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• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  . This place is hard, in all senses of the word. It cuts you to the quick. But it can be lovely, too.   When I first thought of this blog ... I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Events

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

  

  worth it to be in the presence of so many bright and thoughtful people on ... can agree to because we're all human. In a world divided along many lines, it's refreshing for others to embrace and impart a message that is

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  writing, and working, and meeting many people. I want to preserve it, like a ... much as I could before it dripped to the pavement. Once the ice cream ... proves that it is possible. And she does have time to go out for ice cream

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  assured that you can't find it in Boston. We made a trip today to my ... 've loved going to the zoo since before I can remember, and if I couldn't be a ... back to Pickerington while school was in session in three years, so it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  . This one can cut aluminum, foam, and wood. Using it requires special ... also foam and plastics) which we can use for our class projects ... ... ;) Where architecture comes to life with wood and more.Two afternoons each

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  use for everything else. Every morning, I would wake up and come down to ... starters. Sooooo many. And they all seemed to imply that it should be rising ... progress, I had to face it: my baby boy wasn't special and proving all those

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  beginning to punt in spectacular fashion), it was really refreshing to get a ... was less refreshing to do all this in one month, but so it goes. Here ... is hard enough), a fuel cell that could theoretically be used to power

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  happy to tell you more about it.  *     *     * You can learn a lot ... ’s attention, to tell him that it’s speech time. I excuse myself and go sit with ... 'm busy wondering how many people can say that they've talked to a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  , since it still has a few points which could use improvement. The MIT ... /hour to over 50,000." He is quick to note, however, that "of course, safety ... . His advice is to "take your passion and follow through with it to the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  required sections, however, it quickly turned to panic. What started out as a ... common ASC channel that other teams can use to contact each other, to be ... was tested, scrutinized, and pushed to its limits and after many

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... realize that you’re only going to be as good as you believe you can be. I ... ’t decided to mix in a whole tin of sardines, half a can of green beans, and a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  While I'm working on a longer post, I wanted to write a quick post ... give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Believe It, Then Don ... messages. Pay attention to it! Sending this message was important to us. We

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in ... what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I ... the best students they can, to making CPW such an amazing experience, to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  , in the sense that it didn’t used to be. screenshot taken from naubos na ... my summer at home, and that it would be nice to make some money. The ... thought it’d be nice to have a little more runway throughout the school year

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  being “open to people, places, methods, and ideas.” In order ... for all who desire it. Opened in the 1960s to improve education access ... . Staying true to its mission of promoting access to education, the OU

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  and Notes form. You'll use the FUN form to tell us your midyear grades ... , can accurately gauge your chance of being admitted to MIT. With that ... honest, so is the number of RA applicants who are admitted. It's hard to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  . maybe we're all floating stories about home to make us feel better. it can ... part of the reason why it's been so hard to write about what's been going ... i didn't know. with everyone gone, it felt closer to how i felt when i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  wanted to get into it, too, but honestly wasn’t sure how much time I’d have ... mobilize our generation, we can see it done. Last March GPI hosted the ... to people who could actually use that money just to fulfill their basic

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  . How can a college class bring me to tears just at mentioning it? Shame ... ?" And it always comes back to this: embarrassment. I am embarrassed, I ... consequences? No, I do not want to play chess. "You have to get used to losing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  this concept to the producer, she took it in stride. She asked more ... led to one of the most useful editing sessions I’ve experienced. I could ... language. I used a voice unlike the way I spoke day to day. I tried to make

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022