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• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  , In Time ), and I have to decide how to spend it. MIT is a culture ... new opportunities (I'm sure many of you are similar). In the past, I ... go to. It's now evident how much MIT throws at its students. I'd be

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  seasons can be in New England. This is nothing short of a Monet, and it ... development in the United States, if not the world. It's like a New Yorker ... -spaced pages in Word later, everything made sense. Or at least I hope it did

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  a fearless innovator with “new and insightful ways to tackle ... project on visual image processing in the Schiller Lab. More recently, he ... polymers that can kill cancer cells. Berry may not know the exact ingredients

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  in me being asked to take a year off. If I came back, I had no idea how ... was my thing and I was making bank. But I can't tell you how many times ... journalism, how newsrooms function, and the science news coverage in daily

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  said and done, i feel better. but i don’t know how to do it in ... i’ve learned that people here rely on each other. in a greuling ... , not today” or lean their head towards me so i can ruffle their hair a

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  , first time driving in Boston, first time picking up my own rental car. I ... morning (which is to say that I switched to being nervous about waking up in ... in New Haven :0 Yale is very pretty, although very different from MIT

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  in my head. And now, that mental blog entry is here :) I was thinking about lab and about how these past few weeks in Bhatia Lab have taught me ... 've learned a little about life - and how to live it: 1. Tell the truth. I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• 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 ... 's people who've been in the industry for decades now. I can't imagine that ... a good company, or because things are in-person and I'm in a new city

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

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  similar talk those I've given at Maker Faires in the past, but new to the ... might be more useful, so I'm going to try to do it when I can. So: right ... , where I'm giving a talk about maker portfolios in our admissions process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  organized with academic work, but I still can't gauge how much time everything ... , I was involved in student government, MURJ, Assassins' Guild, Medlinks ... commitments - in addition to blogging. Not to mention I had just joined a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  semester where i am genuinely excited about all of my classes! i'm in: 14 ... cool, so i think i'll be alright. lots of calculus in both this class and ... notes and can confirm i am interested. CMS.307 - Critical Worldbuilding

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  can apply to up to 3 positions in the San Francisco, New York, Los ... company in midtown Manhattan. (Am I supposed to capitalize "midtown," New ... living. Mmm, I can go running in the park if it's not too snowy. Someone in

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  dream in which i miss[annotation note="i'm leaving in eight days, next ... is painted blue; i feel deliciously underwater."]open my eyes[/annotation]in ... in six minutes anyway. 9.24 - 9.35 am: i check my email and catch up

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  So I was wandering around facebook today and I discovered this new ... I can tell, they only make the problem more complicated than it ever ... asked: How much time does a sport at MIT really take up? I'm sure you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  : I am invulnerable to alarms in the morning, no matter how loud or ... want to admit how many first period tardies I had in my senior year of ... relaxing, and I stand in a very long line to get stir fry at New Vassar

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  for the portions. Still, how can I resist the prospect of a random three-mile midnight bike ride down Comm Ave? How can I resist new funnel cakes? IHOP ... year in college." --New England proverb A prize goes to the first person

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  how much I fucked up in the first half of the semester, and one month of ... I would, but perhaps the same life lesson can hit you in waves, each ... kind of control, I began walking in earnest, sometimes seven or ten miles

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  question. New York Apartments To Finally Be Hospitable Having lived in the ... , I have a largely different definition of how much living space is ... too far off and maybe I'll be able to afford it in my lifetime. Quantum

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... AM. Since I have the worst luck in the world, I had a serious case of ... get in on the action even if you think that throwing a pot can be

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  deduced that the problem lies in the wireless internet, so now I just can ... new school year, I saw V for Vendetta last night at the LSC (MIT's very ... one more class, which I am contemplating In other news, I moved into a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006