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• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  So, in my dorm, there seems to be this really close, almost familial ... 's degree but still lives nearby, so she bakes you fresh cookies every once in a while. Conner 2 is the adorable youngest daughter, outfitted in a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  because I was in lab until 7 tonight -- yes, on a Friday night -- and that ... even going to a fast food restaurant. The food in the residential halls isn't cheap, but neither is any kind of food in Boston (the price of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  cats and which floors are smoking floors in EC (EC's webpage doesn't seem ... "smoking" doesn't mean that you'll be submerged in clouds of smoke. People ... friends in your living group, something's wrong. Just because you love your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  completely owned the test, I am in an unaccountably giddy mood. The only good things about the GRE (in this order): you can take it any day of the week ... , so I will skip to after the test, when I had my score in hand and began

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I know, it's a bold blog structural experiment, but just have some faith in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  .) Katharine asked a great set of questions in my last entry about the bio department: "I might be interested in doing Biology at MIT... so I have to ask ... people. I actually started writing down things they said in class, because

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  not while friends are on vacation in Maine and only get the chance to ... to their houses for a weekend. Joe lives in Portland, which is "Maine's business, financial and retail capital and the largest city in the state," as

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  . Unless you consider all of those 500 forms I needed to fill out and send in ... videos a few minutes in length about each of the dorms so that the incoming ... following someone dressed in a monkey suit running through the halls, or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  northeast arrive for the NEACAC conference. In the first session of the ... other state, and more students from India than from Vermont, but in the ... colleges to reach out to students in larger numbers, in some cases bordering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  exist in the background of our lives. If sunrises and sunsets occurred ... demand or whatever.  In that same vein, if total eclipses occurred daily ... school night at 3:00 am the following day? I planned most of the trip in

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  Mocha Moves in Fall ‘19 and are members of Dance Troupe, but I’ve done it ... involved in dance, we thought we’d talk about all the opportunities to ... biannual showcase and also can participate in ADT dance cover videos Sakata

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... Initiatives. Through MISTI, students can either participate in internship

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  ’ve heard of IAP, or Independent Activities Period, MIT’s January term in ... little sidequests, our paths mainly crossing for dinner in a dorm lounge or ... concert back in august![/caption] hello blog!!! my name is sarah and i am a

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  I’m sitting in the quiet car of a Northeast Regional Amtrak train, writing a blog post for the first time in almost four years. Since I started MIT in the fall of 2015, I’ve taken the trip from New York to Boston

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  It has been 13 days since Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour began so in honor of that, I am ranking my favorite three songs (I can’t pick one) in ... talk to me in the comments!  Reputation This was the first Taylor

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  dearly. My own history with whiteboards, how I use them in my life, and ... this recipe in the summer of 1963, the hottest summer we ever had ... fix a whiteboard that had been sitting in a hallway, filled with writing

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  on Discord would one day come in handy for something as important as ... it reminds me a lot of my own CPW, though it may be taking place in ... questions in my DMs and asked publicly and on the IG live that I really wanted

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  . Weekends are for recharging. Where are you, PNR? *hosed: in a constant ... work, with no end in sight; essentially attempting to drink directly from ... went back to campus earlier than expected. Not a single soul was in sight

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  my IAP with my head in the books, trying to absorb as much information as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends' descriptions of their IAPs in their own words.   - - - Dalia L. '16

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  see him play. I had taught DeRon Artificial Intelligence in 6.034 when ... emerging story of his amazing record. DeRon showed up regularly in class ... had driven seven hours or so from their home in the small town of Galax

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009