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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  accounts, so if you ever find yourself laughing at a funny MIT tweet, you can ... fumbling to turn off the recorder in the last few seconds. Despite going to a ... name a living scientist. I wanted to help counter that a little bit by

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  . Everyone at MIT is required to take one "HASS-A", or "arts" class as part of ... theater to painting to game design--you name it. I even found a HASS that ... comparing Harvard to a fabric store. I thought that was a flattering

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers ... do not want to get fat. There's a big lounge called the TFL ... and a nice chunk of money to do with it what they wish. My entry, for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  have to live in a dorm for a year, you might as well find one that you ... assigment. If you're a prospective student, allow me to explain. During the ... things that are often made. I'm using this entry to warn you against a few

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  described as a golden retriever bounding between everything from scrabble to ... of them. i came into mit wanting to be a 14-2 (mathematical economics ... a scooter to get around; my freshman year, I just walked everywhere

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  students. It's a battle, a hunt to find the mystery! ----- Aditi, here are ... WRAP-UP! As a favor to everybody who worked on the puzzle remotely ... puzzles I wasn't able to show you. I hope you all had a good time, I know I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  future reference. A cool thing that I find amusing We went over to the ... regard to our engagement. If you are a person who likes this sort of thing ... space over the main entrance to the museum are the vehicles Daedalus (a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  could together find a way to stop the troubling behaviors. Unfortunately ... are helping each undergraduate who needs to relocate find a welcoming ... and a number of faculty, staff, and alumni in work to promote personal

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... credit limit of 57 units. I used that opportunity to explore Course 1 in a ... field trips to places like a wind turbine blade testing facility, Cape Cod

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  would’ve, could’ve, should’ve a newly minted senior's freshman year regrets

  

  year away. Suffice to say, I've been thinking a lot about how I want to ... figured I'd list out a few of my freshman year regrets, not to beat myself ... confined to it. Besides, Boston really is a beautiful city, and being able to

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 2, 2026
• Blog / Advice

  new york without instagram who are you performing for?

  

  draw of this city is to find different ways to spend a lot of money ... too early for a flight has its benefits: you get to sit in an airport ... days (mainly for christmas), and due to a mixture of factors both within

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  admissions stuff, but I got tired of typing and went to eat a piece of ... mythical. Darn, there needs to be a Snopes for MIT urban legends. One day I ... , which will take a lot more thought and I will get to at a later date

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  was able to find a place to stay in Tang Hall, a grad residence right ... spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  into a lot of part-time jobs. I’ll need something else to occupy time ... students to help staff events and run registration—it’s only a couple of days ... happy to find out that his legacy, of sorts, lives on because students

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  everyone grabs what they want and finds a place around the house to sit down ... their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home ... match. A few years ago, when we had a larger crowd than usual thanks to my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  I have never been trick-or-treating, (until now) and how trick-or-treating relates to geography...???

  

  people that, they look at me shocked, jaw to the floor like a scream mask ... door-to-door didn’t make much sense when “the next door” was half a mile ... a full-size chocolate bar. The good stuff. Then we’d drive to the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • November 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... consider me to be a pretty serious, goes to bed at 10, enjoys jazz music type ... straight-laced personality was exposed to a weekend of epic proportions. One

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  ,[/annotation] which went fine; i did a little better than i expected to do. saturday ... alone. i couldn’t find the motivation to get out of bed that morning ... . sunday night, i had enough energy to go to a holiday party our floor had

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  ’ve found myself with a lot of time to “stop and smell the roses.” There ... wanted to head back home. After a long, demanding yet equally rewarding ... worry came in not finding anything to do back home. I didn’t exactly want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  hope you all can hear us. The idea is for everyone to take a break from Tooling, to come out and join their fellow slugs for a hot mug of cocoa ... further from the truth. It really is a joy and a privilege to read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007