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• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  I basically spent most of my weekend with her, I figured that it ... finally arrived, I registered and met up with my host at Burton 5th (the “quiet” floor), and ate dinner with her at Baker Hall. It was

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  responsibilities were multi-faceted, but I would basically meet with a professor and ... who was willing to work with me on the module. I wanted to find someone with research interests in biology, chemistry, biological engineering, or

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  the last five days, with exaggeration inserted only when absolutely ... distracted. Go to the mall with Kel '10 because we're hungry and tired of the food on campus. Spend the rest of my Saturday hanging out with friends

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  discuss them, because I have nothing better to do with my life. First off ... chlorine in the water might have something to do with it. Now, I know Mollie ... whole damn ocean with enough sloughed proteins to make every single wave

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  ). They get stuck with a lot of the same GIRs freshman year but they usually ... some upper classmen to take whatever credit I could and run with it, so I did. So far I'm very happy with that decision, but it remains to be seen

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  class of 2010), packed (with Adam) somewhere between 40 and 60 percent of ... of my friends from home are graduating college with about a zillion ... long way for that. I guess the trick is to not go nuts with a credit card

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  their real-world experience with the design process. These speakers have ... becoming a adjunct Full Professor, he consulted with the Universal Textile ... provided with retractable, spring-loaded spokes that comes out of the rims

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  pretty happy with perhaps one snack, one sizeable meal, and one dessert ... : - Played with my eight year-old brother - Watched most of the complete series of Firefly, which I got for Christmas, with my sister - Seen King Kong

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  the finer points of Food Network with Alicia '06, who actually gets to ... Network is actually the thing I'm second-most excited about with regard to ... up the night with our best one-night record ever: 2-2-0. As you've been

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  with a little wheel or your little brother peddling an exercise bike ... '07 and I went out to dinner at the Porter Exchange in Cambridge with a ... resplendent day, I walked over to the BSO with Mitra and Gabe '08 to pick up our

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  people do, with many generations living in the same place and it becoming a ... came here, I ended up on 5th East, a place with a decades-old culture ... graduated would hang out with college kids. I don't think it's abnormal. My

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  year like I was last year, I am looking forward to helping out with rush ... taken a class with Professor Tonegawa: I took 9.30 (Neural Plasticity) with him and several other prominent course 9 faculty my sophomore year

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  walk in anytime and find some friends to sit down with, and I feel like I'd be lost with all those options! Does MIT compensate and have other ... at MIT. The way it works is, there are a few dorms with dining halls. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  tiny room with 1-3 “strangers,” and stopping through Killian Court just ... now, with a sense of deja vu. Cue the best 6 weeks of my life: MITES ... youngest of four, with a dad who insisted I kept a fire extinguisher handy

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  -to-know-you questions ended with college apps? Nope! “Tell us about who you are, your ... my identity exclusively with hobbies, all on a little charm bracelet ... Rayleigh scattering, or keep up with the NASA launch livestreams. If I woke

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  reproduce these features with photorealistic precision. [caption id ... ="This pony's name is Velvet Eclipse. A mysterious white stallion with a tragic ... of Monster with Reese's Puffs every morning for breakfast (can and all

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  Pi Day is a big deal at MIT. Not only does it go hand-in-hand with ... the signs outside. With Pi Day coming up, and MIT being known for its ... physics-philosophy degree. Allow me to demonstrate with this participatory

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  with stickers. Fun fact: 2 years ago, while I was working as an ... took off 😤']new bottle.[/annotation] This time, with an [annotation note='fun fact: when I interned at Apple, the only thing I bought with my employee

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can ... ’m dealing with in Metaphor. Right? No. I was wrong. This is my fourth attempt ... could while trying to come up with as many cool ideas as possible before I

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  , or flying, or something like that. Someone might come up with a more ... manipulate matter and the physical world. But with this newfound power, he also ... . After quitting his job to spend more time with his wife and niece, he sets

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024