to be ... , with hands jammed into pockets and head bowed to stave the bitter cold

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  It was cold today. So cold. My dad put my winter coat in the mail and ... wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a ... to colleges that don't usually really get a lot of love, the Zion Bible

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things:  1) I've begun cold-brewing my own iced tea as per Kenji's instructions 2) I've setup a WeMo Switch connected to IFTTT so I can turn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  into a skillet to brown, and throwing in whatever vegtables I happen to ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the ... my lab, so I tend to get food truck pretty much every day. So, for this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  'm just kidding about the first part. It wasn't that cold. In an attempt to ... in social situations with acquaintances. Two women waiting next to me ... outside. They established that coats were, indeed, useful to possess in the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alaska Where I am right now.

  

  I have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in Alaska. Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed.

  • by Snively '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The sky is falling! Either a huge cottonball just exploded or it's snowing.

  

  And so it begins. The first snow of the term has arrived. Kresge in the snow! Later that cold October evening, the snow turned into rain.

  • by Bryan
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  phones of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center by 0615; just in time to catch ... relates to Navy ROTC, or why I am participating in so many activities during ... to the skills I have learned as a midshipman in the ROTC program. The

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  before we realized we simply just needed to get outside of our room. We ventured outside behind Baker House, only to get knocked over by the blizzard ... 've been able to explore the snow in my hideous moon boots to discover: 1

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  flu virus or cold gets passed around. Every now and then a game has to ... , which is typical in Guild, but it was all stuff that we expected to happen ... —players started running around trying to get their plots done—and then game

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  events led to me, a high-schooler, getting the opportunity to work in a ... apply to in the fall, mostly because I had no frame of reference for which ... papers to read, but it felt like they were in [annotation note="which added

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  or wool baselayers.  When it gets really cold I'll wear a long ... will save you money in the longterm. Break the rules to maximize ... ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  were spent in meetings, labs, and libraries, trying not to get smashed by ... 's officially cold out, b) it's still a tad early to frolic in the fall foliage, c ... the city. You get to check them out for 30 mins at a time before you

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  Harvard Square to get Dominos. We had decided we needed to get away. The ... in Lujan’s room at EC. His roommate moved out to another dorm so he has ... doing great in that department, so it’s nice to have a single friend to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  . Boston is cold in the winter. It truly is. I’m just starting to feel that ... because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all ... certifiably socially awkward at home, it’s going to be unbearably bad in a new

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  full day on Saturday while surveying the yard in anticipation, I said to my partner, Janyce, “Come on, we’re driving in to Cambridge tonight to ... cupcake in my hand (I was lucky to know where to stand to grab an early part

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Business As Usual

  

  Virginia's scenic New River. And now it's starting to get cold here in ... my camera. I stepped out of my room the other day and had to traverse a couple of construction projects in front of my door, which happens

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  than starting. In a lot of ways, getting back into lifting feels a lot ... at square one, but I’m not. I feel like I’m getting back to where I was ... ’d[annotation note="a near impossible task to ask of two 19 year old college students

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  's exactly what it sounds like. Undergrads get to work with professors, Ph ... that MIT offers to their undergrads. However, getting research faculty to ... for those who aren’t sure where to get started. There’s also a good

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023