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• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  . We talked about a project on a whim, and planned to meet again ... is an openness here, a freedom to learn, to try new things, get trained ... I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  look up a youtube tutorial on how to change a spare tire. winter in the ... the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to ... it's rare to find any real gems there. when i was a kid, i had a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  put together, on steroids, enhanced with access to a network of former ... keeping track of the budget and our group quickly settled on a design. It ... very different thing editing a physical structure compared to words on a

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  trips, and guitar hero III. I learned how to ski; I beat a song on hard; I ... introduction to physics@mit. This entry has been a while coming. I started ... folks again this time to do some research on the payload (science

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  I had a funny realization. I found myself setting something on fire 3 ... ignition taught me something new. For the Spinning Arts club, I went to ... presence. I love it. The club has also taught me a new relationship with fear

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  planned to go on a campus tour (which started every half hour), but missed ... that it has been a week since I first arrived at MIT. I won't dwell on ... , after taking a 6-hour red-eye. Even though I was running low on sleep, I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  It's been a couple weeks, hasn't it? Now that I'm back on campus for IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs ... figured it'd be a good time to get back into this regular vlogging routine

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  , they managed to put these seemingly nonfunctional gears on the shank (a ... One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness ... wear it on your hand, to the many references to punting

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  your understanding of the resources available to you as a new member of ... tennis court on any of my walks to or from MacGregor. So kudos to having a ... You know, it’s not every day that a person chooses to move to a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  -family members. We had a quick two hour flight to Seattle before flying to DC. I ... large impact on us that we felt the need to record a podcast about it, and ... . Overall, just wanted to quickly update people on what I'm up to :o) Crab

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  !), leading to a momentary, but non-negligable, conversation on how I should try ... circumstance, this would have been a mere blip on my daily radar of Shiny-Things-That-Distract-Me. But on this day, Chris not only had to give me hard time for not knowing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  lab to the tennis courts on the other side of campus to play a quick ... session on the Dot being held by a mutual friend, Christian Ternus '10 ... Cambridge. Of course, as a general rule access to the roof of the Green

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  ! Staying in shape: One of my goals this semester is to start running on a regular basis again (yes, on top of HIIT). I want to work up to a 10k! I can ... quick note: Things that aren’t on my schedule are 1) MTG, and 2) a UROP

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  presentation.” (2.ThA website) Some people choose to begin their research in the ... permanently archived by the MIT Libraries. I did a little bit of web surfing to ... “on the communication problems encountered in researching and writing a

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

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  I knew. I try to base it on wordcount, outside of school; 1k words a ... , and How to Stay Private on the Internet, the list goes on and on.  MG ... to Structure a Novel.”   resistance of the call Bilbo doesn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  beautiful and slender and pretty. I wanted to have a boy on my arm and have ... had fabricated something out of nothing. I clung on to my friend because ... 've got a pset I forgot about!" "Whoops, left the stove on haha..." "Yeah

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  First time in a foreign country - the pace at which new things are ... were about to find out how Jeju does New Years'. (I apologize in advance ... new experiences may come later, but for now, let's not get lost in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  be a froshie and going to REX events (you have no idea how easily this ... =_____=)) But anywhoo, back to the actual subject. In many ways, I still have a ... Controls That Don't Work The Way They Are Supposed To. (a often circulated

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A New Year and a New ‘Do bryan.mitblogs.com gets a little makeover.

  

  is to give this here blog a new outfit for the new year. What do you think about the new look? Should I keep it like this or go back to the old ... So most people start off the new year with a new hairstyle, but since

  • by Bryan
  • January 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  until I feel a surge of nervousness and adrenaline brought on by a quickly ... adjacent to my home state (not naming any names). Don’t miss out on a ... coordinator (basically a guidance counselor) to review my college application

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017