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• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  lull me to sleep so that I can repeat it all again in the morning. At ... excuses like "I'm dumb." Because it's far easier to say you can't do ... reassurances my friends give me, I can't help but feel as if it's all one big

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  A week ago today, I turned 20. It occurs to me that something weird ... fantastic amount of energy to create a universe.” ^ I'd give it an 8. Maybe ... " to help my friend pop his arm back into its socket. ^ A 9, until the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  much I can add to my system before overheating. I quickly discovered that ... yourself to elevate another part. It's making sure that you can balance and ... arrow goes from the nucleophile to the electrophile. Enantiomers can't be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  and loves talking about it so I wanted to give her the platform to do so ... to check it out. My first introduction to RT was at CPW. One of the ... switching gears to their independent mission of going to space. Even cooler, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  . Can't really take it while I'm skating in North Carolina? Here's a ... studying for the 6.006 exam. I arranged to take it on Monday, but I knew I ... that night as well, it took over an hour (and $100) to get to the ice

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  , but that doesn’t do all that it used to, when I was taking them out ... begging   I think it is too soon to be counting the months. I think ... want him to.  (though come to think of it that particular character

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  decent background in calculus, I would be able to get through it quickly ... drinking it every night because I quickly found that it was a great way to ... —shoutout to Selena and Sarah—mostly so I can spend some time away from my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  quickly. it's kind of been something that's occupied, maybe four to eight ... .i can't talk about it too much because spoilers, of course. the hunt is ... be good at getting to know people and being friendly and stuff. but it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to ... shoot me an email, and I can forward it on to her. Watch the videos! You ... those things - and a Truman Scholar as well! I got a chance to interview

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  week, I arrived on campus full of that fear, which quickly seemed to be ... people. It was on a whim that I decided to sign up for sorority ... Counselors played loud music to hype us up, I refused to have any hopes. It was

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  to babble incoherently and to hilarious effect. It's a useful skill ... Harvard to learn Swedish (with the sole intention of using it find a ... is hard enough), a fuel cell that could theoretically be used to power

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  ice, and as I left for Switzerland, I used that time away from it all to ... the most of it while I still can, to take it moment by moment — and dare ... physically. I had intended to withdraw, but skated through it anyways. That

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  two towns are great if you want to relax, and Somerville especially can ... children is so rare on a college campus that it's refreshing to see them ... Welcome to my seventh and final(!) tourist-y post. Previously, I have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  So it's Nobel Prize week, and this year, MIT has been able to add another name to it's list of professors, affiliates, and alumni who have won Nobel Prizes. This year's Chemistry Nobel Prize has gone to Yves Chauvin

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  , "The Man With The Screaming Brain," and what better place to premiere it ... her after every trip to Boston, and has found it almost impossible to ... green line to Haymarket and check it out at its original location (11 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  quick recap of how the semester's gone for me so far since I've wanted to ... despising the class, purposely skipping classes and dropping it with ease, to ... ability to learn, no matter how difficult the content may seem, and it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  and procrastinatory, I decided to tell myself I was going to do it and ... that I am too lazy to use <ul> and whatnot): -Talk to sponsor ... wasn’t one of my intentions. However, I can’t say now that I regret it at

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  a 'lay explanation', i.e. to describe it to us as you would to an ... ISEF, then you can learn more about it and look for an affiliated fair in ... Two weeks ago I flew to Pittsburgh, PA, to attend the Intel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  -14: Bae-Area Bloggers I'll arrive this afternoon, try to grab a quick coffee ... couldn't build it, but I volunteered to provide the vocals, and so ... breakfast while rfong presents how to eat it; also, an Anastassia selfie of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  Press about our Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones. According to Google ... , from rural Saskatchewan to southern Mississippi. Most prominently, it ... officials have been slower to see it as a problem -- though, finally, that may

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006