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• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  around the parking lot for a while. I felt okay, so off we went! The first ... arrived, he suggested that I borrow his sister's mountain bike for the ... time I owned a bike, I was nine years old, The last time I felt

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my ... 's not just for engineers. Undergraduates in the Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning (known affectionately as DUSP) have a similar option. The two

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  And now, for a brief interlude from our regularly scheduled finals whining. I should be studying E&M right now, but this is much more fun.

  

  following conversations can literally happen nowhere else in the world. So a ... fashion, come home a few hours later and camp out in the basement of our ... that a week or so later, I get the following text from my friend Sarah

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  long way for that. I guess the trick is to not go nuts with a credit card ... I sold several old textbooks back to the Coop, sold a few more on Amazon Marketplace, and got stopped next to the Stata Center to take a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  night of sleep for a long time. The next morning I met Sara '11 at South ... and CSAIL for a tour, which is when the fun actually began. This is ... a funny story that I'll share shortly). So, from the beginning: I

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  like crap, they were able to send me to the lab for a blood test without much trouble, and I had a diagnosis for mononucleosis the next morning ... peritonsular abscess. They put me to bed for a few hours, and finally drained the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SONIC JUBILANCE A day at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT

  

  have secured a room in the Institute for holding their rehearsals this ... for a college orchestra. The success of this concert will have much to ... place at MIT. A cause for celebration! To mark the historic opening of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • February 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  . The buildings are built out of tasteful sandstone and, as a bonus ... value... ...and the a cappella singers are all satanists. Okay, so ... half-day sample of the Stanford Experience. Being home briefly for summer

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  /theory/proof based. I studied for the 18.02 ASE and thought I had a good shot at ... of time management. For me to put in the maximum amount of work into ... impossible right now. Life is now mostly a choice of how to spend my time the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update A short entry, a quick link, and I become Seth Cohen.

  

  In honor of my trip to the OC, Ben made this for me: And the link of the day: The Art of Problem Solving (more on this next entry) A longer update soon...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  I've been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester has been quite a difficult one and I haven't really had the headspace to ... , on making paradise for CPW; or spring break adventures; or the way that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  's hunt that got the most solves. At A Loss For Words, a cute minimalist ... . And after spending a year writing for the hunt, I think it's all the ... ? Immediately after the wrap-up, people started a Discord server for people who

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  About the interview... For students applying for early action, the ... 's contact info, and make the call today! Now, what if you're applying for ... suspect that interview helped me quite a bit. At MIT, the interview is an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  this time of year, it could be mistaken for a painting of the snow ... . Last year, the Logs burst into my Quantum Lecture, and sang to a boy in the ... SUCH TROLLS! This year, the Logarhythms - a male a cappella group

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  things students can do and has had a UROP in the MIT Center for Space ... I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor ... result of a $54 check to the International Star Registry. Rather, Emily has

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  're looking for. So this was a great school visit, despite the lack of student ... Prep to set up for the meeting. There were a bunch of EC's there ... : tons of email catchup and prep for the rest of travel. Tomorrow: a 7AM

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  student center. This is home to a post office, dry cleaners, the ID card ... it's just a basement thing), but after being officially involved on the LCC board for a semester, it's become that place where I go in between

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  ! -- the applicant Class of 2010. As for me, I spent a good part of today ... Maine for a relaxing rest of the three day weekend. Mmm... lobster =) ... Now that CPW is over, things are a little less hectic around the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  , save for the one Filipino guy working the grill. (He gave me a high five ... -making committee? What kinds of requirements are there for becoming a canyon with the ... 'm sitting in the emergency exit row directly behind a bathroom - but rather to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  , beating Princeton for the first time in 33 years. Sports are perhaps a ... Another blogget for you all. MIT Men's Heavyweight Crew is a finalist for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009