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• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  do my part for the statistic that 90% of students have had a UROP by ... by semester or department and search for keywords. ((Side note: It ... first one that came up absolutely blew my mind, because the second I read

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  the noises of the world, even for just a couple of minutes. It’s almost ... can happen if you just feel it in your bones. I for one see shapes that ... . Walking up the steps after getting off at Harvard Square and being greeted

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  there and felt my stomach sink. Wait, really? High school was easy for all ... process, like anything else. You get up. You move on with your life. You ... junior college their first two years, for example, and do very well. In

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  week has been really tough and really strange for everyone on campus, and ... searched for the Boston Globe article that i knew would have been written. i found it. i read it. and then i searched for the MIT admissions blog post

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  offer a statistic for those of you obsessing over the "chance me" threads ... - instead, check out Chris S.'s awesome entry. The essays are a chance for ... what I love, I - for better or worse - took it rather literally, and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  for any mice expressing an extended circadian period but otherwise ... -and-dirty method of looking for a mutation, the most obvious one being the sheer ... it as both an "epic fall" and an "epic fail." He also laughed at me for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  homeland. The reason for the commentary is a proposal to clamp down on binge ... ending some cheap drink promotions and making some retailers help pay for ... Kane '11 Freshers week means just one thing for most first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  people who can’t locate Tibet on a map would clamor passionately for ... shirt. Did they know who he was? Did they understand the principles for ... : “My stomach turned as I stepped foot for the first time into Ma

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch the Tea with Teachers Video Series! and learn about the wonderful students behind it

  

  fascinating. Watch them below! I wanted to blog about TwT for a while, and ... close connections with professors for graduate school reference letters. I ... us in many ways. What we want most is for people to watch the videos

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  person living nearest me whom I've known for the longest—I think we've been friends for four or five years now. The first observation he makes upon ... , especially if they're someone you haven't seen for a while. Tumaba ka ata

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  Perseids. In the end, I didn’t see a single meteor and ended up crying a ... a Hong Kong university campus for MIT's IROP research exchange program ... 'm already stressed about finding an internship for next summer. Shaking all

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  life for over 7 years, ever since I started writing my own fantasy books ... school for me. Then, while visiting I saw how students were meshing their ... world. That’s my goal for the next four years and beyond. In lots

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Class Projects

  neutrality isn’t about objectivity—it’s about who has the power some words on facebook trending topics, and also net neutrality

  

  revelations undermine any presumption of Facebook as a neutral pipeline for news ... place for the review team to ensure consistency and neutrality." John ... . ... Calls for more public accountability...can only proceed once we completely

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 20, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  of your choice. Also, I'm kinda trying to hype myself up over the ... there are new topics I've learned, and I'm very grateful for that. I took ... ), so it made sense for my teacher to present it this way

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  fell asleep, though, dreams took over. On occasion, I would wake up from ... world that the random firing of my neurons had created for me, but, for ... , for the most part, the words I said were helpful—that I was capable of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  (I wrote this entry after spending three months working in Tokyo for ... that sets you up with internships abroad and funds your entire trip - but ... patriotic?)(Oh, alright. Duh. President's Day.) (For those of you who don

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  stretches for your hamstrings and calves, and then climb to the top of the ... four-course home-made dinner made for me, and one evening, I learn to ... for three hours per week. Non-MIT-related hobbies include "birding

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  tasty avocado. *My roommate found a box of 50 avocados for $3 TOTAL in an ... . I always feel guilty putting up an entry with no pictures, so randomly ... one of those days, only with a break for blogging. So here's how

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! Check your MyMIT account 24 hours from now for next steps for admitted students. But for now, go celebrate!      

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! Check your MyMIT account tomorrow morning (around 10AM ET) for next steps for admitted students. But for now, go celebrate!  

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2016