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• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  I wanted to run for president someday. What’ll happen to us if all our ... the screen. “Listen,” he said, “I don't know what's going on, but we ... be on the top right.” “I don’t see it. All I see is the sun. Do you see

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  8 Hypotheses, Mostly Non-Testable: 1. Today I accidentally punched a ... the horizontal. In an effort to convince Matt McGann that I am an ... panicked tone, I'm willing to bet that most socially-competent people punch

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  For a gaspingly radiant millisecond after I received my acceptance letter to MIT, I glimpsed a beautiful future in which all of life ... universe. It was a blurry moment of vague, smudgy happiness that I couldn

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  ;75 continues to come to MIT’s photo classes to share that inspiration (I ... this comes a plethora of resources and activities, which I’ll try to share with you as concisely as possible (although I really could go

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  hold it between two supports. Barcelona, I don't know about. The first ... ocean. And the third day was not supposed to exist, but I had a ... ticket for the Super Special Hotel Train, leaving Ling '07 and I stranded

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  . Unfortunately, whenever I wash my dishes in my hall's sink (which measures about 1 cu. Ft.), I hope and pray that somehow, perhaps for Christmas, a ... ready to clean months of caked-on food. I abhor washing dishes in our tiny

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  -Xin asks, "Hi, I need a bike (damn Simmons). I hear there are bike auctions sometimes. Where do I find out more about them, like where and when they are?" Excellent question, Xin-Xin. I'm not much of a cyclist, but I looked at my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  ...and have you seen "Underworld?" My friends in Harrisburg and I ... the group over winter break, I knew that I had to pick a winner this ... Allison's new [Video Retailer] Movie Pass in hand, I vacillated between

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  behind MIT's logo, and MIT's graphic identity in general. I'll take a different style of writing for this post, emphasizing the process of how I do ... an MIT history question, I had to look into it. I started with the MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  I spent this past [annotation note="and also the summer before that"]summer[/annotation] at Canada/USA Mathcamp, where I lived five weeks in Tacoma, Washington ... do, and as a serious and dignified mathematician myself, I’ve learned

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  until a few weeks ago, i'd never had a college spring break (spreak, as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few weeks before spreak due to the pandemic, and i've had no opportunities for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  family maple sugar business, and another very beautiful lake. Then I slept for a long, long, time. Thankfully, the real weekend (the one where I ... up there, so I wanted to share some pictures from my trip. I assure you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit ... know? I hated going to the doctor to get vaccines. I know they’re good for me, sure. I know how necessary they are. But I was really scared to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  that QuestBridge applicants often have at this stage: Q: What do I do ... to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I am taking my tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  go back to the book example, what if I were to pick up that book and ... overall displacement? Zero. Lately I've felt a lot like that latter book ... about 15-20 minutes. Every day, at least one hour out of the many that I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  I’m huddled in an office chair in a tiny box-studio in Lexington, MA, where I’m living for the summer with my partner. Campus is 40 - 100 ... “school bus” for the working class. And it’s odd to realize that I am part

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter

  

  ; While heading back to my dorm, I ran into Kevin. The both of us being from ... another friend (also from California) put it: “One minute I was walking through MIT, and now I’m walking through Narnia!”   Laura was making

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home Away From Home Complete with Batman mask, kettle corn, and ticket stubs

  

  (and the occassional Wii game) that I've always loved, from A Knight ... with a scarf I picked up at a Barcelona football game followed by a poster I've had since sophomore year. It's adorned with postcards and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  wish you all the very best at whatever college you choose. Last week I mentioned I had been a transfer student. Well, I also was a wait list student, so I've been there too. Those of you among the 28 are about to have to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  Emily K.-L. ‘16. About a week ago I sat down with one my best friends ... Media, and the universe it comes from. I deeply respect Chelsea for ... paved, and I wish I’d known older her when I was a younger me. I’m excited

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014