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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  ?" etc etc) I've gotten more exposure to politics than I ever had in my life. This is the first year I've been old enough to actually vote, and though I realized there were other ways to get involved without actually

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  to fill the sea so that you could walk across the Atlantic dryshod on ... erosion of diversity that appears to be accelerating on a global scale. This ... fish and seafood species are projected to collapse within my lifetime

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  So much has happened since my last entry, it seems impossible to catch up. First off, our hearts go out to everyone at Virginia Tech. While I can’t imagine what it must be like to face such a tragedy, I think I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  you begin to spread yourself too thin? As a prospective MIT student, you have probably realized that there is an “Activities” portion to the ... extracurricular activities in an effort to fill this section. NOTE: the application

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  Office/Grey's Anatomy, and went to four hours of straight classes followed ... long since my last entry, but also, my parents will be calling to see if ... . (I mean, I...) Phillippe wonders: When do freshman get to see the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  reference to Cambridge and its neighbor Somerville) The weather here sucks ... relevant to my story. Saturday night, I was going to Rax '04's house because ... student at Caltech) was in town and going to be there. I like Anna, and with

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  Arts] If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing ... as scholarship opportunities to take private lessons in voice or an instrument. 1. Do you have to be a music major to perform in MIT's ensembles

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  I think FUN would be a good way to describe this weekend. THURSDAY Thursday night, my friend Diana and I went to a free showing of Forrest Gump ... The Patriot which is a movie I have yet to see in it's entirety

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  hard it is to write good blog posts. Thankfully, you don't actually have to write good blog posts; you only need to have the appearance of ... preview of what you're discussing. What better way to do this than with a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  our energy is going to flow in, so when you're doing magic, you want to keep your mind as single-pointedly focused on whatever you're trying to accomplish as possible.” it took me another viewing to realize that much of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  Being a blogger is a bit of a weird job. Your only task is to write ... expressly intended to be published on the internet for thousands of people to ... what blogging is like, how the job works, and how it feels to be famous

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  internship, so I’m starting to figure out what types of companies, working ... the closest I ever got to be consistent. I also made an effort to eat ... ’t struggling to hold my water pitcher when it was full. The thought of getting up

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  than gratitude” is a refrain commonly attributed to anne frank, but wikiquote and other sources have been unable to locate it in any of her ... -checking?)[annotation note="to be fair, the exact wording could differ between translations

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  sported a brass-colored bob that I can now admit was ill-suited to my skin ... university I attended, but he clarified he wanted to know where I was from. “I’m from Oregon,” I said, which was my usual response to this question. “No

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  music is really important to me. i swear to god, without Spotify, i ... playlists is one of my favorite things to do, so i decided to create a ... May. the rules for adding to this playlist were very limited—i mainly

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  Last week, I was lucky enough to get to see something very unique ... Boston and Cambridge from 21 floors up (we had to take TWO elevators). The ... to keep out the wind and rain but be permeable to radio waves. They

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  November was … read until the end to find out

  

  fun things that happened. So we decided to write lists of each ... in the semester, and covers all the material up to that point (which ... final. To be honest, it felt a little worse than a final because it was

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 29, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  amazing program and a huge part of my life. However, it’s hard to understand ... wanted to answer some of the questions I get the most, and provide specific ... . Basically, it’s training to become an officer in the U.S. Military. ROTC gives

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  supposed to take is less than the actual number of units, although it’s a bit ... , you might ask? Well, firstly, I need to graduate, and since I began considering a Spanish minor, I’ve had to backload them. Secondly, it makes me

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  was tested, scrutinized, and pushed to its limits and after many ... heavy or dirty it seemed, and we began the long drive to Hastings ... , we were ready to begin. The American Solar Challenge is a biennial

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018