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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  tissue. The goal of the project is to design a high-throughput device that ... features of the device, especially the valves, to reduce its pulsatility ... development of effective drugs will occur much faster. Bryan plans to continue

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  graduate, have been accepted to Massachusetts Institute of Technology this ... headed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology this fall. Ward, 2009 ... encouraging them to attend college. "We are very proud of Cory Ward and Scott

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  starts. i open the door to the quad only to see that none of my roommates ... . college firsts: first shower: it'll take a lot of getting used to. first ... themselves and that way I got to know a lot of people. Taking classes with all

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  a half hour’s reach of my parents at any given time. Now I had to fly to the other side of the world in pursuit of education. This was the ... ’m accustomed to my usual cup of steaming hot Kenyan tea. My academic advisor had

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  of APs to the warm spreading feeling of “but I’ve taken X number of APs ... bit of my inner self for flaws and merits. Why, on December 13, I had to ... go to bed early. This is all pure speculation, of course. But in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  discovered while trying to verify the title of this entry. Oh dear, I wasn ... ; our lives have diverged enough that I'm starting to think of them in ... them with you to give an example of some typical ethanol-free games that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  list some of the fears you may have (which I had) about going to college ... -their-way ever-helpful TAs who will take time in and out of office hours to help ... all they can to make sure you can come to school. Over 50% of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Christmas Hug [UPDATE: New picture!!!] *squeeze*

  

  stop by and say hi to her! Also, a couple of years ago my floor (Conner ... Today was Winter Break 2008 in Lobby 7, a really pleasant way to ... . There was Christmas music, a happy atmosphere, and there for all of it was

  • by Snively '11
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  process. Universities are never-ending places to learn — in and out of the ... challenge the stereotypes of every school to which you’re thinking about applying. While its good to listen to the advice of others, you have to find

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS

  

  site of random tomfoolery. For example, MITHenge, which, according to ... is also the site of other activities, which, in that MIT way, manage to ... The Infinite Corridor at MIT is the pulsing spine of central campus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

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

  

  is the edge of the Tropical Storm/Hurricane Arthur (now lowered to a ... up some snacks and headed down to the Cambridge side of the river at ... the riverside walkway and one of the many speakers set up to broadcast

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

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  wanted to meet new people; i was deprived of doing so in a pandemic and ... experience," so i was willing to sacrifice some personal agency for the sake of ... spacious. i then set up a ton of LED lights and pictures to make it feel more

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three ... to snap these photos, I was placed right at the back of the ballroom ... worth it to be in the presence of so many bright and thoughtful people on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  country I’ve never been to before that speaks a language I kind of ... me to a few rounds of “the ninja game,” offered us a drive ... fireworks in front of the Brussels Royal Palace, to traveling to the

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  , ranging from ever-welcome three-day weekends to (most beloved of all) the ... the MIT populace as a whole, but I have some amount of work to do - or to get a head-start on - in four of my five classes (the only class

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  but don't really take the time to recognize, so below are some of the ... , and orange of the leaves, for me, always adds a new type of warmth to ... foliage that is almost impossible not to take a picture of when you walk by

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  there are just a whole lot of stories to reminisce about and tell over and ... of sorts. During this period, I was fortunate to enjoy slow mornings, frequent walks around the neighborhood, and yes, a lot of time to ask, what

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  guidance.  While the sheer number of ways that applicants find to not follow ... to list out all of their high school courses and grades, but we really ... this technically falls under the general category of "failure to follow

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  simfinite hopscotch! hippity hoppity blue tape grandiosity

  

  sent my very first email to dormspam, a mailing list that reaches most of ... the sad chalky nubs of what had been to decorate milestone squares like ... total of $14, and each roll was 55 yards. Josh wants to note that one week

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  know freshmen. For my part, my first task of orientation was to build an ... mechanics of the frame while Jordan '11 did the painting. We had to make sure ... Rush. Floor Rush allows freshmen to wander the different floors of a dorm

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009