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• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  people fighting the good fight. There are a lot of things that need doing ... checking Google Maps. After nearly a year here, I’m starting to know ... writing, and working, and meeting many people. I want to preserve it, like a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  ’m doing a [annotation note='mit international science and technology ... this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval parish of st ives. it’s a town that’s around 10 miles outside of Cambridge

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  in the word really thinks like I do. That's always a safe assumption ... Much like my one-time alter-ego Javert, I've always seen things in a ... get a piece of e-mail that's accidentally been replied-to-all, I say to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  Doctor Russ. Lieutenant Colonel Russ Lachance, a grad student I ... what do with. I just hope he doesn't complicate things any further by ... UROP advisor) look just a little nervous? In a "I better give this guy a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  time I danced down the street under the Big Dipper constellation. A dozen fireflies lit up the trees. There was no one around—a terrifying scenario in Cambridge, MA, but a soothing one in the suburbs. That was a night the cicadas

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  that only uses about a third of the letters in the alphabet (x, u, c, o ... a poetic is). Like chocolate, winter break melts under the hot pressing tongue of February into a sticky-sweet memory, bequeathing cavities

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part two) sophomore trinkets

  

  This is part 2 of a four part series spread across our four years at ... these things in a ceramic, mushroom-shaped container (which we ... ! And our really awesome friend was in it, performing with a sword that

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  alert, i merely use google calendar and a todo list. my todo list doesn ... , you know, i've already spent two and a half semesters divorced from a normal mit, and i didn't want to spend one and a half more. it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  of a fear that I wouldn't do it "right" or I wasn't "smart enough" to ... . After doing a question, I always check the suggested solutions and ... I want to do in CS. I'm just really happy I have a place to put all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  as a model to see what these genes actually do by knocking them out in ... understand the work that you do, then most of the research doesn't seem like a ... because I'm still a student and I have to go to lecture, do my problem sets

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  than the next best price, or unless you have something else to do with a ... hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The title is taken from a short story ... whole narrative was supposed to be a dream that the main character was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  ’t get an A, I’m still fine with it.” -Azaria Zornberg “Don’t EXPECT to do ... more stuff that you still have to do, you are better off just taking a ... de-stress. Avoid the junky finals food and eat well. Take care of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  teacher from whom you received the best grade. You do not need to choose a ... disqualify you, but it is rarely necessary. If you do submit a supplemental ... recommendation -- one from a math or science teacher ("Evaluation A") and one from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  what you do to procrastinate”. A fellow classmate turned to her friend ... . Partial Production, Partial Passion There is a literal folder in my google ... a modern twist. This post is a very meta post about why I haven’t been

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  Two years ago in freshman year (:O so long ago), I wrote this poem. I ... to a place radically different from home. In these first few months, I spent a lot of time walking and riding my bike, exploring Cambridge and

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  at MIT. One was a [annotation note="Architecture :O"]Course 4 ... paint with five other girls in my sorority. Further down the bridge is a ... 1958, a couple members of the MIT fraternity Lambda Alpha Chi were making

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  whiteboard were a number of (SFW) out of context quotes. Well, as it happens ... that people say on a day to day basis, whether they are drunk or sober ... this mailing list has unfortunately hit a steep decline ever since COVID

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  with Google's directive of "Don't be evil." It's a refreshing honesty ... thinking about a career change. Honestly I can't even imagine it. What I do ... No I'm not a Cylon (or at least not that I know). But for those with

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  college, you're doing it wrong. I had a double Wilbur with double cheese and ... fewer angry passengers, but a slight delay. All things considered, though, it was a pleasant experience, littered with naps and tasty food. The

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  fluorine was a good nucleophile or if it was possible to do an SN2 reaction ... software Picasa, unsurprisingly affiliated with Google? At the request of ... tomorrow for your integration by parts-ing pleasure. Right now I have a story

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006