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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  somewhere I could just as easily take the T to: to assuage the tiny health ... take the T (the name of the rapid transit system here) to get to Tufts ... subway lines, ticketing, and the general idea of public transportation, don’t

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  pillows, isn’t there? They’re huge and squishy, and don’t squirm away if you ... classes, my dorm and my frat, and it seems like I haven’t really seen much ... (turning in p-sets and the like), prepared soup for everyone. It shouldn’t be

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  said—“ “—oh, forget what she said. We still missed recess.” “But we didn’t ... wouldn’t have believed—” There was a pause, followed by a mumbling on the other end. “Well, I couldn’t quite tell you, because I haven’t heard. That

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  passed and I didn’t die and I wasn’t scared anymore. Sleeping in a loft has several benefits. First, I don’t have a bedside table or shelf, which means I can’t bring my laptop or a book to bed unless I want it to fall out

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  , I don’t really understand your project. I tried to sum it up again ... to pretend they didn’t. My mom has always told me that crying is a sign of weakness, that real life doesn’t believe in tears. But in my defense

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  failed for 21 times (...I succeeded on the 22nd try) I guess I don't have ... life has been...so don't expect too many MIT-related things in here. =p ... gyroscopes work (which I still don't - actually, but shhh, no one says you can't

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  didn't include any where she was making a rude gesture. =) Then came an ... sure to make an appearance.) It's only been a couple of months, but I don't ... pretty smart. Then Susan Hockfield got up and made another speech. I don't

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  dispensed the same advice on talk.collegeconfidential.com, but I haven't ... online forums, you can't help but wonder at your chances of getting into ... that you can't get into college on your own? One value I hold higher

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  Gear). So I get home and our internet isn’t currently working. No big ... . MIT=1, HP=0) But this entry isn’t about partitions or recovery disks or ... his homework when he should’ve in high school, I wasn’t. I was a goof, I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  students, and wasn't really going to serve prospective students, the target ... discussion, but I just don't think this is the place to do it, considering the ... slope, and one that we can't go down. People who don't yet live

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  riding the subway and pants don't matter. You don't know anybody else and you just can't figure out why nobody else is wearing pants either. If asked about your bare legs, you simply respond with "I didn't feel like

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  , people...apparently don't have big enough desks, so they spread their study ... chemistry) study material, I believe. (I'm not a chem person, don't ask me.) And we clearly don't have enough counter space... But who wants to talk

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  demonstrate a strong passion or proficiency in something - playing a sport won't ... area where interviews aren't available. Would I be able to do the ... you haven't taken Calc yet, but this will not be a deal-breaker if the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  getting any more cats. I think other halls have had more at one time -- didn't ... they do something you don't like, it's hard to get angry at them because ... thinks he can outdolphin me, but to date he hasn't. Usually he just runs

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  thinking about doing for grad school?" ...and the emphatic answer is I DON'T ... everything else, most of my classmates aren't too excited about the prospect of ... classes that I'd always neglected, so maybe I won't be so stressed out when

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  macaques were closely related to others. I don't think I got paid much ... never even interviewed with Yasunori -- I don't think he even remembers ... remembers, it didn't hurt his feelings. (Note here that I got the UROP because

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  some from the Conner 2 holiday dinner. Unfortunately, I can't find the ... Anatomy and Physiology. I didn't have that in high school, but I was ... "tecker." Don't sue me please? =) Shannon: hahahahahaha I loved the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  definitely missed eating meat nonstop for the first week, but after that I didn't ... , black beans, salsa, hot sauce, guacamole, lettuce). Even now, I can't ... 's such a good deal! I don't know how they make money. I never ate there

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  many parts of her that I don’t like anymore. I don’t like that she’s not ... apart, so I moved back home with my parents. I wasn’t happy about it, but ... that I didn’t meet until after MIT. I got really good at pool, wowing

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  shines through. Excitedly, you move the rest of the fruit that wasn't below ... feeling where I don't know what else could possibly happen with the fruit ... won't. Smoothen. Out.  But then, right when I'm actually starting to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024