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• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  On a weekday, I meet my friend Alberto H. ‘17, who I haven’t seen in ... . I ask him how his life’s been lately. He pulls out his cellphone, and ... who are all staying in the Hyatt. “Yeah,” he says, “and I might go to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  't embarrass him by telling you all how old he is =), but I will tell you the story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office. So in case you didn't know, I should probably tell you that Ben is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  I discuss how to get scientists more involved in advocacy, and what a ... him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room ... one of his constituents, and the last time I was in New Jersey I was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  : "..." Friend: "...I freaking love this city." Here in Seattle, you see, there ... bicycle polo.   And meanwhile, here I am, in the midst of it all. I've been to three or four parades now. I've taken a nap in a park and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  that I'm conspicuously irregular in my sleep schedule, and I say this ... Avenue, half-groggy and half juiced with adrenaline. Within 20, I'm in ... spots. Now, take the sum of everything that I've just written, factor in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  One of those “big picture” days 2 hours of inspirational lectures, one from the CDC director and the other from broadcasting…

  

  fill in the gaps =) I still can’t believe that they scheduled these ... working in the Biosafety Level 4 facilities of the CDC, and I wasn’t about ... Vermillion in 1962.”) He also joked about how he was afraid that he would also

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  you were doing, you could in theory get observation time on the VLA. I say "in theory," because as you can probably imagine, getting time on ... astronomers I know, writing proposals is a huge pain in the butt; it's one of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  't have a smartphone. I sure wasn't going to spend all day in agonized ... . I'm talking about you, /massachusetts-institute-technology. In my ... ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  broadcasting. I showed up at WMBR orientation in early September 2016, became a ... around long enough that the station [annotation note="I say this in a very ... around tend to be dependable; [annotation note="I cannot stress to you how

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  performance within a group. Now I understand how professors feel. I couldn ... ") in charge of one of the three ELL sections. I kind of think of myself ... . Here’s what we came up with (keep in mind that I’m condensing about 2

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Be A Blogger (2018)! welcome to THE INTERNET

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: I'm taking ... ’s like to live in Conner 2, or plan stuff for REX, or UROP, or decide how ... ; In the main, we are looking for bloggers with good judgment who can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  .[/annotation]It turns out, though, that one of the best perks of living in Boston is how ... Hampshire- October 9-10, 2023 I live on floor C4 in Burton Conner, and our ... up on my feed promoting the Boston Book Festival in Copley Square. I

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  that when I got my admission letter in the mail, at first I was excited ... number one question I get from students is some version of: “How did I get ... decades afterward, once I started working in admissions - we all just

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  I'm studying abroad next semester at ETH Zurich in Switzerland! (Or ... friends and I had considered taking part in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange for ... . The following day, I got an email with an offer for a spot in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Econ Prof Wins Nobel Prize (with video) A pretty exciting week as Peter Diamond PhD '63 is the latest MIT professor to…

  

  D '63 was awarded the Nobel memorial prize in Economics. For MIT, this ... Nobel Prize in Economics (more have won for Medicine, Physics, and ... are the highlights: You can watch the full press conference at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , 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 ... bit of faith and optimism can go a long way. 4. I've tried my hardest

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  things people are doing over the summer--you're interested in me, because I ... smart enough to be here. And while I do see validity in these questions, what I think is more important is how they answered--instead of answering

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  department: "I might be interested in doing Biology at MIT... so I have to ask... how are the professors? I know you always have your good ones and your ... people. I actually started writing down things they said in class, because

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  note="growing up, I really did not understand why the Midwest was in the ... [annotation note="I spent a lot of time in high school on buses and I got very ... Well, here we are. I’m taking a brief stop in the Great Hall of Union

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  scrutinize....I can go on and on. The most enjoyable thing about HASS then, in ... that I can either concentrate in Economics (have to take another class in ... answer." In some regards, I was considering a LAC when I applied to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008