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• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  pee - I'd been holding it during an all-out sprint across the terminal ... want to throw a heavy glass object every time I see it, which is often ... ; It contains approximately eleventy million bits of advice from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  only got in because you're (blank)." And you know what, it really hurt ... words may never hurt me." If only. For a long time, I questioned whether ... like to explain things. No one likes to accept the "it's just the way it

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  inspired by a friend's wedding in Malaysia. It was a hot and steamy holiday ... . I feel like such a nerd for taking a picture of the engine, but it was ... Floating Market itself has become touristy, but it was still very cool to see

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  you how I love this place, about its gentle paradise, all in prose that ... . Sometimes, it's a paradise; miracles are commonplace. Sometimes, though, it ... some adventures, but on the darkest days, I miss the river. How could I

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

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  Can you believe... it’s already the middle of August ??? ...and we ... last August … wondering how I felt a year ago … so somehow I ended up digging up my 2009 Guide to Residences … (it's still so pretty & so

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  machines, like in the picture? How was it? What sort of buildings do local ... Interlocking Stabilized Soil Bricks. Basically, it's a machine that applies some sort of pressure to some mixture of dirt and concrete. It has to be able

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to admit. It was extremely difficult! I had thought we were done with tough ... waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  prevent this from happening again? How would you design it? To applicants ... hour (and non-waking hour for that matter - I've been dreaming about it too). It's a feeling of helplessness - other than donating money I don

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pics from the WMBRBQ! Do You Like College Radio??

  

  'ens are showing me up! Anyways, [annotation note="ok, it was Sunday and I ... Radio) is MIT's student college radio station. It's located under Walker Memorial building (duh) and it's a full radio station! I love music so so so

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  implementation of this order is still under review, its prospect has caused a lot ... eventually serve in the military or in the MIT ROTC program. MIT has a long ... order. I excerpt from it below: MIT’s tradition of national service is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  decided it was time to bring my casual bike ride form of training to the ... -collegiate-ness. If that's not the best idea ever, I don't know what is. It's meant to be an easy, social ride, which was good for me because it was my first

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  't Deny It") 2006: CAKE ("The Distance" / "Short Skirt/Long Jacket") Here ... favorite song was really hard; sometimes, it was a near coin toss. 1966: The Beach Boys ("Kokomo" / "Wouldn't It Be Nice") 1968: Jefferson Airplane

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  It's been a long week, but next week promises to be even longer ... with music and fun, and it raises money for the Elizabeth Glaser ... -100. If you haven"t seen in it, you should!!! It's an awesome movie. 8:30 PM

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  weird.  Drawing has been a lifelong passion for me. It’s a release, my ... infinitely better than it was last year (like going to bed three hours earlier ... for breakfast. It’s not like I have my life completely together though

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  than I realized...) It's a preposterous idea considering how many ... figured it wouldn't be the worst thing if I stayed a little closer to home ... unresolved need. It's a class that ends up sprawling across multiple

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... 18. get it?) The value of i choose 18 is (34376687 + 1499084559 i ... wanted to switch it up from the blue beret and the pink-and-grey kitty hat

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  , how'd it go?" "I just found out we did our entire economic analysis ... third because it conflicts with my 9 AM class) 11:00 - 12:00 AM ... : Astronomy Lab Last Monday (actually it was Tuesday morning) I was on my way

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  freshman year. It's sort of another "how to do everything wrong" story ... being a cheerleader, and how it had taught me responsibility. (Reading ... A few entries back, I was asked by amino21 how I got hooked up with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  pandemic’s fault. I forgot how good it can be to go to a place with a person and see more people, and I never knew how good it can be to be in Boston ... ’ve written and deleted this sentence describing it a dozen times. As the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  Class of 2022. Here's how it went for me, and what our ring looks like ... is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or stainless steel. It has a beaver on it. And a dog. And an owl. So... there are

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020