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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  SciShow taught me about how powerful education is and how it can be used ... reminded me how beautiful it is to be human. Amidst all his projects, Hank ... shares it. He cares deeply about the world and takes action to help make it

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  years at MIT, I was sure of it. I just needed to learn Linux first ... people wanted to use, we have escaped our destiny of being pigeon-holed as ... Hi folks, I know it's been forever since I've posted anything; I

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  in spurts and spasms, and it can hurt. The transition is not a straight line, it's a step function. And sometimes all you can do is just hang on ... (although I generally prefer to use the word tenacious), and I wasn't willing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  of the group -- because after all, if I can open someone else's eyes to ... clocks, one of which somehow reset itself to Eastern Time when I hooked it ... 'm so happy to be awake at 8-in-the-moooorning! Yeah, it's trash day

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  it took just as long as anything else takes because there's no way to ... , sometimes it's hard to remember (not because the moments are painful, just ... entry. It's amazing to compare how I act and write now with some of my

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  because ahh, it’s been so long, but I can’t think of what to write about ... that I am entirely sure what that does to your body other than that it’s ... whatever I want to think about and sort of developing truth independently of

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  was incredibly excited to take it, before I saw it was no longer offered ... of hers. She described to me how it was the first band she remembered ... 't used to these synth beats and these illustrious and dramatic music videos

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I sometimes don't ever get past the recall part, so I decided to outsource that ... Hello, world. It’s been awhile. Mostly because I’ve been swamped. It

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  fast as we can, do you think we will make it" - running, no doubt I used ... basketball confusing (it is still, to this day). How are you supposed to know ... a slight incline, but then it's quick dash down the straightaway for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  issues. It was hard to sleep on (bumpy) but we got some naps in. When the bus stopped it was 6 AM and nothing was in English. I took this to mean ... lady whose job it was to type up and print our badges. She takes one look

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  screenshot of my inbox and blog it (each of us thought this up independently ... see what's it's like, I'm trying to be a vegetarian for ... you want to see exactly what an MIT student does over the summer? There

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  Updates & Notes form. You'll use the FUN form to tell us your midyear ... deferred in EA. Can I call or email to find out why I was deferred? No. We ... to wait a little longer as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  to anything like it again. Yet, somehow, sophomore spring got even ... and personally, and it is hard in ways that are difficult to discuss ... assignments in on time. This semester, it has been week over week of trying to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  wit. He asked me if I’ve been to the UK before, and I told him that it ... international flight, make sure that it's properly activated. I had to do this ... anything else to say about this part of the trip. It was my favorite part

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  they wanted to write a musical, so they did. It was named for three words ... DETERMINED to be hardk0re that he sings a song about it, to the chagrin of a ... message of the musical can be summed up by the phrase "There's More to Life

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  quick lunch, then come back here to soak up the internet. And be lazy ... I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty sick of grad school interviews. I've been extremely lucky to interview at all of the top five programs in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  . This is my last week here, so I had to pay it forward. Issue is, bakeries ... bakery on the way to work.    I showered quickly, put on one of my ... . I suppose it’s also possible that I simply managed to speak more

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  tunnels have AC. You can walk from Lobby 7 to the Kendall T stop using only ... thought it would be interesting to look back at how many of these items I ... intramural soccer, which is nice since I used to play soccer pretty regularly

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  didn't finish it to a level of using it for tours, but it looked pretty ... -cambridge to pick up a desk that jeff bought from someone for $10. it's a nice ... , pulling out my phone to try and find the picture i took. it turns out it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  (to the extent that you can figure it out) now, because Omar is correct ... getting to experience to dorms for yourself - use it! Go in with the ... In response to my last entry, Drew asked: "So, how important is it

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006