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• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the Charles River has been replaced by a partial one that I can glimpse if I ... was and still am afraid that if these kids confide in me, I won't know

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  work; in 6.S965, we spent the first two weeks discussing how they work ... experimental class about a new or niche research area); in this case, it’s the ... -grown cucumbers to lecturers sometimes). Overall, I’m having a great time in this

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  the bowl, and I put in a new bag. I helped her back to her room, where ... and EMT!  Little did I know, my new skills as an EMT were going to be quickly tested. It started about 1am that night.  I had been getting in and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  on the floor I realized I was in the wrong classroom, and the right ... , I’m Lydia. I’m a sophomore. I’m in courses 6-7 and 18. I’m not in 7 ... 11 last Wednesday, on Leap Day. I’m turning 20 in less than two weeks

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  ). That’s about it. (Ok, I’m exaggerating a little bit. You can get general ... subjects to succeed in later classes. That’s true, but I wanted to give the ... subjects if you’re trying to figure out what to major in. It can give you

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  . I asked Kevin to share some of his thoughts on his MIT journey: how it ... specifically, what fascinated me about MIT. So, I came to MIT in April 2007 for ... at my hotel before checking in at CPW. Did I really want to go to MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  -of educational center in his [Tavares's] homeland." I had the great pleasure of ... same refractive index as glass. Even in person, you can only see hints of ... are new and others are old, all feel very much cohesive and uniform in

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  world and consider how I'm taking steps (however small) in the right ... my core values show up in my actions? how can we go against our default ... covered in the curriculum, but I do remember how our group facilitators sat

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  Just this morning I was reading the New York Times on line and ... Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee. This got me thinking, "I wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?" I armed myself

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  can't tell if I love or hate. I’ll be working on the problem sets and thinking like, "man, this is amazing, I can feel myself getting smarter by ... for ten hours it’s 7 a.m. jesus christ, go to sleep," but I can’t cause

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  of New House + McCormick. I grew up in Singapore and London, which have ... Arlington Gateway hotel in Virginia - and feeling overwhelming vertigo. I had ... having a total blast. I tried to estimate how many towns like it there were

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  – that’s how I function. Using a stool to press down on a drying foam ... . All I can see are challenging, wondrous things. ... hostage; not completely involuntary I would say. It’s so easy to go into

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  In today's 5.12 lecture (in English, that's organic chemistry), I ... fresh ozone, rip the bond in half to make two new double bonds, stick an ... 's the bottom line. Works for me. In other news, since I last posted, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  year knowing three new ways to juggle and talking about how I was being cross-cast in the IAP musical. To be honest, the only reason why I started ... me for falling in love with theater at MIT? And the more I got involved

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  and unavoidable reflections on how I’ve been feeling once again. So ... myself I was starring in. And for the most part, I would argue these ... a plot relevant enough to need them there, too. In my head, I was

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  sessions[/annotation] by saying some form of “I believe in my heart that MIT ... beyond in order to qualify for most schools. I’ll give you that. The ... about. Then, it can potentially veer away from the idea of fit and tilt in

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  allotted time, I realized just how legit the work-energy relation is in real ... new meaning. So this week, I decided to shape up a little. By this, I ... noble intention in mind, I woke up bright and early on Sunday morning

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  contacted by someone living in New York! :P Second of all, since I was such ... Maybe I need to get over myself - it's been six years since I was in ... Jones informing me that I was selected to be a blogger...BUT every once in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  emotional wreck, but I think it’s just something that comes with being in a ... old me. There’s change in the air too, and with every breath I take inside the MIT bubble, I feel myself growing in so many ways. I want to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  these in." "But I'm not wearing them. Look, it's all grass in there, how ... backpack!" "Nope, I'm sorry, you can't get in." Wonderful. Security 2 ... what very well could have been the longest line ever. I got in it. It

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008