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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  , and they took me on a tour so that I could tell you about all the super ... me inside the two radomes (yes, that giant sphere is a thing you can stand inside !!!). We also spent a good deal of time taking in the view of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  was a lot of feelings, but there's a lot of feelings still. too many ... , yeah, i had a background. this first pset is 5 problems long. seems ... think that's something that really says a lot about me. i've questioned a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  -wracking. You don't really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn't stop you ... (@dasharez0ne this is a credit not a plug) that made me decide to write this ... table?   Enter August 2016, Boston, Massachusetts. I take a taxi

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  the first place, I decided to stay. I lived in East Campus for a year, on Fifth West, which is a wonderful hall filled with cats and friends ... . which was a complete coincidence. Other things that were coincidences: we

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  click bait-y title lol)   Feminine What does it mean to be a woman? This is a question I don’t think I thought about too hard when I was ... disadvantages, a little bit more... When I was a kid, I considered being “girly

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  About four years ago, I ended my very last blog post as a student by ... . I got a JOB here, people! In Admissions. Me. An adult thing. Here! The ... end up leaving MIT, but instead ran this program for a while. Fast

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  impossible to ever find and to get into, being at the end of a winding series ... , I want to see who is interested in demo-ing a Fitbit for the remaining ... wanted more in that moment than a continuous data stream documenting my

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter

  

  , got right down to business and started making snowballs. A picture inside a picture... The Alchemist! We saw tons of bunnies in Killian ... entire campus in a powdered-sugar cast.   It’s incredible how

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  being in a hospital while also managing being a student at MIT:   1 ... are stupid   3. Sleep just doesn't happen in a hospital   ... . Basically, I want to go home. And I never plan on going to a hospital ever

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  message and empower students like us to believe that they too can make a difference. Over 60 people donated and we raised a total of $275 in just two ... included Kevin Lilly, founder of Samaritan Steps, a nonprofit that provides

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  required readings, and I am enjoying a breezy carefree summer. I have sadly been a slacker blogger, stuck deep in procrastination universe. Time to ... way to describe it is as the new cultural phenomenon. It is a word

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  easily. On my first full day here, I jumped onto a trapeze, despite the ... dorms to explore, a hundred activities to pursue, a thousand friends to ... wandered into a tiny park. Its swings, benches, and lounge chairs stood

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  This summer we (Matt, Kris, Chris, the ‘15s, and I), after a rigorous ... Snively). In addition, we are welcoming a new guest blogger from GEL, the ... . Reading your applications was a huge joy to all of us, and the final

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  've decided I'm in love with this place. A few thoughts about Seattle after my ... generally friendly. The city as a whole (as well as the Amazon campus) is very dog-friendly; you can hardly walk a block without seeing a dog. The

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  David Helfand: "Unfortunately we don't have time for a formal Q&A session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few ... pointed at me: "yes! question?" Me: "You talked a lot about how the public

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  and 2-5 friends can ask any of your professors out for a feast, to any ... ??" Gather your friendship dinner crew and choose a professor. Cordially ... guests confirm. Choose a date and enjoy! "BUT I'M NERVOUS..." Get

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  Please note that, as  Hello World! I'd like to introduce you to a project that we've been working on for a while. It's a Maker Portfolio, and ... working on in their spare time. Maybe it was a really amazing new computer

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Premed and Me (frankly speaking) MIT is hard, but MIT premed doesn't have to suck. Here's why.

  

  for the MCAT (which demands quite a lot of time), I'm still willing ... fastest guy when a bear is chasing you, but only faster than whoever's in ... MIT. It just didn't happen here. It's a curse and a blessing. The

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  About a week ago, on one particularly high-stress night (it was one ... people are feeling a little down and/or exhausted at this point in the ... impromptu Disney Sing-a-long tonight! Here's the deets: When: 8 - 10 pm ish

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  , two mountain ranges, and about a million different thoughts. The states ... scattered. I spent a good part of the month here, at the Sufi Foundation of America, breathing, stretching, dancing, hiking, subsisting on a half

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012