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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  , (if you'd told me a few weeks ago that I'd be thrilled by a jackdaw ... us are gasping for a break. There's a definite pick-up in the amount of work compared to freshman year; sadly, this heavier workload is coupled

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  . When reading, I'm most likely to be listening to a specific album -- the ... of a country evangelist) to make me a mix CD of her favorite stuff. I ... is a band I'm going to have to explain to my kids so they can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  is still wild to me that i'm a grad student at MIT, that i've been ... . but i think in the last year, things have started to take a bit more of an upswing. i've met kids who are such nerds that were so happy to be a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was ... have done so, and have decided not to do a post of my own, because you

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  dept, and somehow managed to get a 2400... so... um... this won't be seen ... done there... which is quite a lot.) As I do not intend to write an essay ... wrote: "How do you guys decide if someone gets admitted? Are there a bunch

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  -considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right ... collocation. The simplest approach to such recording is the list, a group of ... can be stated as follows: there is often a tendency to see technical

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and ... got to MIT, however, consilience took a spot on my mental shelf, where ... down to 14E-304: a cozy little seminar room with a central table and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  It's pretty hard to live in Boston and not get swept away by Red Sox ... I was using to put off doing my own problem sets) and do a little ... pretty.) A big part of orgo is trying to synthesize molecules using a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  sent a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet where we were supposed to fill ... expected us to treat a completely unmoderated shared document with respect ... of the hoodie designs. I just want to share a fun experience. Of

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  relatively easy years of high school seem to fly by; SAT’s, ACT’s, TGIF’s, BYOB ... ?) is the same: you come to MIT, most likely as a freshman, bright ... go to M-I-expletive-T, a girl thinks to herself on the first day of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  that, I might as well add "GET OFF CAMPUS" to it, to keep myself from ... "Let someone else do it." No joke. Anyway, I'm going to get back to my ... tunnel. The reason all of these things need to be done by next Thursday is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  that; it's very difficult to learn new music over Zoom and there were a ... are trying to get back on our game, fulfill our club mandate, and have ... that, of course, I didn't get to talk to every single performing group at

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little ... remember today for the people who didn't get to have a phone call like mine ... faces, drained of their usual cheer, widened by shock. "A plane crashed

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply ... to a boarding school to finish high school; but sometimes, applying to ... decision? Does this student have the emotional and social maturity to be a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  . I promise to get a better camera for my future productions. ;-) ... Mtingwa, kicked off the event by sharing a bit about his research in physics ... Last week, I attended the MUSE Colloquium hosted by MIT’s NSBE

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  catching up on my movie/book/TV show list fell by the wayside. Not to mention writing and casual vlogging. But my friends and I have managed to get out ... Andrea H. '18 have been planning a pancake-eating contest for weeks to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  uncertain coworker. By the time I grab my sandwich and get to the door, both ... looking all over for you, kid!" booms Satan. "Let's get you back to hell ... can't spare an hour to watch the interview here, have a look at these

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  throughout Boston and avoiding a soggy return home by taking Saferide back to ... .) (Also, to those who note that it's taken me a while to post again - WE ... thing to buy was the mystery bag. The mystery bag was a veritable wealth

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  able to afford to fix up our house and get Cory a new (used) car, and I ... wanted to go to MIT (longer, even), so maybe getting a book deal would feel ... above the Museum. I got a message saying I would need to pick up a key

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  emotional) pain is a lot to get over, but to me, it’s worth it to try to ... strangled alive by now. I imagine she was a kind, gentle soul once. But after ... . Thankfully, after a panicked email, I received money from MIT-Eurasia to fix

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024