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• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Maxwell's Equations in a Vacuum. Certain events, however, tend to stick out ... biology notes in a sleepthirsty stupor and was preparing to dive into ... lounged in line for around an hour to rebook a flight. As of this posting

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

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/17, at 12:17 PM EST who are you

  

  . As soon as you log in, you will receive your decision, so make sure you are ready!  In order to verify that you will receive a decision ... , I wanted to duck out for a moment to let you know that, as the title

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  a very intimate setting and an extraordinary opportunity to really get to know about a company. I was seated at a table with three other ... set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  to the process. At MIT, Sid is completing a double major in Biology ... For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned ... microspheres that can potentially be used to develop a cancer vaccine. Genetic

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  ’m inclined to participate in a three-hour challenge that the upperclassmen set ... scavenger hunt! What’s that, you may ask? Well, Tetazoo is a floor in East ... sprained me knee bringing around a blanket and asking strangers to join

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  -http://web.mit.edu/glasslab/sales_labsales.html) Luckily, my suite-mate Evie got in this class -can't wait to see what she ... where near comfortable on ice. Here’s a chance to change that. You might wonder why I should subject myself to something @ 10 AM four days a week

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  've been planning to throw a small get together in Loop lounge, inviting some ... online portion, haphazardly completing it to get a glorious score of 27 ... would easily drop whatever they're doing to help a friend in need, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  a fire alarm and have everyone in my dorm freeze to death in the ... scarves arriving in a box that literally said “CHEMICAL TEXTILE” in big bold ... ”. Short of having her come to MIT and feel the fabric herself, there was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  a "Counselors College Fair" (I may have even said hello to your ... once a year they gather for a conference. This year's conference was in ... a blog is, and 2) how blogs can be used to demystify the admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  into our backs at the end of every term and I didn't want to go out in a ... of the world was overcast, but somewhere in the Pacific Ocean a cruise ... Longfellow bridge was evacuated. A patrol boat crisscrossed from one bank to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

  ] Overall, I am really falling in love with the city. Granted, I am getting a ...  not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP. Somewhat anticipating Spain was going to get canceled before it actually did

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to ... . In this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words, so I'll let

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first ... lives in Simmons. She plays cell in MITSO, wants to be a comedian ... , in this case Chris Su - met to choose new bloggers who will be joining

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in each member of ... institution’s mission aligns with your own goals for the future, in addition to ... I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  awesomeness Interseting story: My mom was seated on the plane next to a couple with a newborn baby. They all (well, except the newborn) chatted about ... , where she plans on taking a short break so she can nurse her daughter

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  . Whenever I get stuck on my work, I like to find a new place to study. The ... yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither goal. Never fear, I'm taking another semester in the fall to finish my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  one and stuck it in the pan, then rotated the first one to a second face ... + classes), or else you're considered to be taking a light load. ... all sides. It's difficult to brown the meatballs evenly in the skillet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  ." At MIT, she is getting a minor in writing, loves poetry, and participates in the concert choir. Finally, in the future, Emily plans to get a ... to be in attendance. Emily's connection to outer space is not the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  significance to me, because that's actually where I became a U.S. citizen :) In ... In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  Premiere. Ring Premiere was tonight, in Kresge Auditorium. There was a huge ... . Admittedly, this line partially formed because the first 300 in line got a free ... constant fight to achieve balance in our social and academic lives. Athena

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006