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• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  psetted a couple times a week, for two of my classes, with someone who ... physics capstone, which pairs you with one lab partner for the entire class ... always felt near-impossible for me to put forth. This goes beyond

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  There exists a nontrivial subset of the MIT population for whom the ... quirks before. For example, many know that MIT’s buildings aren’t named ... circle for only a moment before diverging). 9/10 [caption id

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  simple joy of learning new tricks for running rehearsals while being a ... how many times you have to go for it to pay off; the calculation of how ... for the first time afterwards and getting a little key tag with a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  whole entire school year), so i’m going to set a timer for 25 minutes ... write for the entire time. every so often i go through a phase where i ... range for maybe a minute max. theoretically, if i were typing at full

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  architecture of MIT's campus, lies a pub. it opened in 2004 and was used for at least a decade, but has since been abandoned for wayfaring students to stumble across. in my time, I've heard it being used for parties, scavenger

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  strategies for repositioning the debate. Instruction and practice in written ... requirement for MIT. All students must take 4 CI's during their time at MIT. Two ... hate debating. I think it's stressful and nervewracking. I signed up for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  Warning: this blog features spoilers for the video game Celeste ... will be waiting for you when you’re done. You have been warned. (I will ... experience with imposter syndrome has been a somewhat interesting one. For me

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  my two suitcases. I’m going to be in Europe for the same amount of time ... bags to my place tomorrow. My Molchat Doma shirt had been worn for over ... only my Molchat Doma shirt, which at this point had been worn for over

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  reflection on the past year for a while now. A lot has happened in the past ... forgetting that they have died. For every 30 minutes that I forget, there are ... linear in any way or form and I don’t expect for it to be linear as I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  For the past year and a half I lived in Cambridge, worked full ... Ramen in Harvard Square? Sure! Lying in the grass on Killian Court for an ... , on the other hand, is much more rigid, depending on where you are. For

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  lyrics--Taylor Swift’s voice. For at the least the past eight years ... shower, while grocery shopping, probably even in my sleep. For the longest ... explain. A lot of it is tangled in details too personal for the blogs, but

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  for tumblr to this post, which I hope will shed some light on the ... students into steel (see last week's post for even more fire metaphors ... integrals for a little bit, maybe where they came from and gives some

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  ruined it for me by pointing out that fireworks are a celebratory ... of my couch! Brazil for two months people. Eu vou trabalhar no ... for reflection and admissions advice since most people reading this are

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  , for whatever reason, really good at acting like an MIT student." Me ... enjoy it." Rational Part Of Brain: "You like sleep way too much for a ... 't audition." Auditions for the Spring musical rolled around in February - the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  -that-other-actress-whose-name-I-don’t-remember”). And what you’re reading is an assignment for 21L.004 (Reading Poetry ... stoked). Our class of 17 students has been studying Shakespeare for the ... promised him I’d be civil) of Luhrmann’s adaptation. Away we go! For those

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  !), but RNAi, for example, was first fully characterized in C. elegans, and ... for that discovery (every once in awhile I will see Professor Horvitz at joint lab meetings!). Two Nobel Prizes in five years for a microscopic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  vegetables ($2.00 per 16 oz.) doused in oyster sauce and Sriracha, digging for ... Infinite Corridor for pasta salads and cold trays of curry leftover from ... incomprehensible store layout turns shopping for dried split peas into a labrythine

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  . (If anyone else has an explanation for this, by all means, drop me a note.) It's been an Institute tradition since about 1929 for each class ... really fun experience. Now for the fun part: Class of 2009 Ring Design A

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  ask me questions any time; you don't just have to wait for a blog entry ... I have a "me-them" mentality... If MIT was a nice match for me, wouldn ... good candidate?" Hey Alia, Thanks for your support of the blogs =) As

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  ’m raising money for the National Organization for Rare Disorders. I have ... organization that puts on the Marathon) for the past two years. [caption id ... -Marathon in November.[/caption] For various reasons, I don’t want to specify

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025