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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  going to be on Sunday nights, and one of the TAs wrote this apologetic e ... First of all, can anybody out there think of a new blog tagline? I ... you think of a really good one, send it to me via comment or e

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="400"] dig yer own grave on the front page of ... , chugging milk, and dying of heat in the middle of winter. I started on the ... fighting for my life in between gulps of milk. I gave up on finding cups and

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  semester of my junior year, the Class of 2024 got to go on the freshman ... 't breathe. -- On the way to Monterey, I made this playlist of songs that ... . This sort of sentence has been one I've had trouble saying throughout my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  on behalf of MIT Admissions. I'll explain how FIRST and KC are ... : every year, in January, a star-studded team of engineers on the Game ... against each other on a small, enclosed field, roughly the size of a small

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my dorm [annotation note = "I am actually ... full of thoughts on how to iron out the next several chapters, how would ... have many thoughts on this, few of them distilled, none yet pruned enough

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  can speak for all of MIT in saying that our thoughts and hearts are with ... so happy to meet so many of you. I hope you all make the right decision and come to MIT =) If any of you saw the Wall Street Journal today, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  I have read slightly over 200 pages’ worth of papers this week. I procrastinated 115 of them until the day before I had an assignment due on said ... hanging on to my train of thought when other people are also injecting their

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  of organizations that she’s worked on and for. So she is kind of this ... If you haven’t been following the results of the most recent LEGO ...  recently won (!!) with a set of extraordinary women in NASA. Maia is currently

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  to do, I went with her on a whim to what became the source of my wrench ... Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT ... , or CPW as it’s often written, was a scene that had unfolded in many of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  's Independent Living Group gives out free cookies on the first day of classes ... Chef, originated the role of Jean Valjean in the Japanese production of ... see him in the "Valjeans of the World" medley at the end. It always

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  -cat. ...moving on. Anna: I would like to mention that all of the "rest of the ... ! Brought to you by bloggers Canna H. and Am T. and a pair of mouse ears ... things scary on Halloween: college applications and cats. College

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  know of at MIT, at least for undergrads (I'm not sure if there's any on ... cellular basis of a lot of brain activities, with a lot of focus on learning ... 9 and course 7). Most of her course 9 classes have been of the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all sorts of projects. I, for better and worse, am not most people. My term ... concentration focuses on the effect of environmental change and culture, and how

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  on Tuesday night. I spent the rest of the week showing her how the real ... robots, cars, and all kinds of awesome hands-on projects. I believe that ... Well, it's been quite a week of spring break adventures! I basically

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  adventure of the week! More on that later! ... This is Akash: Akash is the president of the Class of 2009 (like ... gesturing towards in this picture, hang on. We'll get to that. As I hope you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  give an overview of the IPA symbols that are used in English. By the time you're done here, you should be able to make out most of the above text and move on to the next section about phonology. Consonants There are

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  very much builds on itself, and if you miss a vital piece of foundation ... formula for a given polynomial depends on how complicated the symmetries of ... a lot of other math majors would be (Random). I figured I would have

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  's called pancake night (because we didn't want to step on the toes of an ... was curious. For all of undergrad, I was always running short on time ... In my last blog post, I mentioned that one nice benefit of becoming a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  of pressure on the upper and lower surface of a wing. 2:30pm- I run to catch a glimpse of a Bell 429 that is said to be on Brigg's Field ... often on a Friday, the Office of Minority Education holds TGIF's with food

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  based on the availability of alumni in your region of the world.  It is ... not, because it is based on the availability of ECs in your area ... the majority of the conversation will be focused on you, but do take

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022