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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  famous for "thinking out loud" on his corner of the web.) In that moment, I ... should also be reasonably well-versed in it. For me recently, the goal has ... friends, new line of work. In the first few months of adjusting to fast

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  , and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There's homework, lab ... least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to ... - and, for that matter, on me as well: tests, problem sets, untimely

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  in the world and being in an environment where people are always ... undetected concussions has become too prevalent in young athletes, and Ben, as a mechanical engineer, decided to address this issue by designing a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  for built-in excuses for not knowing what's going on!) I was born in ... , acting in plays and musicals for two years before I switched to the dark ... straightforward, actually - play some good music for people to enjoy while they work

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  resolve my issues for the night by taking it up to my room, effectively ... locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy show. We spent quality sister time together for a bit before I rode the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  thoughts into the mix. You know, for the record and all. Please keep in mind ... business of making "women in engineering" into a big issue just makes a huge ... . Another topic for another day.) In fact, even then...take it easy. I mean

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  the poster with the llama gets to be in the top half. +1 for the Pac ... I spend several minutes in and around Building 68 elevators most days ... giving the talk. Except, of course, for the many posters I see advertising

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  was held in Walker Memorial (Building 50) for new freshmen and their ... for $1.25 in about half an hour. Yeah, they were ridiculously happy ... , along the Charles River in a place called Cambridge, a bright

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  college essays, i was applying for random scholarships in a desperate effort ... one hour. one chunk of my day that i’ve set aside for writing because damn, i haven’t blogged in forever and it’s stressing me out (alongside a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  apartment for 3.5 years, after moving 5 times in a single year. I won a big ... 't get to walk in 2021 for my SB, I did get to walk in 2023 for my SM ... garden in Massachusetts. Even though we had already been engaged for months

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  before for renovation.[/annotation]  BIE (Burton-in-Exile) residents had ... courtyard trees were planted in September 1970 in time for the building ... -wide demand for the student owner of the motorcycle in the courtyard to move it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  one of my favorite areas in the city, and then stopped for Vietnamese ... getting to relax for the first time in a long while, with college ... . This is a one-time-use card for the Moscow metro I bought one day in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  allowing freshmen to live in this place?" Dave, I'm waiting for the ... cats and which floors are smoking floors in EC (EC's webpage doesn't seem ... "smoking" doesn't mean that you'll be submerged in clouds of smoke. People

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  computer in addition to their Air. Wait for SSD prices to drop, then look at ... external graphics card. Maybe in several years they'll be awesome, but for ... I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  for something I don't understand or do you mean "Techer" as in ... provide kids with the tools to develop their own fun and innovative toys in ... Time for some more questions: MIT App Mom asked: "Maybe it's just me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  in, work on their thing, and have mentors/staff around to ask for help ... 't regularly wear safety glasses go in for an MRI and have metal fragments ... , MIG in MIG welding stands for Metal Inert Gas or Mixed Inert Gas. The

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  days to account for the way Christmas, New Years, etc fall in any given ... to participate in just about any of them. There are for-credit classes ... 't expect any posts for awhile, but who knows. Maybe I'll squeeze in a real

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  block in Germany, and you will never pay more than three euros for one ... issues with pages 5 and 7..." a German in the same situation might say ... DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  meeting and defying cultural expectations. Provides tools for thinking about ... ) clubs I’ve been a part of (both by being in leadership positions, and in ... are slowly becoming an adult In part, the fact that so much of your

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  problems when it comes to research. I have only been working in labs for ... issues that appear in both Academics and Industry. Money: One of the ... . Basically, the end goal for a lot of people in biology is to become a PI

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016