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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  visit Boston a bit once it stops being absolutely miserable weather out there. But mostly I'll be taking classes. Thesis Do a lot of work and ... to take a few classes, write a million blog entries for you guys about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  gracefully around a rooftop singing about some dream he had. (I did not do this ... [To be honest, I've had a little bit of writer's block lately, under ... out of the dorm and into a fraternity for the summer and have gone

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  Times are a changin’ around the Institvte. This year, sorority ... school year. This is a major change because most of the MIT sorority women ... national stereotype, so we decided to give recruitment a try. Since the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  a traditional medicine expert so i'm not entirely sure what they do ... , do you guys have cheesy bread?" the employee held up a cheeseburger ... student's obligations year-round."]for a while.[/annotation] and when i was

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  , a larger number of dyslexics do suffer from a visual deficit. But even ... This is my final paper for Science Journalism, a science writing ... for this paper taught me a lot about a subject that is central in many

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  always like to do a lot of everything. I'd get bored doing the same all the ... don't force me to do things," he said. As a matter of fact, he said they ... ," said Boyd. Some say he's a genius. He doesn't think so, but plans on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to ... to a bloody pulp with my awesome newfound kickboxing skills. I'd almost finished them off when the second to last one snuck up behind me and pulled a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  .100A has been very helpful (I can actually do psets), and 9.00 is ... occurred recently. Namely with my schedule. A few blog posts ago, I said I ... .02 (Physics II) This schedule lasted less than a week. 21M.301 was overenrolled

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  CPW is a very exciting time and it's hard to believe that it ... ! Here is a small sampling of events in our dorm Next House and Other Events from clubs/groups that we are part of! Next House Events But first a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  Cambridge University students swap places for a year (or in my case, a semester because Mechanical Engineering has a special program). The ... Potter (Cliche, I know...). Although leaving MIT for even a semester seemed

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  to do. And I finally understood the appeal of a semester or year off ... Class started today and before we know it, a lot of us on campus will ... quoting fellow blogger Elizabeth. Every time I see a baby on campus, it

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  Peer pressure gets a bad rap. Since elementary school you've been taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a ... social creatures, and learning from what our friends do and taking on those

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  Having slept for a solid 8 hours last night, I'm finally awake enough ... of you admits (and soon-to-be admits!) might be wondering if MIT is a ... horror stories about the impossibility of maintaining a high GPA at MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  Weekend, but you're wrong. CPW really means "4 days of Pure a ... hanging around campus. It'll probably never detach itself from the Pure aWesomeness that is MIT...As I would do right now if I had the chance to - high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  . ...all right, that statement's also a lie. There are some things about that ... becoming a senior didn't clue you into that.) My old bio is also a testament to my former desire to earn a degree in Chemistry (HAHAHAHAHA) and

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

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  I started writing a brief response to some of the comments on Chris ... .) In response to all of these comments, I'd like to deliver a poorly ... Mr. Antunez, a new teacher who had grown up in Spain and Argentina and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  do so likewise this year for you all EA'ers! *[ also = „ÇÇ ... 's already the Class of 2013! In honor of what I'm going to do during IAP (included at the bottom), I'm going to post a Japanese song this year. This is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  more and more of my life. =) There's only a week left in IAP, which is a ... totally love that I started a web browser war in the comments thread of my ... for the Mac, I have come to love later versions of Safari in a way I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  do whatever we want, even if that entails eating nothing but ramen ... . (Actually, I’d still get a full(ish) night of sleep every night even if I did ... getting really old. Or they could have said "becoming an adult" – as a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  general. A lot of you talk about getting into MIT as though it is your goal ... made, right? And it's a perfectly understandable attitude. Many of you have been brought up to think that getting into a good school is one of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005