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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  around a few blocks of New York City for twenty minutes and then arrived at ... up to the driver, asking to pay in cash for a seat. The driver reached ... cramped for elbow space. It was extra sweet when we started passing rivers

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  house but did consent to their use of the flower pots outside for midday ... of them til I find homes for them around here. So I took a trip back to ... to use the litter box, been to the vet and had their sex determined for

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Michael Stipe played an ice cream man on one episode of "The Adventures of Pete and Pete." Happy Groundhog Day! Wow, thanks for ... , although I guess I've called it that sometimes too, for absolute clarity. It

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  in Boston by June 9th for Commencement.   Day 1, Wednesday 5 ... 't know the city, so we looked for the Space Needle in the horizon and just ... disappointed that we drove for many hours in the forests with no sight of any

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to put together an ohms concert apparently we have a concert this weekend

  

  for those of you who don’t know, i’m part of the mit ohms, a south ... it into sheet music for an a cappella group, ie writing a solo part and a part for each voice group (which, in the case of the ohms, means

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that ... and my PI was in Eastern Time. Studying for the GRE was also very self ... 's also nice because I get to do things that I wouldn’t have time for

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  of time for blagging. Good thing they got Sniv to cover it as well. But ... -rotor helicopter that can be used for search-and-rescue missions, and maybe someday ... -class research because it's also the place where you live and play and work and buy

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  'm pretty sure she was joking, for some reason the idea stuck with me. Over ... the list, though, I do have a few quick things to say. For starters, I ... not me, nor should you be! What I found worked for me may not be ideal

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  particularly special class because it is required for everyone majoring in ... converged again for this one class. Walking into lecture the first day was an ... research projects we would be working on for the rest of the semester. It

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  supposed to just know where the lounge for our newly declared majors was, and ... it's already beginning to have an (albeit mild) affect on my life. For ... for graduate school. Which, to be clear, I deeply appreciate. It just

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  SnowDays while you're waiting for decisions

  

  this. I first played with the website in 2009, when it used Flash. It ... . Even if you don't close up the cut, SnowDays will close it for you. If you have a closed curve, you can find the winding number for each point

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  ...viscerally uncomfortable. Is time real?? I've already lived at my current house for longer ... beyond anything that could happen in current times; we were dancing for ... real college student. A friend recently asked me for book

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  MIT Media Lab that I got to try out an augmented reality headset for the ... screen, you could see what I was seeing. I played around with a digital ... BeaconStreet, all of which are organizations I've volunteered for in the past before I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  are known for being the most active, intelligent, and involved men and ... that the choice I made was the right one for me because I looked at every ... best fit for me! My MIT life and experience would have been completely

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AFROTC = stress, and why that’s okay Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps: "what do you do every week?"

  

  ) for the fall semester's FLX, or Field Leadership Exercise. Over the past ... "shadows" to evaluate and assist us. Some cadets also role played by acting ... handle each situation. For example, when I was on the Medical team, there

  • by ROTC
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  I've worked in corporate America for about 5 "semesters" now (they don ... planning CPW. I believe I wrote 4 entries: making fondue for Valentine's day, going to a formal, and then maybe some stuff about playing in the snow. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  with were along the lines of building houses, playing music at nursing ... 't recommend this though. It doesn't work for everyone.) YeSeul >> Yes, please study for finals! Back to LTI... I don't know if you watched Oprah

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  operations officer for Boston NROTC. So what did it cost me? 1. Academic ... in training for a triathlon before the semester started. That stopped ... class seriously. I’ve wanted to get back into music for a long time (I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  only has space for 5 activities! This is not a coincidence… I’ve known so ... for up to 15 activities. I get really miffed when I tell an admissions ... play a varsity sport. *sigh* Sometimes they expect you to have it all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  pretty much it for me. I was going to MIT. I never really entertained any ... complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT ... out of Next if you move here in your first year - but that's a story for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007