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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  , I figured the holiday season would be as good a time as any to ... associate at the MIT Media Laboratory in Cambridge. "I've been known to hit ... For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  there would be like. REX is already in full swing at Random, and this is ... Pancakes: I'm a delicious warm pancake smothered in maple syrup. Bite me. We ... live. I chose Random Hall, a decision I've never regretted. MIT's REX

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  refuse to buy an iPhone - I didn't even own an iPod until just a year ago), I felt like I should go and partake in the festivities. So I got to ... store and the dozens of iMacs and Macbook Airs they have lined up in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  life would be sustainable in Boston without an auxiliary income. I try to ... . Tenors are always in short supply, so I sign up. It’s a pretty good gig; I ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  not specify a time frame in which I would read those 12 books. I’ll read ... , etc etc. In hindsight I had consumed a Monster at 9pm ... States. That day, I'd gone running in Flagstaff, then secured a free trial

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  surprise to me, too. I never thought I would ever run in my life. Ever. And ... Dear Reader, I'm writing this in the Wordpress portal and this is an ... allowed? One time, in my sophomore year, there was a blogger meeting where I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  in love with it. Not to the point where it was what I was thinking about when I brushed my teeth. In fact, senior year me was a little proud ... a badge of honor. But in all honesty...that's pretty sad. And I think

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• 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

  

  midlayers! (1) Baselayers When I'm in the city, I usually just wear cotton t ... ItForLife, but I think that particularly with coats and boots, buying quality items ... ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  , with whom we would perform at CAVS later in the term, although we didn ... Davis Square in Somerville to Harvard Square in Cambridge. As I mentioned ... giant paintings in giant frames, buying giant food, baking a giant cake

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  ), but this year, I intentionally cleared my schedule so that I would have ... you can buy it at our booth in the Student Center in early May for $65. ... year's yearbook might not actually get done, I can confidently and quite

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  , where we made a giant oven and cooked a giant pie in it. Kristen and I ... the opening of the oven, the “door” that the pie would go in through ... ’s me laying in it because I’m 5’2” and the pie was 6.28 feet in diameter

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  Finally, finally, I’m in my last semester of undergrad. I need three ... readings, in-class discussions, and essays). I really like Prof. Campbell ... suck less.  In general, I really like taking public policy classes. I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  what very well could have been the longest line ever. I got in it. It ... the case in my current line). I wandered up and walked right up to the baggage check lady. We chatted in a friendly manner, I explained that I was

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5th of November, Remembered Bonfire Night celebrations in Cambridge.

  

  . But I found out all about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night during my Chinese class last week (in Chinese, of course). I didn't see any masks over here ... /Bonfire Night over here at the other Cambridge. I actually saw V for Vendetta

  • by Cambridge
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  best universities in my country. However, I want to study aerospace ... I will have many things to think about in college to keep me focused in going on and to avoid being homesick. I think I will cook my own

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  When I saw this video back in late April, it was instantly copied to ... never realistically go. In fact, if I had not visited the University in August and completely fell in love with it, I wouldn't have even applied

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  , writing the lyrics, buying the green screen, and directing/starring in the ... Two years ago I posted about an experiment that lead to the creation ... of the experiment to see what would happen if we took four students

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  More than a month ago, I stepped drowsily off a Southwest Airlines ... . After what seemed like forever, I arrived on the MIT campus, duly deposited my belongings in McCormick Hall, and proceeded to video

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  geese and seagulls from the bank. I spent Thanksgiving in Myrtle Beach ... . Four years ago when I was a senior in high school I tried to learn how to ... ’ve dated at MIT. (I don’t get it either.) Masha makes wraps in WILG’s tiny

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  English language... and I'm so dedicated to you, gentle reader, that I would ... in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel ... , $30 of which went toward buying me this awesome ticket specifically so I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005