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• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  forever. Try it next time you have some red grapes sitting around. I have ... . disarticulated 7. squalor So boy, was I excited when we were sitting around the ... in squalor, but Second Degree Squalor. Most times when people laugh I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  doing a urop over the summer as working at NIH? I was thinking about different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my situtation is pretty unique; since I live very close to the NIH, working here

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  -thorasic surgeon like Dr. Burke or Chief of Surgery like Dr. Webber? (do NOT, I ... world, I'm sure.) A lot of MIT students enter their senior year without a ... , humanities, math (whatever, basically, though it makes it more difficult. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  Once I reached Room 6-001, some nearby basement sights compelled me to poke around a bit before heading over to 7-012 (a room I pass on a ... ... and arrive at one of my favorites -- I mean, just look at the pattern on

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  , The Empire Strikes Back, Hollywood Shuffle, Seven, The Godfather, So I ... about a move, I suggest the following website: The Internet Movie Database Favorite music: This is tough... I own over 600 CD's and 20 Box Sets

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  14/01/2025 20:00 this IAP, i am in Tenerife for 12.411 (astronomy ... and results deduced. today, i am observing at Artemis, which is a 1m ... around cool stars. i am here with Jayna E. '27 and since both of us are

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  Being as musically obsessed as I am, it'd be impossible for me not to talk about Kanye West. I'll start this blogpost off by saying I ... past that I do not stand by. However, I do give him props for constantly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  "Dudamel - Open Rehearsal" and asked if I would be interested in attending with her. Scrolling through the original message, I saw a comment that "Dudamel is cool." So, even though I had no idea whether Dudamel was a music

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  side of the building. If my door is open I have a strategic view of the ... . Before my sophomore year I finally painted it the three shades of green you ... -eight-year-old brother gave me when I left for MIT. On the wall above my bed is possibly my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  I took four HASS classes this semester. What, stop looking at me like that. .______. I realized that I'm very capable of taking four HASS ... you at MIT?"). But, I do feel that the HASS department is MIT's hidden

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  It's ironic that I post this entry now - Matt just posted an entry about deferring for a year, and here I am giving you information on how ... it already?) with lots of information about...things...To be honest, I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  This semester, I’ve really been trying to take advantage of MIT ... new media art, etc... I entered MIT perceiving its graduate research ... usually open to all MIT affiliates, and when I find pockets of time to check

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  longer than we'd planned; my hallmate and I swore we would only stop in for ... vicious cycle. The telethon is a fun tradition that I think brings a really ... process of admissions. When I invited Stephan'13 to come volunteer at the EA

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

  So. It’s been a while since I last was on the blogs, speed writing ... , I did a thing. And it was a pretty cool thing to be a part of if I do say so myself. As part of the Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT), I went

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  ://fsae.mit.edu/. Background and Introduction I’m Monica C., an M.Eng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (6-2), and I wanted to write a blog about MIT ... , Autonomous, and Business.  I’m the Software and Autonomous Engineering Lead

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  when I got into a tackle that broke my foot and ended my junior season. But don't worry – I emerged from this scrimmage healthy and with all ... only 1-2. Harvard ended last season ranked 17th in D1, so I was really

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  's where I learned how to 3D print, lasercut, weld, and fiddle with electronics. It's where I realized that I can too can be a "maker," that makery skills are learnable with the help and support from the community. I really

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to republish it to show how absurd this CPW's weather will be. I updated the temperature scales and wow is the difference visible. The CPW weather machine is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tetacats the furry fish of tetazoo

  

  For context, Tetazoo is the name of the cat friendly hall that I live on, and we currently have four [annotation note="and an unspecified number of residents who identify as furries"]furry residents

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  Franklin Park Zoo. Before this semester, I'd only been to the Public Garden ... of downtown Boston. I knew that this semester would be particularly tough though, and that I would struggle to get myself out of my room if I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020