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• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  , endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT ... went on during IAP." noun -- the location of one's UROP "I'm on my way to ... DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  equipment, etc) and managing the camp website. On a more personal note, this ... Putz): "I'm working in the Media Lab's Tangible Media Group on a new ... 'm particularly looking forward to a program on roller coasters: campers learn about

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact information securely with your future classmates, and to get emails and screennames to be ... : Facebook is a great place to meet your future classmates and get questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  or Senior year. The topic must be relevant to your major, but can be ... presentation.” (2.ThA website) Some people choose to begin their research in the ... doing homework. What do you have to show for it? What monumental task will

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  I work on problem sets with friends who seem to be getting to the ... some of the content before, on day 1, I already feel behind. Even if that ... achieve that or how to get to a point where I know how to approach problems

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  the few that actually gets to go to school here. I remember that on one ... just can’t seem to get your essays the way you want them to be. Hear my ... school, and one essay, and get it done before moving on to the next one. It

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  published at the end of IAP, a blog on how I’m not graduating this year to be ... get to the root of the lesson and build up. But with topics like ... had to learn to put that desire aside and focus on the more hands-on

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  's memorial service for Officer Collier has helped us to heal.  And tonight, we'll take another step in getting back to normal. Tonight is the annual MIT Spring Concert.  Every April, students bring a major musical act to campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  . Regardless of whether you go to MIT or elsewhere, your intrinsic drive and ... : encyclopedia dramatica So don't ever let anything get you down enough to stop ... cells, pushing gastronomy to new heights, designing bridges, or whatever

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  think it was insinuated that content on the blogs was getting maybe ... feeling. I don't think I realized how much I relied on writing to feel ... to day. Usually, my work just looks like me outstretched on my couch

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  - senior VP at Google - wrote about Steve's devotion to design: One Sunday ... for him to call me on Sunday and ask me to call his home. I wondered ... looking at the Google logo on the iPhone and I'm not happy with the icon

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... though? we'll be on campus, surrounded by people, able to go wherever we ... reason i decided to stay on campus was to meet people. i also want a party

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  until then, I'll be trying to get as much experience as I can continuing to work as a third rider on the MIT ambulance. Basically, anyone who ... admits who decide to come here next year should bring along your CPR certs

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  exactly the right outlet to contemplate on my experiences here. I sit down, go to docs.new (the most useful website shortcut frankly), and put ... to help prevent burnout and introduces some variation in your life

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  dotted the MIT campus, urging people to get to 6-120 as fast as possible ... your toy yet?" "Um, no, should we?" "Well, you're about to pitch your ... patent." "Oh, you're right, um, ok, to an Athena Cluster!" Elizabeth and I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  respond, I procrastinate on making a new resume by getting back to psetting ... and pseting, I get an email reminding me to sign up for Career Fair and ... need, and get back to studying for 18.02 and making a note sheet that I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  there is no direct way of getting criticism on the blogs, I am usually my ... about.    We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read.  I am always evaluating myself on how I am doing. I am usually

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  game to play. Each team has three to four players on at a time, each of whom rides on a noble steed--those scooters that you used to sit your ... of “ON YOUR SCOOTAH!” This season, it was our fair and brave president

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  's extremely convenient that I literally just have to cross the street to get to ... corkboards on every floor so clubs can advertise about events and new ... much that it's starting to get cliche, but I love the people here! I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  sitting down to write and constantly was on the verge of tears and anger ... reflected in movement on stage) Being trans can lead to a thousand double ... Cormick, but naïve-first-year-me decided to dig deeper. I sent out a Google form

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022