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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  homesickness. College is a new experience to most people when they first get ... 's various dormitories. (I didn't get a chance to photograph East ... [by Danbee Kim '09] I'm a big fan of allowing your

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  take a gap year, or scramble to find a job. We didn’t get to participate ... voice. But by the end of the song, she enthusiastically decides to go ... The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  It's easy to get overwhelmed at MIT.  From the pressure cooker of ... funhogging: to take more than one's fair share of fun When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do was to browse photos of mountain

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  , and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send ... that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next administration's agenda ... to Round 2, and the idea to "Establish a 'Global Challenges Wikipedia

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  by rocky peaks[/caption] To get to the top of the cliff, you have to ... I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  that could lead to substantial energy savings by allowing more efficient ... professor Ned Thomas. Hopefully you get the picture…the list above is by no ... explore the field is to get a UROP in one of the many labs that do nanotech

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  months seemed to pass by in no time at all. Between studying, traveling ... to fly by for no reason at all - but I also know people that run like a ... for literally 5 minutes to go get something. Fortunately, I recovered

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  mean, I think we all do. No one wants to get on a stage and forget their ... made such comments to explain why they didn't get in. I wish it didn ... This entry is meant to complement the one I wrote prior about being

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  sheet can be used to detect particles by amplifying ionization patterns by ... two foils by making two model detectors to assess each foil's properties ... from the three separate GEM foils that are stacked to make the final

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  towering, thick oak trees were anything to go by. There weren’t any sidewalks ... body to get out of bed at my 8:30a.m. alarm"]I’d once wake up at 5 ... Price Rd. to get onto Olive Blvd. and I couldn’t help but think about how

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  , we decided to get the hell out of there. Soon after this, we were told to quiet down by the night security guard, only the night security ... tunnels to get from Building 54 to the main academic buildings without going

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  Orientation, when I decided on a whim to get a Harvard library card, which is ... wanted to get a library card, came with me and we both got our cards fresh ... is for getting students to go to Harvard's sports events. We had to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  get a chance to meet Ben and understand how completely ridiculous he ... he wasn't just trying to get rid of these old things he was getting ... TOTALLY NORMAL and all, and I just didn't want to ruin that.) Snively loves

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  "right" things to get into the "right" colleges, they will be happy, in the ... ; happinessis the way." At this point, Ben and I headed off to get ready for our ... is to get more admissions officers and admissions offices involved with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  ’t get past resume screenings at most places I applied to, my GPA was still ... emotional journey was inspired by my own, but she’s not that similar to me ... hope you all are safe and well! Here’s what I’ve been up to in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  to Pecker.       This is what I come home to in the evening. I get to ... around the building to document what everyone was up to. One of my favorite things about living in Random Hall is that when I want to be alone, which

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  If you walk down Massachusetts Avenue to the Charles River esplanade and cross the Harvard Bridge without getting knocked over by a militant ... fact, squares are so used to being completed by me that nowadays they

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  that when i get sick now, it's up to me to manage my symptoms and judge ... very nice. who doesn't like getting little treats? like, i love going to ... loop, paralyzed by existential dread. sometimes it's replying to messages

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  and they usually turn things around by the second midterm. I intend to ... Reflecting on the lessons of last semester, I knew I was going to have to kick it into high gear for my 6.042 exam on Wednesday. I spent

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  So I just happened to come across two articles this week related to ... Consumers" where they talk about some new technology that's being developed by a company called Kovio, which apparently was founded by MIT alum Colin

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009