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• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  very far from school. Now I'm in the midst of a lot of school and am ... danger, even though some of the farms I went to were in the middle of ... one of them really liked MIT!). I couldn't have spent three months in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  A few weeks ago, when I blogged about the commencement of the Class of 2018, I made a note about the address given by Colin Webb, President ... of 2018!   You know, When I reflect on some of my favorite

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  being. I can dream in black-and-white or in color, but not in black ... -saturated detail before I had to face the grey ugliness of December in the Midwest ... always prevail in the end. After a night of abortive attempts, I was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  last year, so i know how much work is involved in directing a program of ... took a number of weeks before i got to know everyone in my floor. somehow after a year of not seeing people in-person much i lost all capability for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  -Pants Subway Ride is a 7 year tradition in New York City. Hundreds of people meet ... taken and most of the interviews took place. I stood in the corner playing ... About two years ago at school I was sitting in the computer lab

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and ... over, trying my best to be legible.  I was 17, and I thought this sort of thing mattered.  It was the first year of the MIT Blogs, after all, and I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  environmental benefits of cities being connected by public transit. I can also see ... I’ve been thinking about different modes of transport through cities. In the past three years, I’ve visited over 10 cities and lived in three

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  meaningful stuff in 10 minutes. Plus he can do it in the middle of the Diesel ... meantime, I read applications at my house, in the middle of the woods. I used ... the excitement of the city for peace, quiet, and space. Often I miss

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You Can Plan a Pretty Picnic ... but you should also research the weather.

  

  . Instead, we spent more time in the capital city of Lusaka, where we: 1) met ... condition (e.g. "In 2000, an estimated 73% of the population lived below the ... aware of how little you know. Conscious incompetence.) As I reflect more

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 5, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  , a small city in the Liaoning Province of China. My grandparents have ... groceries you can’t find in the US for dirt cheap. Then again, I’m biased ... China for the first time in 6 years this summer. Although 9th grade of

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  . A pack of Brass Rats, in their natural habitat What's that? You can ... name, got his Master's in City Planning, and in a way, he planted the ... got the chance to buy one of these things. As it turns out, the Grad Rat

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  . At first, I thought it was just a random piece of trash.... but upon ... an anoymous artist has been placing these little guys in cities all over the US! It's pretty awesome that we can find a set of these around

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  time for gift-giving. A couple of weeks back, I visited the MIT Coop to ... Shorts – What more can I say? MIT Full Face Zip Hoodie – For when you ... half of the city while fighting your nemesis and the city people want you

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  couple inches of snow can shut down everything for days, I’m super ... negative sign in front of it, you really stop caring what you look like ... completely on basketball, and have extra time to do all of the things I put off

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  their final album, Made in Heaven, which I own. I own pretty much all of ... presents, local CD stores, and eBay. Now, I'm not normally in the habit of ... 't listed on any of the maps, so I looked at some postcards in a gift shop and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  of, in my opinion, are these student faculty dinners. **2007 Student ... friends and I spent the next few hours (well, days, sort of) trying to ... of Your Friends How to Avoid Being Set Up How to Pin a Boutonniere

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with ... of numbers, I found that they are very, very different. We arrived on ... th street) to the eyeglass store where I wanted to buy some new frames

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  KIum said she would buy every piece in Uli's collection, and some of them ... every person in the class was like "PFFFF! Can I take German I again? That ... DID YOU KNOW? Upon hearing one of Bach's motets late in his life

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  of you in Boston, I highly recommend going. There's a student discount ... I'm able to have because of you, as well as the future I have ahead of ... 'm thinking of you and the family. I'm thankful for all the new people I've met

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  In my junior year of high school, I had a phase of telling everyone ... large rectangle of the black cotton. I sewed in some pleats to add some ... what you’d buy from a store, but I dug the grunginess of my DIY efforts

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022