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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  phone in her hand. A wilted splinter of juniper fell from the basket onto ... ’ room came from a nightlight in the wall. The bedbugs purred in fluid ... from nothing. What a sad existence. And then Cory said that after a while

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  from a pleasant distraction to a moderate disturbance, but to me, it was ... . Residents from throughout the dorm provided us with lights, a magnifying glass ... The following is a guest entry by Patrick L. '17 Just before 9 pm

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  air while students from all across campus displayed dance skills ranging from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even ... children. I hail from sunny San Diego, and have thus never owned a pair of

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  neurodegenerative diseases. Nimish Ramanlal '10 A 16-year-old young man from Winter ... nanotechnology. Boris Alexeev '08 A 17-year-old young man from Athens, Georgia ... Having read MIT applications for a long time now, I know that MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  the one I've answered before. It's a quote from Neil Gaiman's wonderful ... earth. "This land was brought up from the depths of the ocean by a diver," said the fire. "It was spun from its own substance by a spider. It was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  .” Here’s a quote from it I love the most: "What most people don’t seem to ... wake up from a too long (but absolutely satisfying) nap. In my dreams, I ... to UROP work. 10:00 → Surprise! A friend from upstairs visits. We talk

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  a professor from MIT, here in Cambridge!!! How awesome is that ... After a stressful week of essays after essays, assignments after assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  . From the perspective of a student, it gave me a sigh of relief, but one that was touched by my incessant need for a challenge. From the ... , because now I can put up a few photos from moments that were good enough to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  was a psychedelic roller-coaster ride. It shifted from two time periods ... headed to Wagamama, a delicious noodle shop across the street from Boston ... ominously thick package that included everything from housing lottery to

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  culture?? with the prefrosh. I also was pumped to see a lot of people from ... a table" and, as you might expect from that, it was absolute chaos. I ... [annotation note="called as such because it's no longer a weekend

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  carve out time for that activity. I finally read a gift from sophomore ... Prose," which was a birthday gift from a new German friend. Reading it on ... Hello from Barcelona! I'm here for an astronomy conference. (You may

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  rent a car from the local Budget office. Unfortunately, the only type of ... bring yummy doughnuts and apple cider from a local mill. My name is ... 'm told it's in a relatively safe location from the storm. I even think to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  grease (from Chicago Pizza) later, I had a bike. Wewt. (Note: I know that ... assembled a bike from mostly junked but already-existing bike parts. Nothing ... things, and I thought that led me to being a mechanical engineer. Fast

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  -to-day life. After all, a person's experiences are inseparable from identity ... feelings could differ so drastically from yours. Maybe you don't like the ... . This new group hosts a monthly forum in which attendees discuss issues of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  instructions 2) I've setup a WeMo Switch connected to IFTTT so I can turn on my air conditioner with a text message from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the firehouse across the street) and a call from our team captain saying that the ... first snow day I have had in years. The view from my window Back home

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  and away from windows ready to answer your questions with the new and improved application deadline quickly approaching. Here's a picture. Enjoy, good luck, and feel free to email me at the address in the banner. Have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  needed to be posted on the blogs. Expect a real post from me this weekend ... So where have I been? Short answer: doing work. Or just at work. I just got a UROP doing chemistry and molecular biology-related stuff in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Has Been Found! Mystery Hunt 2007 is quasi-over.

  

  Hunt is quasi-over. At 5:30 PM today, there will be a wrap up session ... seeing what the puzzles were like, either email me or leave me a comment and I'll get back to you when I get home from church. Ciao!

  • by Bryan
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the ... The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with dozens of McGanns in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006