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• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  's right there in my pset, how cool is that?? I just know my friends thought I had ... and big questions, and I like the feeling of challenging my brain in new ... Last time I wrote a blog about my academic life, back in November, I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  trip to New York was the smartest decision I could have made. So I ... the leaders from the other Impact chapters in the New England area. The ... introduced to, Oliver. Main Entre: I hopped on the redeye MegaBus to New

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  even broader. If I can get into some of the top schools in the nation ... difficult work or of new research areas. It means daring to dream that I can ... to learn new skills and think in new ways. I then proceeded to spend

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  inexhaustible variety of life). Floating in Nostalgia   I honestly can ... the confetti traveled in both scenarios. As you can probably guess, I ... models in hand. I’m walking around today too. In Cambridge. With a backpack

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  to how UROP works at MIT, and how I found mine. In about two weeks I ... little bit. In the past semester or so, I've realized that being an MIT ... course numbers: “18.02, 5.112, 7.012, and 8.012.” So I know I'm not in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  will stay in academia and become a professor someday, so I suppose I ... a UROP, and I am now pretty confident in sticking with physics ... . Yeah! Advance mankind! However, then, in my case at least, I asked myself

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  cooperation between NGOs. Having just been to India, I can tell you that it ... , Sneha ^.^), I can stalk NGOs instead =P Just kidding - mostly, it'll just ... About a month and a half ago, I received an email from Sneha '13

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  in the 20s because a large number of Macy's employees were new ... which is located on 34th street in New York City. (Hence the movie title.) In fact, I just passed Macy's on Tuesday night- the bus I take drops me

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in ...  ever! Unless I got 20 points out of 20! (that is, 20 factorial), in which case I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  , and that's all I can ask for. Don't start the new year stressed out ... , etc. I agree that it is easier said than done, but I'm in the same boat ... means as much as I'm afraid to press the submit button, in order to have

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  rage, as explained by thermodynamics I had a bad day and soon a thermo exam

  

  what outcomes? How can I change my parameters to ensure I get what I want ... spot in my emotional brain space. Then I feel it three times over at how ... -to-minute I'm debating how I'll get everything done and what I'll do next to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  excite me, and I can see the direct utility in the material I'm learning ... where you must prepare, you can’t do it. You don’t know how. Even the most ... , even the most excruciating failure can become a valuable asset.  I know

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  find much to be objectionable - it wasn't *that* long ago that I was in ... danger of hurting him/herself or others, I couldn't in good conscience ... depends on the culture of the school, I suppose. How have you enacted your

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Scooper Bowl All you can eat ice cream.

  

  example, the New York Times called Toscanini's "the best ice cream in the ... cream. I'm not surprised. As you may have learned from an old entry by ... as "nation's largest all-you-can-eat ice cream festival." For $7 (kids

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  -related things I’ve been enjoying in the past few months (numbered #1 because I ... building in nyc, I liked the way the light fell on its facade ... the original painting in person :O![/caption]   I’ve really been

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  Context: I wrote a post in March called "I Moved to Maine" . You can read it if you want, but tl;dr: when COVID hit I went to live in Maine ... time in Maine (when I can’t easily classify things as “good” or “bad”, I

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  can be said about a good number of esolangs. I’m sort of working on a ... that can be traversed by a pointer (the current position in the list ... /command set, brainf*** can be used to create even more esolangs. One that I like

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  record, I can't believe what an incredible group of people you are, both ... room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a well-earned, relaxing weekend after working for 12 days in a row. New

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  ? Especially since I'm still in undergrad and so much of my life is ahead of me and like, if I had Greg's attitude of "it's hard for me to see how I ... 't really remember if I had any resolutions in 2022, but in retrospect, I grew

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  . Slowly, bit by bit, life will mold me into someone new, and I can look ... have I changed in the last year? I suppose that I'm more confident in my ... calling myself a writer, and that I've become much more interested in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021