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• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  something in our lab?" "Take vitamins!" "You don't eat enough food!" "Eat ... . They scare me, but I take them because I can hear my mother in my head ... me of analyzing what is in the foods I am eating and determining which

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  your application will know you in a way you might not have known yourself ... person In other words, MIT wants to see from your application that you ... on it again in your application. will like it here. Are you social

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  most popular intersection in the dorm. If my door is closed my room is as ... beautiful light purple that glowed orange in the sun. Unfortunately the paint ... favorite things in my room. On the left wall above (click for a larger view

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  In the middle of 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) lecture, 16 men dressed in ... : Turn in reports. Turn in 18.03 pset. 12:05pm-12:55: Lecture for 5 ... Shakesperian love sonnets, in full 14-line iambic pentameter. So: as a few of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  In the past three months, my relationship to cooking has swerved from ... too much work to do, or hilarious mistakes in my problem sets, or what ... rhapsodize about a slice of sweet, crunchy red apple dipped in balsamic vinegar

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  absolutely the right decision. I took three classes in my major this last ... prompt me to work really hard in it) but it was hard enough to keep me humble about my test results. In 2.004 I was getting 90-95 percent on the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  perfect time to catch up on schoolwork and then get ahead in classes, if you ... leave my computer. In Next, wings are halves of floors, either the East or ... cold night was great. And now, for the first time, pictures in my blog

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  1702, Bologna, Italy It's late in the afternoon, and the sunlight is ... up!" An attractive young woman clad in a white cotton dress nudged the ... Painting in a written Composition discussing both the Merits and the Flaws

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  works. In some respects that's tricky to answer, but I can give it a shot ... getting your big packet in March you come to CPW and get to explore all the ... , you get to choose your dorm. You rank all of the dorms in order that you

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  Hey everyone! My name's Allison.Well, I officially arrived in Boston ... Providence to Boston (I'm actually from San Diego, but our plane landed in ... decided to roam around the campus for an hour. Of course, I ended up in the

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

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

  

  's Anonymous," which listed the following description in the IAP guide: "A ... well versed in Judaism, Eastern religions, and Christianity. Regardless ... believe in things described in the Bible like the sun standing still, Sodom

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  brass plated in the MIT Lab for Metallurgy. Just kidding! ('ll be here all week, bah dam ching!) But, in all seriousness, the Ring Committee really ... recognized rings in the world (and no animals were harmed in the manufacturing

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  (in however limited a capacity) with the difficulty adults face when ... -oriented things once in a while. :-) We've had some prefrosh on hall and around ... have some faith in the process, remember that admissions officers are

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  I’m still learning in college is how to spend my limited time and energy. In the beginning of freshman year, I was having a lot of trouble ... pugh charts comparing all the things I was involved in at MIT and Rocket

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  intense – in addition to simulating our designs in software, almost everything in 6.2050 is built into physical hardware. Plus, my advisor ... , but it has also been one of the most rewarding. In just a few short

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  in the heart of the Frank Gehry-designed Stata Center, the icon of architecture of MIT's campus, lies a pub. it opened in 2004 and was used for at ... stumble across. in my time, I've heard it being used for parties, scavenger

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  also clearly note where spoilers begin and where they end.) 1. Voices In ... with my posts until I deem it cringe"] Song:[/annotation] Voices in my ... , imposter syndrome just sort of, exists. It’s a voice in the back of my head

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers

  

  've been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how ... … Xian: I used to worry about being the oldest intern in our cohort, since ... , it's not like you're the oldest person in the company by any stretch

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  of your life) i. people who haven’t been in relationships tend to think the hardest part is initiation. as in, everything would work out if ... everyone who has been in a relationship agrees that maintenance is orders of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  Over the summer, I’ve centered on a fear that I have in graduate ... happen. I’ll write some paper, it (hopefully) gets published in some ... some point in my grad school life, I’ll have to come up with ideas and be

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021