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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that matter) makes me want to throw up or strangle the writers, it doesn't do ... Lausanne, Switzerland, where I've been living for the past 10 days. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  up or ease its descent. This two-football-fields-long concept airship ... cruise ship companies have expressed interest in the project, and for good ... -management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an airplane, allowing for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  Center for Biomedical Research. So I'm a) alleviating boredom, b) avoiding ... which are probably consumed by watching for your friendly neighborhood ... hopefully no one is looking for a grand unified theme. First, I would like to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  flakes became pretty big and fell for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, it ... a fireplace (even if it is boarded up and non-functional, as are most ... month, yay for IAP). - The record low for November is 8 degrees and the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary). Well, as far as MIT goes, I don't think that's true. For one thing, we ... recitation is not the person lecturing. For instance, I have 5.60 lecture three

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  idea was that??) (Note: to look up the link for 5.60, I had to go to the ... find Chemistry in the C's rather than the F's -- for five, the chemistry ... -- sort of. They've been on hiatus for the past few years, and they

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  ) Classes MIT Geocache Photo Exhibit Food for Thought Beyond the Library ... complete list) come and set up booths in Johnson, and students can choose ... companies are looking for students in your major, and for what kind of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  off for mental health -- from school. (To be honest, Mom likes to play ... expensive ($48? for a throw pillow?), and c) Adam would hate. I headed back ... reminded me that I needed to come pick up my cute new cheerleading t

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  gained international recognition for discovering three of the largest known ... for Undergraduates, Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy ... and the atmosphere, cleaned up the data, and then compared the stars

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  than for some young researcher to be tagged "the new Einstein," so don ... do with his own achievements than the media's need for heroes. But maybe it's more than the media's need for heroes. Perhaps it is the next

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  egalitarian in that way. We really want to do our best for the students and parents who attend these meetings, to really make them worthwile. For ... lot!) and/or those that are members of the National Consortium for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life in the Fast Lane why do i walk so fast?

  

  ’s a college student thing, maybe it’s just an “I grew up in laid ... . Everything at this institution feels like it has to be hyper-optimized for time ... from a bustling city, or a fast-walking family. But for me, that ticking

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 29, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear ... that I got exactly what I was looking for. Amongst adjacent adventures, I ... other circumstance. Do I regret it? No, not at all. For every bridge

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  if I was going to go on some grand tour. I only ended up going to like ... nothing else in it, so I decided to fill it up with things that I've seen ... "Make Way for Ducklings" statue[/caption] The "MIT Bubble" is definitely

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  was he hoping for something more? While Mike was a nice dude, I wasn ... ’ll invite our mutual friend Bob too” or showing up while leaning hard into the ... up in person and talk about it,” I messaged him. The next day, we

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  was a little room for sadness to creep in around the edges: as my room ... into casually in the kitchen or the lounge. And the lasts piled up: Last ... senior friends showed up to that last party, and I'll admit I was more than

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  resolutions for this semester is to blog more so I figure it’s as good an ... this post, I was sitting in my room in New Vassar, waiting for the sushi ... "]serotonin[/annotation] is absolutely unmatched. I went outside for a walk today, which was

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  stay afloat. My eczema is flaring up due to stress and my diet bounces ... constantly. I wake up at 9 am and work until around 11 pm, and then I go to bed ... that I haven't yet found a rhythm that works for me in terms of finishing

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  redefine my values and stand up firmly for what I believe in. I had to learn ... my fall schedule. Of course, for me, all of this was happening in ... academics, because for the first time in my life I wasn't a top student. I had

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  the bigger half for later. We trekked up a path and found a bench near ... so you can get a spot on the middle deck for the best views. (I arrived ... hanging out there for a bit, we headed towards the other side of the island

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020