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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  have the amazing opportunity to be a panelist for MIT Admissions! On ... they assigned me to three really big-brained freshmen that I have nothing ... the opportunity to go to two exclusive events and have an MCG interview

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  other relatives that all decided to meet up at the same time. One of the ... simultaneously begging for mercy, I had to intervene at times for the sake of my ... mouthwatering to say the least. The two times we went, I ate until I had no space

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  course catalog multiple times to select my five classes. And I can’t imagine what will happen to my schedule next year, when I will have ... classes in terms of numbers, and have to instead pronounce lengthy names

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  brother going on the trip. This means we have two weeks to travel to Seattle ... crossed through Oregon into Nevada. Time Lapse Credit to Erik '17 I was ... January. It's much hotter this time around, with temperatures expecting to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  know, MIT affiliates have access to the New York Times archive dating ... you with anything. Actually, all the libraries have these, but I went to ... , without living in Massachusetts, I have free access to the libraries of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  came out to my mom and my dad. Since then, things have settled into a new ... takes a long time for sediment to collect at the bottom of a liquid ... -American heritage often have to come out “in actions rather than words.” When I’m at

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  ? Dr. Lester: Damn, you're good. I was trying to trick you. Luckily, I ... to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of filing to be done. Doing all that filing reminded me of Being John

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  have been able to attend that graduate school at no cost. Community ties ... to my UROP experience, I have connections to jobs in education. Plus ... program I’m applying to, and expressed concern about not having a technical

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  propitious time for that old data to be put to use. I present Beaver Scope ... I know enough to stay away from trying to describe the different ... . This isn't to say I won't tell you if you ask, but I'll avoid typing it

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

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  enough to keep Steve Jobs busy for a weekend -- today, Apple and Nike ... of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe ... choices can be demotivating. (You may have seen this research quoted in the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  contact with someone on the phone…we have a phone number. While we tend to ... even need it to count how many pieces of paper we have, How many shoes we ... …which sum themselves to 7, God’s number. Even in the body…we have two

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  many of the meetings, nor did I find the time to read the free books that ... to have nice bike lanes in Cambridge than to improve the lives of some ... , someone to cook for him . . . it made sense, right? His time was valuable

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  . Which means that we will have to find a new housemaster. The new ... . Whoever the new housemaster is, I'm only going to have to live with him or ... passing through, and they have enough of an emotional investment to want to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  to kill the time.[/annotation] The plan is as follows: I will be ... . We will have to see exactly how it goes, but I suspect that this trip ... pinpoint accuracy on my shoe, so I will have to go find a napkin. See you

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Exciting potential UROP: the cancer genome

  

  Great front page article in today's New York Times on the proposed ... Genome Project, which mapped the human genetic blueprint. It would seek to ... mutations that give rise to cancer or sustain it. Proponents say a databank

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  student, you get the chance to have free summer housing if you're hired as a ... incoming freshmen have a chance to participate in before Orientation. There ... friends to this day. But more importantly, I have very good memories

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  they have actual job titles? Can I abbreviate this to “BPAFOSIPIDC ... ?” Me: Nope! Too hosed. BPAFOSIPIDC (frowning): I'm afraid I have to ask if you have any other identification. Me: Nope! Should I go back to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  entry, but never got around to it. I do have these photos, though. Me ... unlikely to have a real, direct impact. MIT gave me that outlet. Here, I can ... the time. What eventually motivated me to get involved with the UA was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  away for 3.5 days, in that time my parents managed to: Finally realize ... to our neighbors, friends, and family. One cool thing about having ... have to see my parents. Even though it's been rough moving back home and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  if you still have your natural hair color, you're an exception to the ... act, be your own person and make good choices. I'm here to tell you how ... pressure isn't always bad. Listening to your friends, and letting them affect

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011