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• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  whatever this is (a blog post? A stream of consciousness diary entry? The ... stop talking with yourself and talk to the reader? Oh god there's a ... 's why I'm not yet a clean slate for my upcoming senior year. Also I have

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  time here at MIT. So like any good Type A personality, I've made a list ... have to leave the house to carpe diem. Help make MIT a better place ... appreciate them. Worry less & enjoy the ride. A couple weeks ago, I had

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  Course 11 is a small major with a lot of breadth. It is cross ... urban planning and design." For the still-curious, scroll on. These are a ... would be missing out on the big picture of the city or town as a whole

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  . This is not a best-of-the-year list. It's not a syllabus for literary self-improvement, nor is it a list of books I think you'll like, although I liked them. It's a list of all the books I read or started any time

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  I think when you haven’t written a blog entry in almost six years, it’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I ... cortex of mice. (I wrote a review! And drew the pictures for it!) I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This is the edge of the Tropical Storm/Hurricane Arthur (now lowered to a ... reschedule all 4th of July festivities for last night as a precautionary

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  We're in a hotel room and we're watching Men In Black (preceded by ... competition. Our plane, having been shipped last week in a big wooden crate ... sounds like--a team of students designs, builds, and flies a remote

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  Technically, there isn't much to shooting a pistol. Load rounds into magazine. Insert magazine. Release the bolt. Grip as in a firm handshake. Inhale, raise arm. Exhale a little, press gently on the trigger until you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2013 FAQs

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... : https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/early-action-updates-2013 If you are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited ... tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  "Splash" on it? What is "Splash"? Me: "Splash" is a teaching program. TSA ... : Yep! TSA Agent: Wow, physics. Great time to be a physicist, with all the ... 're a...junior? Me: Well, I was. I guess I'm a senior now - I only have a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  'm taking Advanced Essay Workshop with him, and I've never cared about a class ... to go be a writer! I'm going to write my essay right NOW!" So I went ... watched a man with headphones sleep while I thought about what I was going

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  MIT is a really stressful place.  Class just started less than one week ago, and I already have four problem sets due and a quiz this week.  Still, I love it here.  This weekend, I played with cats, took a trip to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  consist of Doritos? Will the effects of eating so many Doritos have a long ... cookies with Liz and they turned out awesome. We also learned a few life ... improving the site's usability. On top of creating a user experience that is

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  Six and a half hours ago, this was me: Why? Because I, like ... didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel a bit better. -- This past semester, I worked very, very hard - not

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  right now, I'd like to discuss something that's been on my mind for a few ... , and especially on Facebook, across a variety of groups maintained not by ... no groups, no photos, no news feed, just a profile photo and a comment

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  From May 9th to May 13th (a Friday, naturally), MIT students endured ... 's like calling everything and everyone a flurg - you start to wonder what ... it, every week with a test coupled with at least one or two p-sets has

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  explored a jungle (my living room) with a cape (a fitted sheet), and ran ... started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... jungles to enthusiasm for a very real internship - far away from home and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  alarm go off at 6am. A lot of people seem to think I’m crazy for waking up ... think of the boathouse as kind of a second home. It’s where half my ... freshman year of high school and my sophomore year, I amazingly found a crew

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  So I just submitted my first-ever RSVP to a wedding for people who weren't old. As in, not for a distant cousin or my mom's best friend from ... went with high school with. As in, a couple I distinctly remember running

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  amazing, and CPW was the first time that I pulled a non-academic, non-Harry-Potter-related all-nighter (whoa that was a lot of hyphens!) Free sodas and coffees ... next four years and what made me disappointed to leave. CPW was a unique

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010