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• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  :25. This one hurt more than I expected. In better times, we would all ... because of the pandemic. I never would have started running, or lived in ... that I would enter some MIT buildings. And it was probably the last time

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  by one. I don’t buy from those stores, even in Boston.  I run by the ... gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... windows to keep out the heat. I mean — obviously. In Arizona it’s hostile

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny ... listening in health class. Your advisor? Rightttt! I think most people really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  it would have been more effective if it had been, I don't know, funny ... slight rivalry between Harvard and MIT. Whenever I'm talking to prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  much better. (In fact, I liked the idea so much that I ordered a custom ... -- I made a point of eating at five Chipotle locations that I had not ... , I thought that was the coolest thing that you could do with 3D

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  my druthers I would just use the Share button. But we seem to be in a ... Facebook presence, or is it A-OK? In any case, I would recommend that ... yours visit our website, they would not see your profile picture. However

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  feel like I'm learning a lot. I mean, I'm sure I learned a lot in 2 ... a pair of daunting circuit problems which I probably would have breezed through back in the Stone Age when I was taking 8.02 (seriously, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  decisions before I gave my speech. I would go in and talk about Imelda Marcos' conviction in the Philippines and then I would walk out and accept my fate ... , disappointment rapidly setting in. I refreshed the website a couple times to make

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  b.s. or exercises in covering your tracks after messing up. But then I ... first signal that MIT would not be narrowly defined in science and ... I’m perched on the top step of the super-architected Stata

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  in a dorm with a dining hall requires that you buy into the House ... hall: "I live in Baker now and I have to pay for preferred dining, so I figured I would make the best out of it. i introduced myself to the head

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  upstairs. In some ways this is exactly what I predicted a startup would be; in other ways, it’s better.  I’ve been just over a week in this city ... ="alignnone" width="225"] some ducks I would encounter[/caption] June 3rd. Tucson

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  decision. Everything is A LOT. I just wish there would be more minutes in ... . Now I’m just thinking how in the world the SAT – which has nearly 200 ... decided to start something. This one’s about how jaded I am about buying

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  company past the program. Exhibit D: So proud of them :') While in Peru, I ... the dogs i am so behind in everything i’m dropping chinese because i ... because we took many photos and where else would I share them but with you

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  pioneering the latest advances in party technology, I'm slowly becoming a ... you.) Last Saturday, I woke up in a not-very-exciting fashion, so I ... place where I would live were I the type of person who writes novels, or

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  -booting shortly after buying the computer, so that just in case I messed up again I ... . I bought my computer off eBay in 2015, right before going off to ... RAM (those are solid specs, in case you're not a computer person) and I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  swiped into the subway and in June, I saved a whopping $4 by buying the ... to complete on transportation in Boston. Here are two methods that I ... Cambridge and Boston, so keep an eye out for it. Also keep in mind that I am

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Swing of Things I've been getting into it.

  

  If you had asked me what I thought college life would be like back when I was in high school, I would have said something like “prolly ... . Fortunately, I now know how to make a website, something that I never actually

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 18, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  festival in Davis Square with an array of arts and crafts vendors. I’ve been ... in the eyes of the vendors and I become invisible. They talk to the ... -looking female. I can’t buy a $68 cup of awareness. I wish to be conspicuous and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  better. I think one of the most important things I've learned in my time ... Last week, I spoke a little about Camp Kesem, one of the many student ... together a free summer camp for kids whose parents have cancer. As I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  us. A couple of days later a kid in my suite had similar symptoms, went to MIT Medical, and returned with a blue mask. Soon a girl in my suite was blue-masked, then another guy in my suite appeared one day with a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009