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• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  (which is often). I should really cut down on the amount of bacon I eat ... in photographs on the rare occasion when I am in front of the camera ... that token, you can tell that I'm certainly not new here anymore. (In

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  competition this year or the next will depend on the amount of manpower we get ... sophomores to bring new life into the team. And of course, if we are ... focus on the parts of Arcturus they're most interested in, be it robotics

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  . part of this was because i was not walking in the best way, for several ... , there should be very little heavy stuff on the back of the foot. you ... important. straight bottom of the foot is not good. you can see in the next

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  of my childhood on the Jersey shore. The people in New Jersey are some ... drove downtown to JR Masterman, then back up to Central. Those of you who ... the shots, not the traveler. :-) I got to see a lot of the city that

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  into (and out of) MIT, and that’s the hard way. The people here value ... admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy admissions” means preferring the children of alumni in the admissions process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  forward to waking up at 6:30am on friday. I'm stationed left of the stage ... freshman year, stayed on campus, that is, working with the LIGO burst team ... ), this was all on Albany street in those serious-looking and poorly

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  + piccolo) below the seat in front of me just the way I was taught by ... congratulated myself on my good fortune and promised to blog about this. [A bit ... 's time to move on to the next segment of this story . . . As many of you

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cultura MIT students use online collaboration with their French counterparts to learn about each other's cultures.

  

  things that come to mind when we think of a "good job," for example, in ... granted, and it's been a useful way to bridge the gaps of our cultures. ... Gilberte Furstenberg (teacher of French III, a class we're both taking). The

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  the people who would go out of their way to roughly push past me ... of my race?  Either way after that trip I found myself reluctant to go ... employee to my dismay began to put skin whitening cream on us. One of the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  the sucky-ness of being home, but rather, I'll reminisce on the good ... tour. Enter Kavita from Florida. The three of us decided to go to New ... , Qichen, and I were on our way to the Kendall Station COOP, we walked past

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  timer on a carton of milk and a slab of chicken waiting to be thawed. An ... feeling of always being somewhat agitated, having something on the horizon ... , satisfied. In some way, then, I’m scared of being satisfied–not in a sigma

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  thoughts on food. (PS: Even we’re a little confused about the stylization of ... an act of creation.)"](MINCE),[/annotation] a culinary group on campus ... of raspberries. I haven’t yet found a way out. Like most members of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  life since my ISEF Trip Report on May 13th. Week of May 16-22 After a ... good guide to making the most of it here. I also met Ashu, one of the cofounders of MakeSchool (his partner, Jeremy, is also on extended leave from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  . But pictures of interesting things on computer screens make for terrible ... Okay, hold up. I have a really good excuse for not blogging in ages ... yes, I only had one, and yes, it was for an intro class since I’m one of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  loosened their grip on my leg muscles, enough that my mental map of what MIT ... freshman fall! The feeling of being surrounded with everything new can only ... many of the mechanics remind me of tennis. The way you grip the club and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  of The Tech since the marathon, so of course they decided to cover it, focusing on both the overall winners and the performances of MIT runners. Now, they could have used this picture on the front page... ...which depicts

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  Finally back on the blogs, and it feels so good! (I'd normally start out my blogs apologizing for my lack of blogging, but I think I've said ... 's really good at helping you find out about yourself in that way. After all

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  no shortage of work on the team. An excerpt from the proposal: The ... brightness of the star. The mission's goals rely on the ability of our ... you will eventually conduct) in a tangential but crucial way. A good

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  , and actually didn’t know anyone in House 4 of New House. I became ... , you have to put yourself out there in a lot of small ways. You have to ... of my lofted bed in Simmons until I agreed to go on this adventure with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  of the blue." Nevermind that his principle work is on dark matter, not ... the record, setting a new mark of 51 seconds! This spring, you can see ... You may know Conan O'Brien, host of the popular late night talk show

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008