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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  or in Kendall Square's own Food Court. A favorite stop of mine is ... One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  likely to be in the Science Olympiad or the International Math Olympiad ... traveled to Europe from the US by steamship Times in running events were ... . Where do you think George got the money to buy the team? Well, Henry used

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  video or course. There were only 13 students in the class (including ... workshops with guest lecturers to teach us about the style of edX platforms or ... or biology faculty who received the email and decided to stop by to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  calamities: pretend it’s not happening, accept defeat, or try to make ... petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s ... On Wednesday, 70 degree weather spurred MIT students to sport cute

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  being able to shut the door and get a good night of sleep. (Or, point in ... to our MIT ID cards, and you can put as much or as little money as you ... . Kim asked if it's possible or easy to get a single as a freshman at MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  that Alex was going to MIT. In light of this complaint, MIT and Cornell ... out of scraps in the desert, not to mention building his own mechatronic ...   Most of my entries center around things I've learned or

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  can probably use to buy a comfortable chair for my room from the online ... bad when a friend wants to say "hello" or if a heavy object is about to ... existing product (in this case, the ability to control your playlist) and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  's first decision was whether to use the beaver or the Great Dome on the ring ... To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of ... , for the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  kind of situation) is to make lots of plans, so I had ’em ready in spades ... , really good dessert place), which would be a consolation or a celebration as needed. to ... ’t prerequisites to success. in the end, you’ll be yourself wherever you go. to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  food, but buy a $5 coffee or smoothie every day anyways. it's probably ... likes leaving campus to try new restaurants, go thrifting, or check out ... .."]Radiohead,[/annotation] no in between. you're the type of person who tends to isolate yourself

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  connected to Star Market, where most MIT students buy their groceries if they ... out, so I turned around just in time to duck. I was one of the closest ... of them, so I'll fill you in on the details later. Right now, I want to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  things apart and putting them back together--or trying to, and sometimes ... ratchet, or a screwdriver, or even pliers--he just has to use the tip of a ... things. It’s humbling to remember that, when a lot of people worry or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  going to college in a city, and one of them is the proximity of food ... , Friday, and Sunday! So, on one Sunday in October, eight or so of my friends ... to say… we had to send a lot of photos to figure out what to buy. And

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  no costs in using your credit card to buy that Arizona tea, why that ... happened to play out. I was sitting in my Algebra class, I was really bored ... varied it is, I do find myself drawn to the micro theory side. In

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  's no warm water in the sink or any hooks to hang and dry your towels or ... coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... kitchen space than, well, buying a $200 pressure cooker and air fryer in one

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Hollywood fantasy. NEWSFLASH... NO ONE MAKES IT AT MIT/COLLEGE (OR IN LIFE ... he lives, thus he is reactionary in his approach to education. Mills looks to his or her peers for validation or rebuttal. He is overly

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  United Methodist Church in Tallahassee, Florida, began as an effort to provide repairs and basic necessities to homes of impoverished families in ... -dimensional effort to help the residents of Gretna in all areas of life, not just

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  situation in which obfuscation is to your advantage. You will frequently ... next to my desk always: Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  and face masks and indulging in a bit of luxury. "self-care is buying ... 's always there to tempt me"]paris baguette[/annotation] and buying a slice of ... laundry or, god forbid, wash my sheets and refit them onto my bed, i want to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... people from MIT here to take me in a van to campus?” Luckily, I eventually ... in what appeared to be a maze, I saw the dome, and I had a moment of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018