Blog / MIT History & Culture Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week in it. It is certainly not the center of the universe.” -Joey Rafidi by Erick P. '17 December 13, 2015
Blog / Challenges Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year , right? Perhaps it was the universe trying to teach me a lesson about by Krystal L. '17 October 14, 2014
Blog / Academics & Research Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal . Well, Sang’s Canadian now. But he grew up and went to university in South by Rachel D. '16 August 15, 2014
Blog / Academics & Research ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record experience itself, watching an electrifying dance at Boston University by Vincent A. '17 December 29, 2013
Blog / Academics & Research Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning traditionalist and as one of the "universal synthesists." Using the French Suite No by Anna H. '14 November 11, 2013
Blog / Extracurriculars Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men freewill and a deterministic universe. It was just one of those things people by Vincent A. '17 October 20, 2013
Blog / Academics & Research The Craziest of Weeks I had one. the world, from so many universities, all trying to make the world a by Elizabeth Choe '13 March 21, 2013
Blog / Events Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids. include: calculating the expansion rate of the universe, demonstrating the by Anna H. '14 November 21, 2012
Blog / Academics & Research Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar. In 1965, Jocelyn Bell arrived at Cambridge University to earn her Ph.D. Two years later, she found herself working with four other people to string up 120 miles of wire and cable and set up over 1000 posts: they by Anna H. '14 July 30, 2012
Blog / How to Human The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine. - he had been asked by the observatory (through the University of by Anna H. '14 July 10, 2012
Blog / Academics & Research Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I… , metal-poor stars are usually the oldest stars in the universe. However, we by Anna H. '14 March 25, 2012
Blog / Events Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle? that there is one puzzle in the universe you have not solved: what did by Anna H. '14 January 24, 2012
Blog / Academics & Research If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it. in Across the Universe). And when Romeo and Juliet finally do meet and by Elizabeth Choe '13 March 2, 2011
Blog / IAP More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away. students from the University of Virginia, made the journey down to Agra to by Elijah T. '11 February 11, 2011
Blog / Academics & Research My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen. by working in lab). I have yet to see a university that is so by Chris S. '11 October 30, 2010
Blog / Admissions MY college essay 498 words of angst. "Columbia," "University of Maryland," or "Case Western Reserve." It's actually by Laura N. '09 October 12, 2008
Blog / Admissions Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11 University Undergrads that claimed, "Oh yeah, MIT has the best parties. We love by Bryan April 22, 2007
Blog / Admissions Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones. surprising pulpit of a university famous for its overachievers, she has become by Matt McGann '00 September 18, 2006
Blog / Admissions Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark. applying for University this year and I have no idea where to apply, besides by Mollie B. '06 August 16, 2006
Blog / Personal Travel Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life. University of Georgia t-shirt. Unfortunately, it only takes a moment to crash by Sam M. '07 July 5, 2005