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• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  sometimes not. 18. Being afraid to ask for help is a very major handicap. 19 ... important. 23. It's wonderful to be perfectly content in the company of just ... give me enough alertness to get me through the rest of my day... plus it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to ... , here's what you're going to be working on.' Even if it's a really cool ... they want to leave the sciences and go into banking or consulting. This

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2 ... invited as well as the students who went over to MIT last year. Cambridge ... 've got to say I would've rather served myself instead of being served. We

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  , which ends with To be or not the choice seems clear enough but Hamlet ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that ... of "tickets" to be able to do the thing you want to do, you have to

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  “research.” I will now reveal to you the coveted secrets of landing a ... people seem to find UROPs not through the online list but either through ... disillusionment, even after you pack your suitcases to the acceptable airline limit

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  responsibility to articulate the transformative impact that they should be having ... their aspirations. Even though the challenges faced vary from role to ... to the whims of a transactional public who view education solely as a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  , and tried not to think about the fact that we'd been in the car for ... fellowships (AHHHHHH!!!!!!), and said goodbye to the NRAO, and the building in ... from his apartment to his car. We drove to the McCormick Public

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... fun models, from the traditional orizuru (paper crane) to Christmas ornaments. I was amazed by how the satisfyingly geometric creases gave rise to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  with her graduating owner, and another named Ferris who had to be put to ... allergies to make necessary arrangements. Since we have five now, the hall chairs (a couple of hall residents who are the liaisons to house management

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  Massachusetts will vote to repeal or keep the law. As a transgender woman, my ... Transgender Anti-Discrimination”. In essence, the bill says that you can’t be ... MIT and it’s wonderful people. MIT is such a great place to be queer! I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  will, soon), but somehow I couldn't resist the urge to write an entry ... the last problem sets I will ever do as a freshman, which is a pretty awesome feeling. All that's left to finish up this semester is the final

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots Here's how I spent my summer.

  

  of a blogger's life, having so much to blog but not enough time to write about it ;)  But summer's winding down now.  The time has come to ... designed to be used for research on topics like flight formation and docking

  • by Piper '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  , being an actress in VagMo was not particularly taxing. We didn’t have to ... different reasons. Some wanted to be part of the VagMo community, others ... well. I thanked C for being awesome and promised to return to the class a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  : you should probably not expect to marry the person you broke the ... . 2023 is the year of the dog, we said; 2024 will be the year of the ... [/annotation] to summit Liberty Bell via the Beckey Route. We did not succeed. After

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  character in Garry Trudeau's popular Doonesbury comic strip, will be coming to ... the total votes, thanks to what the official Doonesbury Web site called ... 32 percent of the votes, and 19 percent of the votes went to Cornell

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  I have nothing but analysis left to do for the last Junior Lab experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go ... screwed as I thought I was. To celebrate w/ me is the MIT cheerleading squad

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  starting to be on the radar of people I knew. But there’s a pretty clear ... Linktree has a few links to my different donation incentives. It’s the first ... a famous photo of me in the news. I don’t want to post it directly

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  opportunities to learn about nanotech. Given the vague definition of the term ... exposure to the field. I’ll try to give a brief overview of some nanotech ... department, researchers in the Lang Lab use a laser “tractor-beam” to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  me. Maybe it could help you too? Minesweeper Okay to be fair I’m not ... think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking ... the months leading up to decision day. I could play with absolutely no

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  So tonight, I'm going to watch my friend Timmy '06 and the rest of the MIT Musical Theatre Guild put on Star Wars: The Musical. I'm kind of excited being a Star Wars fan and all. I'll give my review of the

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005