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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  addition to taking classes, the best way to become part of the nanotechnology ... work on some of the more physics-oriented applications of nanotechnology ... , so I figured I might as well take this opportunity to clear up some of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  I can't believe winter break is over. My time spent on vacation flew by ridiculously fast, and now, I find myself back on campus, wondering ... of cool things: one of my floormates is studying abroad in Madrid

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  related to technology, who all descend on Las Vegas the first week of every ... fun. I redesigned my website. But there are different kinds of work and ... felt in control and on top of the world. It felt like that weird kick you

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  okay on it, and never went any farther (I had heard of the AIME but wasn ... lot of fun and still get good grades in your classes!) Believe me, there ... I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  The past year in retrospect is a telescoping compression of proper time, collapsed into a high-speed parody of months that used to stretch ... disorienting, suffered the raw heat of August sunlight during Susan Hockfield

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  their hands on so much of it. Knowing the way that COVID progressed over ... home from MIT on Saturday, 3/14/2020, after getting kicked off of campus, as a way to remember all of the things that had happened. Brain dumping

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  giant water lilies. On the way, we passed the Meeting of the Waters – a ... I despise cupuaçu, but I’ll focus on the positives of the trip instead ... amusement of the others on the trip. [video width="640" height="352" mp4

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  way of saying I'm leaving. Yes, this is a goodbye post. But don't worry ... 've definitely heard of) and I wanted to tell you some good news: everyone there ... have very good programs that in some cases prepare students in a way that

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  'll hold on to it until the rest of your application comes in. The same goes ... Recently, I've been getting a lot of questions like, "Can I do my ... of this sort. You can do all of the parts of the MIT application in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  – even if I don’t follow every single tip I hear, it helps to hear new ways ... I have long been a fan of the corner of the internet known as ‘productivity youtube.’ For those of you unfamiliar, this largely consists of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  's stop and Park Street, and a crowded shuttle bus wasn't on the list of ... cow I like this Red Sox cow because of the World Series ring on the ... Boston on Fridays and Saturdays. You can get pounds and pounds of produce

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  addresses, judging by the number of friend requests I've been getting on ... getting that out of the way now - when I first discovered facebook, I lost ... myself) Research podcasting - one of many new initiatives we hope to

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  our way to three separate landmarks within the space of two hours. The first of these landmarks, the Mercedes tower, even had an exhibit on the ... DID YOU KNOW? GERMANY EDITION According to one of my labmates

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  smelly for a couple of reasons: A) I didn't know I needed a seminar on ... the seminar was at a restaurant where we dined on MIT's bill. A good ... one of the few living groups that has Residence Based Advising, or RBA

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  backpack brands and on my way out from hayden i saw two people in front of me ... they had a good nap. i send a couple emails and take care of some other ... 's going on. it's a good pace for me, and my notes for this recitation are

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  'm experiencing so many different aspects of life and then working on assimilating ... story is not unique. Many of my friends at MIT are also on a similar journey and have all gone through their share of new experiences and the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  slipped out of my backpack on the plane...silly me. I checked my location tracker (because I am crazy and put a really old tile on it) and saw it was ... interestingly organic that way. I also put stickers only on my bottle. I used to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  . She set a large basket of potpourri on a shelf and repositioned the ... top of it. She wore a thick gunny skirt that left strings on the blanket ... harsh grating of ceramic on metal. Infection and decay snarled through the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  think of it, this is totally creepy in a Brave New World kind of way ... Kappa Late Night, a fall talent show for charity sponsored by one of MIT ... awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  of lying. We all know good lies contain a grain of truth, like how CPW ... harmony of brain-dead chimpanzees banging on drums. My saving grace existed ... series of increasingly worse events on a family. My cousin read it over

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014