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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  letter. I got responses from two faculty members, interviewed with one, and ... postdoc with whom I work directly, Albert. I was still learning how to do ... of the technical work on it. Albert still helps me with experimental

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  with pictures and captions. I'll start with some thoughts. We're almost ... (in however limited a capacity) with the difficulty adults face when ... , so I think it's just something that will go away with time. Folks, if

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  -eyed, eighteen-year-old baby boy was born. In his future lies a childhood, with all ... with a name: "Anthony." Astounding the hospital staff with a driver ... used to dealing with kids their own age, and he wasn't. Anthony put

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  , and is set up in a discussion-focused style with debates and discourse ... friends, Jessie L. 27’ and Pierre C. are taking the class with me, and we ... with this opera thing. I didn’t know where it was, when it was, I didn

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  first time. And yet again, when I woke up this Wednesday morning with the ... course I've kept up with the more recent stuff, too (Spider-man, Dune ... ? Zendaya. Have dinner with any celebrity? Zendaya. Favorite song

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  applicants with those who aspired to join the Class of 2027, and to add to our ... as a rejection with prolonged pain. What I didn't know is that those 2 ... the Dunkin' Donuts parking lot; just opening it to have it done, with my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  471462f4073[/embed] I've been contemplating the future as of late. With ... you something about graduating with a biomedical engineering degree from ... things changed. From there, the future looked like Duke University, with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  post about that, about living with this thing that I try very hard to ... the wrist, hand, and especially thumb muscle. I mean, typically with ... being able to run that week really had less to do with not being able to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  production of Fun Home program and tickets from when we went to see it with ... collection of pen bits that Allan broke off from pens he fiddled with over the ... back with him. We found them when doing laundry and they fell out of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  few doable psets to weeks filled with midterms/essay/presentations. But ... with something sweet. And if you don't, still celebrate with something ... catching up with a friend you haven't seen in along time. Write often

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  ” before moving on with your day, but have you ever wondered - what exactly ... , and share with you the incredible experiences they’ve all had this past ... this experience were interacting with locals and enjoying the authentic

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  2016 through a partnership with the MIT - Italy program of Dr. Serenella ... collaboration with two MIT labs: the “Dinca Research Lab,” led by Professor Mircea ... MIT Medical Urgent Care with food poisoning—it’s just across the road

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  I could have handled things. Senior year is a rough one. With a full ... tangible way that everything will get done. However, my problem with ... -time, and in some cases, would even rush through things or not hang out with

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  collection. On Friday night, models walked the runway with their were judged by ... compostability. Plot: The room had a purple glow and pulsed with upbeat music, with bright white spotlights shining on the main runway. I felt as if I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  word here before, like it’s a thing - becoming jaded with being at MIT ... “disillusioned,” but with maybe fewer angsty connotations. I think that the things ... , and coming to peace with that fact. Friends reluctantly drop one or two

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  , I had this vision of Salem as a relaxing little town with a lighthouse ... History class, look it up; otherwise, proceed with caution). But Salem ... lined with witch-themed souvenir shops and “Salem witch” parlors with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  five days I hung out with startup founders, venture capitalists, hackers ... . Going home to New Jersey was fun. I got to spend time with my family ... around different tables all either coding or messing around with hardware

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  too much time with my head buried in books--frigid weather, 4:30 PM ... Socrates. So much for philosophy. books/making time to read/coping with life ... , walking around Boston aimlessly with friends, dying my hair pink, dancing at

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  awake to hang out with. The only time when everyone seems to be asleep is ... a happily common occurrence. The kitchen is plastered with ... tradition started with Luisa: she started putting them up over the sink to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  train with my family, and Boston is now out of sight. I haven't managed to ... , I ran around the perimeter with visions of everybody leaving without ... someone with the last name Huffman, and we quickly figured out that we

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014