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• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  . It turns out that on the first typewriters ever invented had a tendency ... separation of the hands as possible b) slow typing speed to prevent and key ... letters on the left of the keyboard, ensuring that right-handed typists

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  (Also see Bryan's entry) The first full week of October is always an ... principle of metathesis. What is that? Organic substances contain the element ... with the assistance of special catalyst molecules. Metathesis can be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  went over like a bag of rocks with the MIT administration. Long story ... this the first (or second?) entry that's ever had to be removed from the ... mission of the Admissions blogs. It's something that needs to be worked out

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  - comprised of the communications team and our Class of 2012 senior bloggers - reviewed all of these applications, and tried to sort them out among us. The ... applications, the cruel difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  the river On its bridge with wooden piers, Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the thought of other years. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... from Kendall/MIT to Charles/MGH, is named as such because of this poem."]"The

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  y or any of the numerous other sentiments that focus on the status of a relationship rather than the thing itself. and of course, almost ... ’d explicitly thought about in the context of socialization before - that while

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  as excited about the start of Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). Yet, after ... . The first question I often hear from parents is, "what events should I ... are each doing what interests you the most. With hundreds of options

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Solicitation You've got questions. I'll have answers tomorrow night.

  

  queen you are at MIT is a pale shadow of the drama queen you were in high ... I have multiple things to admit here. 1. My arms kind of hurt from fixing all the links in all the blog entries ever written... turns out that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  Monday, June 13th. 9:33 pm, in the back of Öz Konya Kebab: brightly ... all day. There is oatmilk in the fridge, and a basket of granola bars ... my two suitcases. I’m going to be in Europe for the same amount of time

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  "prawns" in Australia. However, the incident of a dingo eating someone ... cleaner than the Charles, I really miss the 17 miles of running paths set up ... doubt that any of the pizza places at which I will probably be eating will

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  couple of weeks, filled with editing medical school applications (first ... summer projects at the National Institutes of Health (I’m close, but it ... ; they are a home that I share with rats the size of cats. I have this

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  right now    a lot of the times, i am my first invalidator. it is ... that it is not a big deal. but to pull out of the details of the context ... sad? why is it that i don’t feel entitled to sorrow?   the first

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  additional award of $150.00 for the best original piece. "Oho," I said when I ... find a copy of Billy Collins' poem, "The Introduction." My reasoning was ... somewhat short notice of the email, only fifteen or so people would have time

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  , the current state of my life and psyche, and the existence of God ... during the summer to bike down the entire Western coast of the US, from ... 've forgotten everything but the very basics of integration and derivation. Can I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  demoed my final project before the last day of classes, with my two final ... : I was to spend Christmas at home for the first time since I left for ... some ways, the end of this semester has been bittersweet. I have 3

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  One of the first things that I learned about MIT is that everyone ... of the MIT blogs you probably have an affinity for math.) In an effort ... me, you need to know that my definition of LΔ is the following: (L

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  . The gym is usually empty when I come down, however, so the lack of ... feeling of getting stronger and lifting big objects. I love the way your muscles tremble at the end of a workout, when you’ve pushed to the edge of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  first Meet The Bloggers, which was a pretty fun, low-key event. Apologies ... generally not the variety of nerd that seems to stick in society's collective ... ." So I dumped the remainder of my IAP paycheck into a violin and an alto

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  away. I write to you now from Frankfurt, Germany, with the title of “MIT ... heading back to Cambridge for a quick apartment move before the start of ... the course of my life and set me on a path to learn more about

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  parents. Old friends. Blotches of forest in the neighborhood where deer ... views of the setting sun. Here, I get the best seat under the setting ... this summer. In the beginning, I braved the Boston streets in a week of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015