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• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  questions me: what would you say is the primary source of joy in your life ... research. the third one is fulfilling obligations. they all contribute to my ... obligations make me feel like i have weight in the world, like i’m not

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  . He is one of the few people to win a Nobel prize in the sciences ... Over the past three days, two MIT-related researchers have been awarded the Nobel prize, bringing the grand total to 63 faculty, researchers

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  this is that when it’s cold, it snows, which is pretty much the best. So ... , we were walking by the moat of the MIT chapel, which is just an empty ... -whose-temperature-usually-hovers-somewhere-between-the-sixth-and-seventh

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  maintain a balance between the two groups. The best way to get to know us is ... Festival! Although this is only one small entry in the extensive CPW listing ... promotional material that actually shows what we do, the Welcome Festival is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  thought there’d be more. So one of my jobs is being a tour guide for the ... fine. Weirdly enough it refused to concatenate the first video, which is why it’s separated from the rest. Anyway, here it is. It’s over 40

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 23, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  reasonable, I can order on my phone, all the food is vegetarian, and it’s one of the only nearby places open until 11:00 PM. This place is freakin’ perfect (which is why I don’t mind shamelessly plugging it on the blog). BUT

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  is one of the best things you can do to prepare for college. Not only ... As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is ... thing that dawned upon me was the concept of "average." Being average is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  DIII Tournament, which is pretty cool because it's the second time ever ... Undergraduate Research The sad part is, as much as I try to deny it, I think I ... is, well...being old, I guess? For example, 2.002 is the follow-up to 2

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  not difficult to overstate my enthusiasm. With the power of my Jedi mind ... , MIT is still honored with my presence. Also, schlepping through the ... travel rushes (think The Persistence of Memory, but imagine unfinished

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  One of my favorite of MIT's 500+ student groups is called the ... (LCS) is a student club dedicated to spreading the appreciation of ... is this video: Here's the article itself:      

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  , suspiciously asking the class to introduce itself and not talking about protein ... problem sets are not graded, and that the grade breakpoints are set before the first exam. However, this is without a doubt my hardest class this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  . Everything below is within walking distance of MIT -- and I'm not one of those ... The weather in the area has been simply glorious over the past week ... : very few of the photographs below are originals) Beacon Hill Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool ... repair. Lyle will also be teaching 7.341, Not Just a Bag of Enzymes: DNA Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying ... introduction to the blog to those of you just joining us. (I am NOT putting my ... people I know in various states.) So for the basics. My name is Mollie

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  This is Akash: Akash is the president of the Class of 2009 (like ... is that? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, of course! One ... to a showing of the new movie!" This is actually what he said. I take

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi Day Eve A doodle and some old advice

  

  quote into an outline of a shape. That is probably the worst explanation ever, but here is the thing I doodled and hopefully the thing itself will clarify: The quote is "you are braver than you believe, stronger than you

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  the ceiling of its main terminal. At least, I think that's what it is ... that just seemed like gross misuse of the Internet.) This is about how I ... ALBUM IS SO GOOD. DO NOT CHALLENGE MY WORD.) I just ate a sandwich and a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  those who felt the squadron did not provide sufficient evidence of their ... Darlington, Ernst and Fuhrmann traversed the nation to a gathering of exceptional cadets from the Arnold Air Society (AAS). This event, known as the

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  that this is not a statement about my entire high school. During my ... high school system is there is absolutely nothing wrong with being in the ... is nothing wrong with the middle class, there is nothing forcing

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  . another reason is, you know.... *vaguely waves hands* everything. the ... , the police brutality. another reason is much more tangential: just a ... with my friends, my diverse friend groups; i'm not the only black person

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021