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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  SB '36, PhD '37, basically came up with the idea of using spectroscopy ... significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in ... sophomore year in 1935. Luckily for the history of organic chemistry, he was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  , and e-mailing me for my first year at MIT. It all started when I got a ... translated into "M.I.T." Then I got a dreidel and geld for Hanukkah and some kind of delicious Kosher jelly candy for passover, both stuffed into my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  ended up scrapping before the firing, for the sake of not cluttering my ... ’t actually get to pick up my pieces for another month or so, depending on the ... , and one-time workshops, I threw on the wheel for an average of eight

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  throwing the eraser up and catching it. Fortunately for the exercise, my ... , for whatever reason, really good at acting like an MIT student." Me ... enjoy it." Rational Part Of Brain: "You like sleep way too much for a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  was something I’ve been wishing for a long time: That I would wake up ... . He got really excited and we signed up for a more manageable race: a 10 ... a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  finally ended last Friday. I woke up for physics and then after emerging ... ! The next day I woke up bright and early for the first panel of the day ... (Apologies for not posting lately, life has been spitting in my face

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  up where they make you sit and drink lemonade and eat cookies for 15 ... I had all these entries planned for the next few days, but all of that is going to have to take a back seat in order for me to document to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  numbered stickers for each person they shot, going from 00001 and counting up ... for me, sure. I know how necessary they are. But I was really scared to ... me explain why. Make a guess for how many people got their flu shots

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  up, and learn from mistakes, too. I had to search for new options, and ... Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... . __________________________________  Part 1: Freshman Fall I’ve only been here for a semester, but things have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  , the biggest highlight of the conference for me was definitely meeting up ... into Lilly C. '17 at the conference, and she was willing to write up her ... Hopper Celebration is the largest conference for women in computing

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  later that the hike up to Jesus is infamous for robberies. Thank you ... Cambodia, at a center for children with disabilities. They felt particularly ... , and beautifully-preserved Spanish colonial architecture. For example

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  braids for the first time. Luckily, I got my hair done by another student ... hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it.  I went to Veggie Galaxy, a vegetarian restaurant on Mass Ave, for the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  , I struggle and search for the answer, using up all of the time ... behind. I know that I am not the only one. It is important to be up for ... , the removal of distractions, and knowing when and how to ask for help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  studied hard for the biology exam right up until the last minute, and passed with a [annotation note="woo!"] C-,[/annotation] but still this took up ... known for the [annotation note="the feeling of being overwhelmed by

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  ended up getting an honorable mention for our work with aligned.space. Go ... Celebration, a three-day conference for women in computer science. It was so ... really getting a feel for what is out there for me in the computer science

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  for shirataki noodles! I snuck in vegies in my dinners! And I actually ... ’t struggling to hold my water pitcher when it was full. The thought of getting up ... . My parents, in all their fear and love, were always there for me in

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

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  returned to me so far. I write up my psets for 8.022 and 18.701 Algebra I ... .022 Physics II pset, which was due yesterday. On the right is a scale for ... anyway. The paper was useful for recording data. We measured the height of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  pm but I had to be back in Boston by 5 to help set up for the MIT $100K ... TechCrunch DisruptNY 2016 was an absolutely amazing experience. For ... found out that you could obtain tickets for free if you participated and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  she felt bad; "you must be busy too! I feel bad for using up your time ... desirable, since you've been trying for hours already and can tell that you ... of MIT soon, so you might as well pack up your bags and go home now. As

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  So...the past few weeks have been CPW central for me - working on matching up all 1,063 of you coming this weekend with current student hosts ... shameless plug for the event I'm running! You all should definitely come to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009