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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  Because freshmen are beginning to trickle onto campus and moving into their temporary rooms, what better time to talk about housing? Even though there are tens of other resources out there…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  In my last days at MIT, I painted this mural on my hall. I’d always said I wanted to paint a mural on Tetazoo, and I’d had my eye on…

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  Finals ended over a month ago, so quite frankly, I have no excuse for my disappearance from the blogosphere. I’ve been meaning to post a compilation of end of the…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  The other day I was watching a video about typography and the speaker was explaining why, because the human eye is innately attracted to bright objects, awkward s pa ci…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  go, you are probably all set for most of life. What if I’m not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  in my life.   When we returned to the competition, it was time for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  life (and there's nothing wrong with that!) 2. Learn how they learn

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  and general life skills without the stress of worrying about grades. For

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  You’re a first-semester senior and this is what Section 2 of your Undergraduate Degree Audit looks like: This is a very lonely situation, because the vast majority of your peers…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  It was 2AM. After a heart-warming and tummy-filling Thanksgiving break with my parents and my favorite sister (she’s kind of my only sister, but that’s beside the point) I found…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  to so many new perspectives and ways of life that I just never even ... draped with Christmas lights. Life is good. xoxoxo Allan

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  This weekend marks the notable milestone where, for the first time in my life, I get to actually do cool engineering-y things with my actual hands for a research job. I have a UROP (Undergraduate Research

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  really bring this to life, however, was a different story. I didn't want to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  . Real life wizards, minus the flowing beards and silly robes. But probably

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  ). This makes my life as a window into the MITverse easier, because then I ... life taken an Intro to Biology class. He also means that he was on the ... participation. His team placed second. More on his life story here //"Bob" is Bob

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  Wednesday the Eleventh: Instead of growing up with boy bands and popular songs on the radio, my main musical intake stemmed from my dad’s 70s rock band CDs and video…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  Boston Festival of Indie Games! The 2nd annual convention hosted here in Boston to celebrate gaming, and it is completely free to the public. (But actually it was awesome, and…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  Thanks to the agrarian principles our society was founded upon, a new year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops have been harvested, children are…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  One of my NRAO friends is a big fan of the band “Drive-By Truckers.” I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country music, so when they came…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  asked him was if he had any life/MIT advice. So without further ado, here ... inspired and motivated Going through MIT, or anything in life, is about the ... things with which you're involved. He said it best with, “Life is a game

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013