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• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  job that I love, getting to meet —  in person, or via application ... At some point in the pandemic I began to collect tropical fruiting ... picture of my first banana plant, but now I have three or four, in my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  in dorms? And one more question: you mentioned that we have to buy our ... in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a ... priority list. 5. Food made from scratch (or close to it) tastes so much

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  This is entry #2 in my series "entries that need to be written ... are only graded in a pass/fail fashion -- if you get an A, B, or C in a ... in their lives. 2. The system encourages first-term freshmen to have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  flavors. If you walk in the opposite direction up Mass Ave or take Saferide ... array of nutritional add-ins, such as protein powder, bee pollen, or ... few blocks away in any direction. First off, there's Toscanini's about

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  to this apartment in Cambridge, I've started to cook more, and I'm loving it. Deciding what I'm going to make in the next week, buying ... 's scrambled eggs tutorial and threw some cream cheese in. The trick is to 1

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  are in college time seems to slip away. It’s been weeks since we’ve had ... , and a few places to buy food."]Stud[/annotation] because it’s too busy to study in the coffee shop. Because I’m walking again I decide to take

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  in "Spider-Man" for about 3 minutes, too. Surely, you had to see ... 's more. While Bruce was busy in Bulgaria or wherever directing and starring in "The Man With The Screaming Brain," he also found time to write

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year ... CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  , you’re free to just walk in and work in that classroom. Or, lounges for ... you write on it and try to erase, it leaves smears or shadows of what you wrote, or is hopeless beyond repair. This technique was used to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  smart enough to be here. And while I do see validity in these questions ... find yourself in (not just "am I smart enough to be in it"). Allow me to ... .111 notably covers content that is not included in AP or IB chemistry, while 18

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  decided to start something. This one’s about how jaded I am about buying ... place... or the fact that you're almost expected to "spend" after a ... in a Sketchbook, it's gonna take a certain dose of courage to start

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

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  So I just happened to come across two articles this week related to ... Bulthaup in 2001, the year he graduated from MIT with a Bachelor's and Master's of Engineering in EECS. (Actually, it looks like since then, Colin

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  , religions, backgrounds, you name it. It’s an exciting environment to be in ... them to receive an amazing education in such a conducive environment has ... speech, but just by being in college, I'm beginning to understand it. What

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  or buy new paper sheets, to upgrade my iPad’s internet plan and most recently, to get a small phone to use while in Nigeria. It always pulses with ... grew so small. I walked in circles and circles, sick to my stomach. Later

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  want to get you in, have some explosions, show Hugh Jackman half ... mutant army to Alcatraz. 5. I am in love with Ian McKellen, and my favorite ... paid for. Okay, going to GERMANY in three hours!! I LOVE MIT!! WOOHOO

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have ... my summer in Spain. It doesn't reeeally say what I want it to, but I ... to Spain for giving me: the warm weather I missed so much in Boston

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  so strongly of this that I had to buy it for him. (Seriously, Five ... for that on eBay or something? The other thing I have to share with you ... robot to compete in a contest, which is taking place tonight. If that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  really just in here to see how many of you will even read the post before ... enough to get in before you checked online, and your friends and family all ... This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  probably the longest hug in my life thinking that if i buy another thing ... ), just listening to the soundtrack or watching other people play it ... before we graduated. i haven't talked to any of them in forever and i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that ... course they'll in, they'll hedge a little; they might say "6, or 2, or ... 'm in the latter group.  I came to MIT intending to major in something Bio

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013