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• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  of us, it was the first time we had a substantial peer group we could ... The little that is completed vanishes from the sight of one who looks ... application, I looked over it some more, I made sure I stapled the darned pages

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  ="attachment_45140" align="aligncenter" width="750"] we spent the first part of our day ... the city, so i've had to rely heavily on the wheels of other entities, both private and publicly funded. here are some of the trips that i have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Every IP address of the form 18.x.x.x belongs to MIT. Thus, MIT effectively has 1 / 256 of all the IP addresses in the world. There are two parts to this entry. Part the First: Our Students So here

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  first name of disputed etymology, like most Roman first names, but thought ... tricky. For the first week, I was just feeding him the regular flour we ... should be bubbles. And I have bubbles. But after one whole week of no

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  instance, in the first week of class we produced a simple music player. We ... the second half of this year. I’m taking five classes; I’m doing ... . Unfortunately, that means that sleep is the shortchanged leg of the trinity. So I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  first-order ones. Woo! A sign of improvement! Anyway, here. Have ... understand why I'm really excited for the next three years? Speaking of ... Naked Brain, by Dr. Richard Restak. (Fun fact: the first person mentioned

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  One of my goals for my sophomore year was to do all the things I was afraid to do in my freshman year. One of the bigger things I wanted to do ... because a lot of the clubs required interviews. Being a wide-eyed frosh with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  barbeques around campus during the first few weeks of school, or from late ... As part of the 2011 Early Action Telethon, today I had the opportunity to talk to some of the prospective members of the Class of 2011

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  have played a role in some of these things, it isn't the whole story. I ... took a leap of faith and applied to MIT. I took the first steps, and ... you can't get to the 1000th step without taking the first. Or the second

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  the right fit for us. So as we wrap up our first full academic year of ... events page (linked at the bottom of this post) for when the fly ... marked our second year as part of the consortium, and we’ve received a lot

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  is the first of my two Taiwan stickers that were designed by artist ... emotional breakdowns and two whole pints of Ben and Jerry's to finally come to ... . losing the files on my laptop and having to pay a good amount of money for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  around us. I disagreed, pointing out that the bits of whole peanuts ... upon while on campus. I spent a good chunk of time during rush with the brothers of Alpha Delta Phi. One of the rush activities was a pizza dinner at

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  [HEY! NOTE: If you are looking for the real, scientific reason of how ... time in 8.01 was something the professor taught us in the first few weeks ... be solved," which immediately peaked my interest. This was the kind of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  currently in the process of building the first 2-stage collegiate spaceshot ... to check it out. My first introduction to RT was at CPW. One of the ... . Because MIT has so much to offer, I think one of the most difficult lessons

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  figured that that's what the whole building was. The point is: I thought ... crucible slipped and fell down the sleeve of my lab coat. I shrieked and started flailing my arm like a maniac. The crucible shot out of my sleeve at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  recall the article on the “The Coddling of the American Mind,” one of many ... . 12:00 → New observation: Harvard Yard reminds me of the East Campus ... first competency-based teacher education program. Instead of regimented

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  point is, of course, that the longer you’re away from something the more ... MIT. The bipolar weather. The strange architecture. The random middle-of-the ... class for mechanical engineers - you learn the basics of using a mill

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  it's that time of year folks, the time of year that I don't even have ... proper grammar standardized english). It's the time of year (midterms ... on a loop:   You are in the front yard of your aunt's house

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  's fantastic). The kicker is classes for the rest of the world start first week in March, and ours have been going since the beginning of February, so ... is the heaviest one yet for me, both in terms of academics and non. So

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  One of the first things I did when I got to MIT was join the campus ... ="aligncenter" width="313"] another perk is the incessant stream of emails from record ... version of history. My [annotation note="Though the station is now operating

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020