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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  (estimated by Mollie)? And how many of them watch TV frequently? It really ... a pretty generous designation for that rather sizable piece of ... -year-old brother, and I am the happy owner of a shiny new Sony Vaio! My new Vaio is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  before you come to MIT and get screwed over by the tsunami of work that is ... it already?) with lots of information about...things...To be honest, I ... much of it! ...Anyway. I had fellow Senior House resident Milena write

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  can increase your likelihood of success by being smart, or hard ... , so try not to compare.  Start by saving a few months of expenses for ... I filled it out by hand and mailed it with a stamp. I remember this

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  , actually. I am intrigued by the possibility of taking 1 second of video every ... self than my high school self. It's hard to tell if this is because of ... and then left a UROP, I worked all summer, I won a medal at Head of the

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  they need to be heard by more people. Here is her original post. This ... she does a beautiful job trying to express the ineffable. No amount of ... residents—we were notified of his death before the rest of campus was, early

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  I was five years old the first time someone accused me of witchcraft ... accused me of witchcraft, I was a sophomore in High School, tutoring a seven ... , from Harry Potter. Flattered, I tried to imagine that it was because of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  compeition. What kind of competition, you ask? A robotics competition, of ... event. The challenge is actually a game- two alliances of three robots ... goals on the ground as well as goals high in the air (hence the name of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  by that night. by the end of the night, it was clear that esp had to ... to class. i ate lunch with professor bucci, organized by the office of ... the time, so i knew most of the basics. the cuer’s voice tells us the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  given advice can be digested by the recipient regardless of whether or not ... attempting to understand language by lysing the words and fractionating the ... see"). That's how I feel about advice: it's something that's by nature

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  IAP is a wonderful time here at MIT, where the month of January is transformed into a mix of adventures, innovation, and learning.  I am spending ... as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  doesn’t make you feel like you’re sinking, and by telling you all of this ... one of my labmates has a friend from elementary school who was on the latest season of love on the spectrum. another labmate watched it and told

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  . 1 trending series on Netflix right now, garnered a lot of attention ... they deserve. I was, of course, hyped to watch it since I've never seen a ... obviously a huge step for Indians in Hollywood, but...yeah, it has a lot of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... honest, I won't be offended by anti-Jersey jokes at all. I understand and embrace that my state is one of the most-often bashed states in the country

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  described by its given name. 6. Tokyo is full of crows. Perhaps the residents ... it. >"< Last IAP, we had 3 hours of class everyday in the ... arranged by MIT. This IAP, I decided to follow the same format and seek out a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  try to go to grocery stores as rarely as possible. By the end of the ... drawback of the meal plan is the often poor food quality that varies by the ... on the presence or absence of dining (unless cost is an important

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  about now, right? How about forcefully regulating your heart rate by ... since you’re physically exhausted, you can’t mentally exhaust yourself by ... schedule for the remainder of your week, to take advantage of the adrenaline

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Design in Boston [By Doug '14] Events that showcase the creative capital in and around Boston.

  

  [By Doug Sanchez '14] After taking 2.97 (Design for People) I ... though of how everything around us was “designed.” I took 2.97 during IAP of 2011. I am currently more and more involved with classes that

  • by ARTalk
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  how you guys are doing by calling all 390 of the early admits (sometimes ... - there were periods of time when we'd have to wait to call some people back ... perspective of a current student.. yes, there are girls here..") So I was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I ... of this afternoon and evening sitting around the lounge, eating pizza ... , begun. Some of the freshmen even started doing problem sets. They're so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  , crossed the street, descended into the foliage by the Charles, and sat on a large rock. Bodies of water have an unwritten contract: if you look at ... scintillations on the surface of the river.  I was tired. This is unsurprising; it

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024