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• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things ... . But things have changed. I mean DRASTICALLY and COMPLETELY changed ... the daunting “bomb cyclone” covering everything that isn’t concrete and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and ... operate, events with free Bertucci's, hallway colloquies at four in the morning, and strolls through rows of dark offices. And there are the "crust

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  TOTALLY NORMAL and all, and I just didn't want to ruin that.) Snively loves ... "dramatic lemur," and how some unnamed "people in the lounge" were concerned ... . I swear. But then I figured out how to make money off of it. See, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  , a job offer, and some free toys before deciding to take off and get ... with Bill Nye, and a bunch of free and colorful stuff. It was an ... that in less than 24 hours you'll be in New York and playing with toys

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  Today marks the tenth day of my ill-conceived diet, and all I want ... pizza and bourbon chicken from the mall, so day 2 doesn't count.) In my ... was too low. Even now, I don't worry about my weight during term

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  anecdotal evidence. I haven’t tried many of these, and you should try none of these, and you should definitely not take this as an endorsement to chug cell media. Naturally, I conducted some research and am going to rank

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  asleep until 3am (you know that post-essay adrenaline rush?) and couldn ... out to dry were still SOAKED, and applied the hairdryer treatment with ... so, we went to the lobby to check out and get a cab to the airport. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  the dorm Burton-Conner, and 2), am lowkey part of a cult—a rowdy, hilarious, and very orange cult that throws the best parties on campus and ... with varying intensities of floor culture, and our chaotic orange family

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  , feel free to ask in the comments (anonymously is fine) and I'll update ... about the time commitment. My on-campus job is 6-10 hours per week, and I plan on continuing studio art, photo, and dance. I got into F/ASIP and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  gives me free housing; browsing for UROPs; and having a good time. Right ... and 8, of Simmons): "I'll be UROPing in Prof. Field's lab (in the ... inexperienced and mostly did experimental work, it looks like I'm going to start

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  today. Oh man - oh man - it was - just - wow. What a great speaker (and ... accidentally reviewed a book someone sent him. The book was about porn - and to ... are genres, and both have certain elements that the plot is built around

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  . Relatives flew in from everywhere, and were seen passing through East Campus ... . Numerous posters in the Infinite advertised concerts, dinners, and movie viewings. I’d never seen MIT so formal and tame. But that didn’t stifle the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  Internet overhaul, meaning they're rewiring the entire dorm and installing ... light switch, and why is it withing 15 feet of TWO different 802.11n ... ) Lava Lamp and Duff Newbury Comics was having a 30% off sale the other day

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  I was fifteen and intensely naïve when I graduated from high school and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... . What can you gain from an entire year free from the bondage of school

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  we can. Money and financial aid will be discussed. How do you apply for ... colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, and Rhode

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  -season conditioning and practice in the bubble, MIT’s very own indoor tennis court ... Fridays are sneaky. Theoretically, as the last day of the week and the only thing standing between you and two glorious days of freedom and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  lot of software specific terms. to be fair to both groups, i'll try and ... mixture of software engineering vocabulary and company-specific terms i ... . terms involving AWS and fluentd and Pods and DaemonSets and CloudWatch. i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my ... 's battery had completely drained. I wait 20 minutes for the shower, and then ... to campus on my way there. And thus began the second of the dreariest

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  MIT and it’s wonderful people. MIT is such a great place to be queer! I ... , first-year dinners, and a trip to Provincetown. Check 'em out during CPW ... making s'mores and telling coming out stories. I've gone twice so far

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  to be going to this production. But we were going for free! :-) And we ... Cycle. It is the tiddler of the bunch, lasting but a single act and being only two and a half hours long. But the opera is self-standing and

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011