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• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver ... entire life and the student that started their first company while in the ... , and diversity breeds innovation. It’s one of the things I love most

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  where Romeo and Juliet first meet which is really the highlight of how ... Australia) and is a modern-day translation of the Shakespearean classic ... all the trouble of deciphering literary jargon, nix the expository sophistication and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  me it was in the cartoon "Herr Meets Hare" where Bugs Bunny first talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School ... ISEF finalists who are members of the MIT Class of 2011, then I'll get to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  tune of the first Attack on Titan theme, which is still on my running ... my lungs and not a singular one of the runs I did there were enjoyable ... distinctly remember the burning feeling in my lungs and the nasty taste of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  . Generally speaking, numbers are odd on the west side of building 10 and even on the east side of building 10. Numbers are small near the river and ... , about about 10000 faculty and staff members. Most of the people that you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  've always been the first person to make fun of them. Between the claims of sisterhood and the chanting and singing and oh god, the chanting and singing, I ... in the vein of bashing sororities indiscriminately, I wanted a valid

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  so hungry and then I wasn't hungry after I ate the good food" "Juicy ... Kyle S’16 (the organizer of the event) if he could talk a little bit about the event and this is what he told me: "The Next House Thanksgiving

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  be incredibly smart and full of great ideas, but so are you. The key is ... up at the first bump in the road - speak up, connect, ask for help, and ... I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  . Hundreds of guidance counselors and admissions officers from across the northeast arrive for the NEACAC conference. In the first session of the ... good things. The topic of this session was stress and the college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  the ancient MIT tradition of repainting the Smoots.  But first, let ... inside joke turned into a source of pride for not only the fraternity and ... , the pledge class of ‘92 getting hauled to jail by Boston police, and

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and ... through the middle of our room and you might even be wondering, "What?! Are ... presides over more than 1/2 of the room and provides a comfortable living

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  ." Second, the Boston Globe had this photo and caption today: A ton of snow ... corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Hereford Street in the Back Bay to welcome ... , 21A.217: Anthropology of War and Peace, taught by Prof. Hugh Gusterson

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Holidays from MIT! Images of the Season

  

  memories below. From the Department of Chemical Engineering: (drawn on the windows of building 66 during the 2014-15 holiday seasons)            From First East:  (cookies and photographs by the wonderful Emma F. '15 with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  Yesterday, the Thiel Foundation announced the first class of the "20 ... was one of only two women to win (and the only American woman); the ... amount of voluntary exchange and cooperation in the world by revamping some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  through this cold season, long and bleak like the emptiness of this blank i ... this all in one go in my remaining 47 minutes on the train, instead of postponing for another 47 days of drawn-out anguish at the accumulating height

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  and start drawing slips of paper and acting out the phrases on them. The ... possible. Continue play, going through all the members of all the teams and ... discovered while trying to verify the title of this entry. Oh dear, I wasn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  the Red Chamber, and all sorts of other random content to fill the time ... talks about some of the mixed feelings he has about this question, and it ... relationships both platonic and romantic. It is the kind of frankness you can

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  i am in the tenth week of my summer job and i can remember how the ... reminder of death. this is the mirage of novelty, and it has a simple ... rest of the times, and it is also why mnemonics are effective - they take

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  News Office). Congrats, Farhan! I took 21A.453: Anthropology of the ... it, and we met in the Anthropology Department's conference room for ... " and refuse the food. For some reason, this really bothered Sam -- maybe

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  to say about the gameplay, music, and plot (all of which you can read ... can get a PhD in math and teach classes for the rest of my life to ... decision as affecting the rest of my life, as if putting my heart and soul

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022