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• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  gastric cancer is unfortunately very difficult to detect early by endoscopy ... done and knew that I had to get tested. I had my blood drawn and sent to ... to terms with destiny, deciding to get surgery and when, figuring out

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  call two places home and I have many different people to call when I get ... cheater for 1) being a senior and having more emotional things to say and 2 ... coffee when I got home so I might have been able to post mine first, but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  bring up the average. And if you're at MIT, you know that "getting an A ... goodbye With one test, Adieu to five point oh I can study my heart out With ... ashamed Just one test sets my head inflamed Silent music starts to play One

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  , MA 02139. Please mail excess pillows to address above. 9:20 AM: Conduct first-hand research on the process by which humans die by freezing. Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  hope was lost. I thought I would graduate and never get to lay eyes on ... explore this new grocery store, so here I am, a week or so later, ready to ... through every single aisle and getting our bearings, we decided to start

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  now we finally get to see the parts in real life. If you haven’t seen an ... It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to ... to wrap up.  At least when you take an exam you know that, for better

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been putting pencil to paper(s) and finger to keyboard(s), writing my first ... audience, especially when you're trying to explain complicated research to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  sometimes) So, who should we get to go to this audition? Ben is married with ... buyer's card, good for 20% off your next purchase of up to $200. I ... lose if you're going to lower your standards enough to enjoy them

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  am equally fearful of trying new activities as I am to sticking to ... remember the first job I ever wanted to be was an interior designer. I drew lopsided houses in school and haphazardly scribbled drawings to proudly

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  (a) they're pretty much the same person so their banter is fun to watch and (b) I can blog about it. (By the way - while I may write ... revealed.) So the three of us had lunch today. Allow me to share an example

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  : students get many opportunities to donate blood on campus. Seen from the ... , and you'll get all the way to Downtown Boston and Back Bay. Travel to ... get to make beautiful creations, such as the ones above, using the Lab

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  deceive you. Kresge is 1/8 of a sphere. I once walked by it and remarked to ... and try to visit as many regions as possible to deliver presentations about the Institute. It's a challenge to convey MIT's vibrancy in a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  ,[/annotation] in addition to the new stress of an unexpected return to family life ... ."]met before[/annotation] but never had a chance to get to know well. I didn't think it was possible to get so close to someone through just Zoom calls

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Cultured C-Show 2011

  

  that I was capable of turning off my alarm and going back to sleep, without any conscious knowledge of my actions. (2) I listened to my 18.03 (diff eq) professor sing in class, to general applause and awe. (3) I ate

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  devote himself fully to the start-up. And he's trying to get a freshman I ... So yesterday, I'm in my office trying to catch up on email when a student who I haven't seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  'll describe to you my morning. I woke up this morning at 8.50 AM to a phone call from Procter and Gamble alerting me to the fact that I had an interview at 3.45 PM. Now do keep in mind that I went to sleep at about 4 am

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  you want to be when you grow up. Eventually, you'll get there. And it ... up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We used the phrase when we were little, starting at around kindegarden, to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maine, Episode III: Ain’t No Mountain The one with more pictures than text.

  

  the low 80's, so I got to hike the Baldface Circle Trail in New ... the senior thesis Mike Short '05 had to write to get his BS in Course 22 ... hiked from here all the way to the second peak you can see in the back

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  What if You Didn’t Like CPW? is MIT still the place for you?

  

  How was your CPW? It was definitely one of my favorites. I had lots of fun meeting a you future froshies in person. Today I wanted to address some concerns about CPW by sharing my own experiences. Recently, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2014