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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  , but knowing what I know now, I wouldn’t give up the community I have for ... reputation, especially for us nerds. In particular, as a multiracial woman, I ... cannot speak for other schools. It is entirely possible that many

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  -Centimeter Pillow and block-printed Feynman diagrams for the four primary Higgs production mechanisms. (I'm a physics nerd; not gonna apologize for that ... can do here. Thanks to Lauren for letting me post this. Oh, and it

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  for her thesis before she starts medical school (she's up to her ears in ... 've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for ... this to the MoS staff member responsible for renting the facilities, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there ... my German dorm for this summer, laundry costs about half a euro per machine, but can only be paid for using a special laundry card, which can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  suffering for him to feed on, so we wake him up with a huge party that ... " mold. Basically, West Campus mocks East Campus for being "weird" and East Campus mocks West Campus for being "normal." Good fun all around, and I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Blog] What It’s Like Studying Design at MIT Recounted by two seniors

  

  body, so we hope that this blog can be a thorough resource for ... course number for design is 4-B, and it exists as more of a sibling of ... for short), and students can certainly take it in more of a fine arts

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 4, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  lin-manuel miranda scares me my final paper for an MIT class about musicals!

  

  ’t shut up about"]Hamilton[/annotation]. It was the first music I’d ever ... note: did you know that MIT is a world-class school for humanities as ... the top-10 U.S. universities for humanities” sense. not that rankings

  • by Allison E. '27
  • May 24, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  For most of the semester, I've lived and breathed in the ever ... 've been blessed. Can't remember the reagents for the reaction you have in ... " is unfavorable for a few reasons: 1) it's as cringe as it is cheesy,  2

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  Shout out to the MIT VPN for helping me climb the Great Firewall. Facebook and google are banned, but for some reason Facebook Messenger still ... summer--researching at the Media Lab and going to Ethiopia for the water

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  spoilers for the movie arrival (and by extension, the novella story ... sleep normally for several weeks afterwards, probably because of affection ... ’d agreed to break up when i’d asked him to, it would’ve been fine, and it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  frantically around the floor with David '08, aka DTemp, a photographer for the ... biggest suite on the floor, so it's a pretty central location for people to ... proportion of them." "So with these goals in mind, we set out for the local

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  2008 as official inventors for Hasbro with Hasbro picking up the tab. We ... comfortably in a bus designed for twice as many people as we had) and chatted ... trademarked name uses all capitals for TOY FAIR) is one of a few major toy

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  . You can't stop us. I’m fairly convinced that nothing can, except for the sweet and eventual embrace of death that comes for us all. But, at least for now, I’m not too worried about that inevitability. Some things have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  desire to stay in academia at least for a while yet. Hearing me talk, he ... in favor of sticking with science, which, for me, was an accessible and ... note="I wonder how that'll hold up with inflation"]$20, 20 years from now

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where ... a question, look for the answer in a post like this rather than within ... ?" I am! You can see the schedule for the entire MIT Office of Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  so up until the very end. i know this is a foolish endeavor from a ... even if i don’t end up becoming friends with the person telling the ... empirically speaking it seems like i’m equally good at picking up both kinds of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  instinct was Method 2, you'd also show a natural talent for parallel parking ... up until you're perfectly centered. (By the same reasoning, people who ... pairs. Or triplets. Or where n-tuplets, where n = n+1 for every time that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  anyone who could come up with the best demonstration of chemical wit. My ... challenge. I found him the next morning shacked up in the Athena cluster. "What are you doing?! We have to study for our final!!" "QUIET. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  's true for yourself. So sometimes I like to shake up the class that way ... .02 (Electricity and Magnetism) subjects that most all MIT students take to giving up ... of the transcription for clarity and/or space saving Introductions

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  , being the head chef for the “Night at the Art Gallery” pop-up was ... ” of coming to the US for college, getting disappointed by MIT dining ... way I do. I cook because it is the perfect hobby for a busy lifestyle

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023