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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  of the labs to build submarine robots from spare parts. I had fun and ... extended to pubs and clubs, as in the US, forcing us all to abstain or break ... it to forget about the rest of the week. Of course, young Americans

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  video, which I hope captures a bit of what it was like to actually be ... helpful and comforting to see so much of MIT come together in firm ... yesterday afternoon: To the members of the MIT community, First, an update

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  “poverty” doesn't always refer to the consequences of astronomical tuition ... -formulated opinion articles, and no shortage of reporters willing to cover just about ... website yields a transcript of Muhammad Yunus' insightful and conscientious

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  what it means to be a pie, and all pies are merely shadows of its perfect ... ’s a huge crowd of people bustling about—each one trying to catch the attention of the frazzled shopkeeper to put in their order. And it turns out

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  regret my choice of footwear (slides). i start to wonder if anything has ... freshman year. that person can only staple in groups of up to four people ... students. the discussion of how to create housing groups was an anxiety

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  conglomerates (PRO) Efforts by the government to regulate content of social ... storyboards are welcome. Special attention to questions of gender, race ... class also has us read a variety of different comic books to help us

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  to study somewhere else, but this isn't it. in a stroke of ... saturday afternoon, so i had to miss half of it. then fifty more people ... am i supposed to say to him? that i'm on top of things, i'm on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  of writing excessive amounts of fanfiction, so I was pretty excited to ... , though! I’ve been meaning to do some sort of college essay post while I ... onto this blog, though. I don’t want to be *that* kind of college blogger

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  lot of things I was going to blog about. I was going to blog about all ... conspiring to drop it on April 1st. Despite the fact that half of us burst into ... inevitable cry of "April Fools!" That's dedication to teaching. But then I got

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  artifacts of reality crashing to the floor. If it was a creature, it would ... have to be accepting of who I once was as much as who I am. I signed up ... points. Here are some of the things I've learned to be true from my

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  homework, I obliged with a final exam. One of the most surprising things to ... spring. I was there to present with the Soroptimist Club of Sondrio, an ... sticks of spaghetti, some tape, and a marshmallow and instructed to build

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  . As a long-time fan of Bo Burnham, it was absolutely surreal to see him ... . I continued to follow all of his stuff after that. I was a bit too shy to go up after the talk to say hi, and I'm sure a small part of myself

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  product, and proceed to spend every waking hour of their lives (it seems ... have to build a full working prototype of your product in the span of a ... methods, but when we got down to our 2 final ideas they were a Lazy Susan

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  team?" I've also had to perfect the sort of fake smile and forced giggle ... Davidson Institute offers many programs of interest to the kinds of students ... ? The answer to all of these questions is yes. Does MIT have a football

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  glass to fall apart from each other are the same vibrations of a ... you to function. Have you heard of Parkinson’s Disease? The condition is ... particles in my left pinky toe. All the particles of a star about to go

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  , they hold weekly airshows to show off the capabilities of the restored ... Tiger Moth taxiing back ahead of the Fleet Finch. We then got to see a ... Channel. (After a bit of Googling, I learned that he made the trip at an

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  applications that asked a greater variety of questions forced me to think about ... definition of the word, you failed to get in MIT – but you can never believe in ... This week has been a battle for all of us – I just finished my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  , and I never liked it. My parents kind of forced me to play, along with ... without stopping to look around. Now the memories of these hallways have ... 've learned to appreciate how much of the Institute is its people, but I've also

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  the were portrayed that the Harvard Board of Overseers forced Watson to ... struggling to get the whole thing to fit together just right. All of their ... of the dead students to say that the verdict "gives license to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  quantum sensors out of lasers and stuff, and it is exactly what I need to ... stars really started to align. First, Google announced its Willow quantum ... like Willow by the end of the semester, but I'll definitely try to get

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025