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• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  prepared to find the new station. Usually when I'm in these situations ... in New York, oh that concrete jungle where dreams are made of. When I ... on rare earth elements, to be brief (more info in website!^^) If you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking ... dangling some brightly colored yarn in front of a hyper cat. I know it helped ... ="specifically the Google one it’s so bright and happy!"]Minesweeper[/annotation] in

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  't hold any of these quizzes to have any merit or influence in my life, but ... The Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala, a botanical garden in Sweden. It's very ... journaling as much as I've wanted, and I've slowly transitioned from writing in

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  looking for housing in New York over the summer for his internship, so I ... home to New York, which brought me to South Station early in the morning ... ; 6/3/23One last, long train ride later, we were back in New York. Where

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s already 2007. 2006 was ... black holes, established the new MIT-Madrid study abroad program, learned ... a new graduate dorm, pioneered a center for synthetic biology

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  Part I August 2020: I read a stray comment in the blogger slack that sets off a chain of thoughts in my head. Pulled by some force I can ... ="Am I black in America? Well, that's one of the things I'm thinking about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is ... in order to learn how to win at high school, college applications, and life.” In other words, to help you! From Jacob: “We believe that you

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  having to check maybe 10-15 packages on an average morning in the past, but on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of ... several textbooks from Amazon, and I was considering buying a notebook (the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  each year, and that it is the largest food festival in the country. On ... , we can smell the garlic. Love is in the air, and it doesn't smell good ... ice cream -- no one's going to buy it if another stand is giving it out

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done with the b.s. 4 years of mit by the numbers

  

  adjust to in-person MIT, classes for my major, a new dorm, mental health ... robotics research internship in the UK :)   433 units taken Over my ... classes number-wise to double major if I had taken them in the same area

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zero knowledge ^ not you after reading this post!

  

  cryptography protocols as circuits in circom; zk-snarks are a relatively new ... and new exploits, so it makes sense that this field in particular might ... of proofs are impossible, but when conducted in the right setting with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  never stop. As new projects piled up in my face, I was of course excited ... I’m standing in front of my presentation boards, trying to string ... mid-reviews sat three feet in front of me and I can already tell they

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Super Sketchy Background Activity the experiment, part 3

  

  , writing the lyrics, buying the green screen, and directing/starring in the ... Emily graduated in May, she did a [annotation note="new MIT Webtoon by ... (only two of whom knew each other) living in four different time zones and

  • by kellen manning
  • June 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  clubs were serving food at their first meetings in order to lure in new ... People in dorms with dining halls occasionally ask me, “So in East ... or make new friends at said events! this is also great because y

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  setpieces in New Zealand, and roadtripping to every national park in the US ... dream. And sometimes, even in spite of the photos, I’ll still wonder if it all actually happened. But it did. When you’re not actively making new

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  problem sets or 6.002 labs or running 20 miles or buying 843 dollars worth ... in history. Surely, Dr. Sarah Tabacco writing "NOT FLAT" in three-foot-tall letters thoroughly ingrained the structure of cyclobutane in my mind, and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing Two New MIT Students… ...classes of 2026 and 2028 respectively.

  

  you know I recently added a new member to our family. Miles Nathaniel ... ecstatic to hear, "Your Epidural is in." Upon seeing Miles for the first time ... toddler!" Yes, he's a very big boy. As we settle in with our newest bundle

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  The bloggers' old avatars were drawn by a talented professional in a recognizable and well-liked style. But some of us thought, what if we could do a ... a new, anti-cohesive style for the MIT Admissions blogs. We

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  conversations. I can't tell you how often I find myself having in-depth and ... . (Free admission! If you're ever looking for something to do in San Fran ... pasty white or what???) Another one of the very first things we did in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless ... shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three-bar package of Dial Gold My mother said, with the old Asian flair, "Don't buy

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009