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• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  MIT. I'm always interested in how such successful people get their start ... insights into patterns in raw data. The idea excited me so much I took my ... play tic-tac-toe. I entered it in a science fair and won a prize. That

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  . Um. The street? A sleeping bag in the lab? I would be happy sleeping on ... ...again, in theory. I had no idea what I would find when I got off the plane ... ' bedroom door and tried to hear what they were saying). In second grade, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  confusion. I read in the itinerary that MIT would be bussing us from the ... CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... looking for. I was hoping someone would have an MIT shirt on or something

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  other outdoor festival. If you are in or around Seattle, I would recommend ... fall, I would recommend Head of the Charles if you are in or around ... You Wait Eggs, especially fried in (lots of) butter. Unfortunately, I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  . That would be some story) Anyway, I just want to say this: Thank you for ... , here are some cool things I did last week! I was in London twice, once ... do so that I could take advantage of my day in London. So I decided to

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? This weekend is a tax holiday in Massachusetts. I sure ... advertising school in the United States. Because of that, I'm thinking of ... earlier draft I had made it "message in a mobile, yeah" but I decided that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  to this apartment in Cambridge, I've started to cook more, and I'm loving it. Deciding what I'm going to make in the next week, buying ... indulgent :) Just sauté some spinach (I use frozen) in a pan, add 2-3 eggs

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  . In many cases, it may even be something factual. This morning I ... appropriated by Argentinian dissidents in the 1980's). From there I found a list ... stockpile cases of Coca-Cola in 1985 for fear that her only son would be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  on the street. I stand in front of a store eating a vending machine ice cream, like how I've seen others stand in front of food stalls ... in the way and I feel like I'm interrupting an invisible flow that I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  . I'm sitting in my room facing the EC courtyard, tapping my feet ... couldn't carry more in my hands, because I hadn't thought to bring some ... student has got to eat. In fact, all college students need to eat (hopefully

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  that i’m typing in pretty much exactly the way i would say things out ... i’ve been in a perpetual state of writer's block recently (i.e. the ... !!!"]assuming no fatigue or pausing to think[/annotation] i would end up with 3750

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  [/annotation] agreed that this would be hard, but I really would like to graduate on time, so I am simply doing it anyway. In many ways this is exactly ... psetting. I am much more productive, attentive in class, and enjoy my morning

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  was released in May, but I was hosed, and now that I am hosed but in a ... for materials, and I want to know what it is like to buy nice yarn. And ... wanted to crochet organs and then affix them to humans. I thought it would

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... my summer in Spain. It doesn't reeeally say what I want it to, but I ... to Spain for giving me: the warm weather I missed so much in Boston

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  would be to be proactive in finding people I vibe with, and to look ... in RTA would give me clarity on what I want to do for my last three ... . many of the people I respected on Mocha graduated in the two years that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually ... landlords care about. I knew all this, in theory. I've known for a few months now that, once I graduated, I'd move to New York and would have to find

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  is, no, I've never really watched soccer before in my life, but the ... service in high school marching band). I mean, it just never stops, does it ... in a book or a travel guide or something if I don't get around to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  two flavors, I actually did buy in Canada! I went home for the summer ... original Oreos, but I would never buy them instead of the original"; even ... tier (not good enough to buy, but I would eat them if offered): vanilla

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year ... once, and he asked if he could use them in lecture. I granted permission ... seriously. Freshman year would have been a lot more difficult for me if I hadn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  in the same room forever, I have lived in a different room (and a ... 's miniCooper, and installed it in our room. (I am unfortunately not kidding ... , I love the beach, so I figured this would make me happy. But the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008