Search

Search Results

• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  in an a cappella group for most of college as well as college choir ... to college - I played solo in coffeehouses, as half of an acoustic duo ... voice there. In that spirit, here's a thread for MIT folks who are

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  that I did. In an obvious sense, money is good, and I've always felt that ... that having a job and participating in an extracurricular activity have ... , which is $8.75 an hour, and I was responsible for checking out books and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2 ... office held a Thanksgiving Dinner for us! All of the MIT students were

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the ... for the student. They are in a sort of limbo. This one requires a couple ... congratulated for that. With your help they are ready to enter college in the fall

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  what to pack for the dorms but non-extensive so pls don't blame me if u forget ur toothbrush

  

  lighting is good for late-night lock-ins (Although, full disclosure, I did ... : Even in a cook-for-yourself dorm, it’s nice to have your own personal ... plates: especially in a cook-for-yourself dorm, it’s nice to have one or

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • July 8, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  getting lost looking for events? Instead, get lost in this year’s Next Big ... 's already been two years since ours! But CPW is honestly just as fun for undergrads here as it is for pre-frosh, so we are all just as hyped as you are

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  ’ve worked so hard to get to. In an audiobook? None of that is up to you. I ... if you’re also looking for a bit of escapism, try an audiobook. And ... I listen to a lot of audiobooks. In 2023, I listened to 28.6 days

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  . Anyway, on to the questions: "It's over! No one gets in RA ... at your application again and consider it in the context of the Regular ... underlying benefits or disadvantages in already having your application read

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  to 23% when I charged it in the bathroom of an old abbey, and had ... worked in construction, structural steel, for thirty years — in many ... beautiful Irish house in Dublin (an airbnb) that stressed me out because two

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  last Monday for Team MR8 in memory of my friend Martin Richard, who was killed in the bombing two years ago, I also ran it for Sean.   ... space for reflection. Inspired by the gesture of an open hand, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  this part of the project. Well, I need to leave for work in about 10 ... . Ben decided for me that I needed a new banner. See, when Ben sets up the original blog for us, it has a "default banner" that says "replace this ASAP

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  , like Best Buy, even give you your money back in store credit for a new ... 's really more of a powerful central calculator. Aim for an Intel Core i5 or ... exchange for a slimmer, quieter tablet/laptop. The difference in speeds is

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  's an excellent age for video games - Mortal Kombat was released 18 years ... applicants - meaning, all y'all! It's also an excellent number of years for ... ", or the costs attendant to searching for employment in down labor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... admissions, I tell them, not inaccurately, that, as someone with an degree in ... placed in what we called the "forced-triple" -- a cubicle designed for two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  Hours (yes! There are office hours for Taekwondo), and an occasional ... ’m in love with IAP. The recurring theme seems to be: Things get thrown your way...and you go with it, because there’s nothing to wake up for

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  logical choice to talk about what the weekend has in store for you if you ... After the closing variety show join us “Under the Great Dome" for an ... events created with you in mind for CPW and it really is just the tip of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  i became british for a summer featuring an internship at bristol robotics lab

  

  paint an imaginary wall for half an hour as she collected data on arm ... absolute pain. Between the USB-C port, an FPC connector for the camera, another one for the LEDs, and the smallest ESP32 I could find (an ESP32-S3

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • September 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happiness in threes

  

  written for this project. The best part? They're written in Python, the only ... marks and such in plain text, and this makes me so, so happy. Umm ... still. Happy! Another thing that made me happy this week was getting an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  of the fireworks. I apologize in advance for our witty banter. I’m much ...   Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  . in days like these the body feels like an inconvenience. i have to tend ... interested in seeing how it'd adapt to a virtual format. after spending an hour ... there was this time three weeks ago, when i was still living in baker

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020