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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  was a huge success, more info on it later), taking daily trips to the Au ... Charles River on a spring morning. As I sit on the train from New York to ... go out to the suburbs for that) and wandering on sidewalks for hours

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  a time where she can “focus on pursuing research questions which ... . She began working on two projects: studying how neurons communicate with ... mechanisms which control anxiety. To do this, she performs brain surgery on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I ... attention when it was introduced in 2005. It was featured on Good Morning America, the Today Show, Jay Leno, and even on Jeopardy. What is Clocky

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  Square on Saturday night and promptly argued over where we were having ... to eat. We ended up deciding on Bartley's as we walked past it - hey ... MIT") alike. I set my sights on the ultimate heart attack: The Viagra

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  ! So awesome! On that note, what does everyone think of the new season ... essay should I just submit it on paper? Avril said: elizabeth - The MIT ... on paper. Um...I have never heard of such a thing. 505 words is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The phrase "throw another shrimp on the barbie" was ... on what I've been seeing on the e-mail list, we've already got requests ... pianos in my dorm and on campus--sometimes in the midst of working on a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  This morning I went in early to image neurons on the confocal ... remember to leave Adam a shopping list, so he could go to the store on his ... synaptic cleft and bind to receptors on the outside of the postsynaptic

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  about the contest description on Bryan's blog. The four years at MIT are ... subsequent months are spent on engineering and building. It's an amazing ... on words on the Minotaur, the ancient Greek half-bull half-man (meant

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  similar amounts of laziness but fewer of my friends on campus), tons of fun stuff is going on, and all my friends at other schools are going to class ... , or I won't go on the June degree list!) And so, in my last IAP, with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  retrospective entries for you when I'm not so busy... like on the weekends. Think of it like a box full of memories. ...and the Trumpet of Coffee On ... in the morning. Now, the thing is that my trumpet is on loan from the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  don't really have my finger on the pulse of American youth culture (and ... (basically every academic building on campus) and found a fair number of dead ... in an elevator once. Their $40 "America's Choice" plan is on par with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  living group, the Burton Third Bombers, on [annotation note="the weekend of ... on Patriot’s Day, so the next year, the two parties were combined into ... full force. DTYD III featured a $1,000 budget, fireworks on Briggs Field

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  faster that many people use on campus, such as bikes, scooters, and running ... emphasize finger / toe structures so that they can land on the ground and take ... leg. this is detrimental to running - running on your heels expends more

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  this post: Birth to ??? 5th Grade?: Whatever's on the radio/whatever my ... memory of my first ever video I've ever watched on YouTube being the Club Penguin Stranded on Rockhopper Island series and as promo for the series

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  , I thought it'd be fun to share my study tips on How to Finals ... Friday plus the weekend before the first finals start on the following ... gives me motivation to study because it's on my calendar. I do also make

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  start on exploring networking, makerspaces, and some other things. Most ... to rely on throughout your time at MIT. I couldn't recommend it enough ... on two separate [annotation note="look up the green line map. LOOK. UP

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  There is so much to say about residential life at MIT.  On campus ... also have subcommunities on each floor or hall with rich histories and ... the day, after psetting on campus? Will they party with their living

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  significant impact on my mood. This week has been abnormally warm, up in the ... work on the robotics board.  The theme for this year is “Wicked FBD ... , though, is to retrieve the broomstick from the highest point on the map

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  As it gets colder and colder in Boston, things are heating up on the ... part of the team here. Some of my closest friends are on the swim team ... practice, not only do we hang out together, but we also work on problem sets

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  lit, with LED lights on the ceiling that ease through the rainbow. I am ... , on the plane to [annotation note = "actually Reykjavik, after Seattle ... Danish bus system on six hours of sleep in the last seventy-some, gave up

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022