Search

Search Results

• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  Office is right off of the Kendall/MIT stop on the redline. Everyone ... this is the best time to tell you about some of  the things I first ... is the furthest north I have ever lived. Here is a list of almost ten

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  beauty,  it is as though with this overwhelming pain and love and beauty ... right now    a lot of the times, i am my first invalidator. it is ... that it is not a big deal. but to pull out of the details of the context

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Parafilm Effect The center cannot hold... unless you stick it together with Parafilm.

  

  is Parafilm? Parafilm M is a unique self-sealing, moldable and flexible ... , impressive water vapor transport properties, and is resistant to many common ... thickness of all Parafilm products is 0.005 (127 um) and although we are often

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  been built, so Building 5 is still the main entrance to MIT. We also see ... by the MBTA's [annotation note="this bus is commonly used by MIT ... ,[/annotation] which is later bought by MIT, where it is now Green Hall. Here's what

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for ... tenth, eleventh, and twelfth floors of the high rise and is broken up into ... . Summer in Boston is miserable in some ways but it is beautiful. The air is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  went to MIT!" The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing. ... implication, Top of the Hub is not somewhere students usually have the ... what I mean?) Bezel The 2006 beaver is supposed to look a little more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  I am asking is, specifically, how has MIT helped you come closer to ... helped me see things more clearly. MIT is unique in the incredible variety ... universities, campus is more or less open. If you're interested in MIT, you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  Today I am bringing you my MIT Survival Guide, which is a list I made ... brand. I have no idea why this is on my MIT survival guide list. But yeah ... handicap. This is the first thing to get over when you come to MIT. A lot of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  Library. It's one of MIT's several libraries and it is one of the more ... who is planning on visiting MIT, I have gone ahead and taken a picture ... Library is even one of the stops on the official MIT Napping Tour of Campus

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  juggle, but she’s unfazed. MIT is a really hard place, she admits, a place ... , is Beantown Taqueria, a cozy Mexican Restaurant with delightfully spicy ... --which is indeed, as heavenly as it sounds. It was introduced to Beantown by

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  I am taking. In fact, this is actually the last GIR I need in order to ... 'd like to take. That being said, I did originally apply to MIT as a ... . This class is notoriously difficult and I'm pretty stressed about doing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  , I should blog! 7:40 PM: Erons '12 walks into my room. Erons is not wearing shoes. 7:41 PM: Erons is asking me something about electric potentials inside charged cubes. Erons is the type of person who carries all

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  of art as "The Thong Song" is, I personally think that it was simply ... occurrence, because I happen to live next to the president of the MIT Sport ... neighbor Alicia (Course 7 '06) is the president of the club and is only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  My fellow readers of the MIT Admissions blogs, a great tragedy has ... Center is no more. This past weekend, Subway closed abruptly due to issues ... . This happened with little warning and we are sorry that Subway is no

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  Wednesday. It is driving me crazy. I started talking to my squishible monster ... being in a hospital while also managing being a student at MIT:   1 ... Services is super great about sending emails to professors and letting them

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  pies, piedentified (joke by Irina’s boyfriend Alex). The top row is ... bottom row is banana cream (vanilla pudding and bananas), fruit salad ... this blog post I’m going to go back to grading. (“Grading” is a word

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in Boston's North End and is well-known for its delicious cannolis. Over the course of my time at MIT, I've had many treats from Mike's Pastry - but, as

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  wonderful! Classes have started! REX happened! Politics is happening! Blogging is happening! Science is happening! And I decided not to twitter anymore because I'm not at my laptop enough. Isn't that astonishing? Here is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  guess my point is - all of you heading to MIT soon, GET EXCITED 'CAUSE ... cover … and flipped to the Burton-Conner page (which is where I live now ... the people on this page! This is actually a group shot of Burton 1 - my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  Technology has plans for world domination through weather control. It is our ... "Champagne" being served (left). Hunt co-organizer Matt '02 (right) is dressed ... Hunt is underway, and for our team, it's so far, so good... more updates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006