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• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  first voyage of sorts was to find food which is probably one of the ... much looking around, and to my surprise, the place was great. A little ... Pizza Now here in the US, I've heard this pizza referred to as a "Blonde

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  suggest you pick the school you most want to attend and just mull over the ... to college is as meaningful for you as it was for me. A big part of the ... application I had a pretty solid game plan: Stress band, life in the country

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  the reasoning behind it is crucial. as Nisha mentioned in her blog ... how to be an independent person in your first semester at MIT is ... team bonding events because I would stay in my partner's room most of the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  the technical shapes them. The internet, in particular, is an artifact ... about CMS/W - and much of SHASS, actually - is the opportunity it provides ... one of the best places to do it. I think you can see this theme in many

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm ... in front of the blackboard to comfortably enjoy the Logs as they ... people like him at MIT. I consider myself very lucky to be in the company

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  of the problem with Christianity today, in this speaker's view, is that ... reflect some recent letters to the editor which had been published in the ... in the universe?" pointed to it, and asked "can science answer this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  to the effect of I know every area code in Massachusetts and that is ... , I was not the most fun person from the months of January to March of ... the excitement lied in the fact that I was not expecting to get into MIT

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  updates cook or get cooked - summer boston edition

  

  you learn a few things in this class, but mainly: what is the formal ... half of the semester, which is Quantum I, because I want to learn quantum ... the semester. The content in topology is quite beautiful. Topology is

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 30, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  to these people is academic record especially in the case of ... much" in my opinion as compared to the things selection committee sees ... in applications, and the class council does some magical process to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  that is actually going to do good things in graduate school, mostly ... [/annotation] how much writing I’ve done in just the past month for classes ... journal. The author, in fact, is Albert Einstein, and the paper is “On the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  to change the world in the same breath. I’ve never met anyone who ... to be one of the most important sources of conflict. If his idea proves ... students to address some of the world’s most challenging problems

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  of FIRST is, in the words of Wikipedia, to "promote a philosophy of ... , before most students now applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST ... to qualify for the Championship Event in Atlanta. But the competition

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  is ready for the birthday boy to be let back in. The cupcakes are ... pretty much one of the most popular guys on campus. (Not that we don't love ... . Conveniently enough, my UROP is in Building E25, almost right next to Senior Haus

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin

  

  . She also really likes to lie in the sun, which I do as well, so when I ... complete diva and is the most humanlike dog I know. He will sigh really ... believes he is the #1 priority and deserves space. He sometimes refuses to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 13, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  because the positive things I want to write seem to take too much effort or ... -control to only let the emotional floodgates open a little. I apologize in ... to a sense of motionlessness, that progress for women in the workplace

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  most of it is pretty mundane. The author of MIT Reuse Poetry takes Reuse ... Wars republic commando (this reuse pile is cashing in on the latest Star ... "I got it on Reuse," people say, with the emphasis in the word

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs turn twenty 👴🏻 the posts start coming and they don't stop coming

  

  It is a venerable tradition of the blogs to begin a post by ... celebration to a puzzling punctuation in the calendar. Hmm! I say to the mirror ... this, and so much more?— When the blogs were created in 2004, the i

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  's speech because you have too much homework to do. It was cool, though. The ... 'll already be in Germany. The German Requiem is a really amazing piece of ... DID YOU KNOW? Resistance is measured in Ohms, which are represented

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  residential exploration, but without a residence on burton conner culture continuing to thrive

  

  about our history and traditions is crucial to sustaining the culture we ... in apartments since the start of the pandemic. we aren't able to gather ... the most incredible experiences of my freshman year. i was so excited to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  An MIT Acronym Quiz how many can you decode?

  

  to learn, and it's a bit like being dumped straight into the deep end ... to write down all the acronyms I've learned here. I thought it might ... .) Disclaimer: These are just the acronyms that stick in my mind personally, and I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 21, 2026