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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  I went to take my 8.012 final exam and had a sort-of-awkward encounter ... our exams when the test started, so (all stressed out) I ran up to a random proctor and explained the situation; he suggested that I was in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  I have always loved writing. I have always enjoyed the freedom of coming up with stories, making worlds that I wish I could live in, or ... narrative. On the visual arts side, I spent a lot of time doing Blender (a 3D

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  This week, I, like many other Indian American girls I know, binge-watched the Netflix show Never Have I Ever. The show, which happens to be the No ... they deserve. I was, of course, hyped to watch it since I've never seen a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  I’ve just taken the luxury of lavishing two full days on an essay ... really fun to dive into; and I'm a frosh on [annotation note ="pass/no record, ie I can afford to take the time away from studying for my physics

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  It is currently 5:26am and even though I really truly definitely positively absolutely should be asleep right now, I’m not. I know that classes start tomorrow (or I guess today, if we are being technical about it) and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  I am not sure about the rest of you guys, but when it comes to me I ... acquaintances. However, I do have a very small amount of special people in my life I can consider true friends. There are those people in your life that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  Expectation: There is no way I’m getting into MIT, let alone becoming ... better. Hi, I’m Michelle, and it’s super nice to meet you! If you didn’t notice, I’m a newborn in the blogging world, with this being my very first

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  finals. Ruth '07, Mitra '07 and I '07 tried to make that a little more ... 't half-ass anything on Conner 2, unless it's every problem set I turned in ... ever seen at MIT. But after that? I'm at the start of a pretty big

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  Almost forgot... In all the laziness surrounding my vacation, I almost forgot that I had pictures from the last few days of the semester to share with you guys. I had a bunch from Sadoway's last 3.091 lecture and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  Around this time last year, I was furiously wrapping two shipping boxes in Saran Wrap. Inside the boxes, I carefully loaded all of my clothes, my bedding, my shoes, the books I'd yet to read, my crochet hooks

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  Street, near Kendall (I think)[/caption] While snapping this picture, a ... guilty I didn't work well, before giving up to write"]I lacked the attention span to work,[/annotation] I started to type away. About an email

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  Sport air pistol, the PE class I took this quarter, was taught by ... things I was at least vaguely aware of before class. What I was not aware ... was blurred. Yeah, sure, I knew that the rear sight and target would

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  For most of my adolescence, my bedroom was painted as close as I ... accent wall in a deep, dark red—colors I chose as a fledgling teenager trying to develop a style. I’d had other bedrooms, before then, like when I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  -year-old college student at MIT, typed quickly in Hayden Library. Today, I got up to ... realized I’d almost forgotten it was Martin Luther King day. Somehow I was thinking that it was in February; I don’t know why, I didn’t even “get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  than present a disjointed patchwork of events from here and there, I ... peaking and plans were forming. Book Launch In 2012, I started working on ... weird, imprecise zigzag, but it’s also one I never foresaw. Back then, if

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  I receive e-mails pretty regularly from prospective students (mostly ... . So, I thought I'd post a few up here. To spare you the trouble of ... MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  Hey everybody. I must confess that if I were not a college admissions officer, I think that I would have had fun trying to be a journalist. I like ... , James Lipton, and Bernard Shaw, I present to you my attempt at journalism

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  that I haven't blogged in "forever." (The earlier back you look, the closer together those entries were. I used to say that after 3 or 4 days ... , "So sorry guys, but I have been insanely busy these last dew days

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  're lying. I'm the only person ever who's asked this question, and I'm pretty sure that I can claim the title of being the founder of mascot ... 't"]if I ever become famous.[/annotation] [caption id="attachment_85964

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  and final part to my previous blog. I spent last semester trying to catch my breath. Now that I finally have, I'm not quite certain what to do with myself. I mean so far over break I've read about various math topics

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023