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• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  'd raise my SAT verbal scores through the roof - to this day I can't remember ... . Not really, but yeah, I'm getting paid. BUT in my defense, I blogged all ... -than-perfect SAT scores aren't in that category. Karen answered this pretty well: "I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  like it would work pretty well. You fuel it by buying 2 x 2 in cartridges ... business. Although I guess my sentence could still be technically correct ... parthenogenesis. Anyhoo, the last time I posted, like, a gazillion years ago, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  particularly difficult during the month of December. Anything I can't buy in ... applesauce.[/annotation] To be done by whenever really, but I haven't posted in ... -mandatory class work when I've got anxiety about my academic future kicking me in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  nature, you can be in practically any science/engineering major and get ... powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in ... nanotechnology, it’s quite understandable that many students are interested in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  I’ve learned to accept that my life can be in shambles. Being a human ... ="Also how I navigate campus, unlike some people we know"]I navigate memory ... place where it occurred; I remember the directions to my aunt’s house in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Renewable Energy in Spain

  

  technological accomplishments being made worldwide and how connections can be ... minor in Energy Studies MIT-Spain Program 2011 My project was aimed ... detection of inefficiencies, which is important in the manufacturing process

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  .01L so I can take 8.02 in the spring so I never, ever have to touch ... hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... promises in the beginning of the year that I have not kept. I said I would

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  -science space in Paris. I helped to curate an upcoming art exhibition ... "the future of water:" how can we conserve it? How can we ensure that more people have access to it? How can we ensure that it will still

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  every iap at mit. i took the class in 2020 and was an instructor in 2022 ... how to write code quickly. isn’t it a biological miracle how you can go ... personal site and hackmit project, that i gradually got enough reps in to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  -cooked meat Unfortunately I can’t eat this anymore because I am allergic to most ... beans in with the onions. Open and drain a can of red kidney beans. Add ... . Effort: 3 Ingredients: Farina (actually sold in American stores, I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  ’m normally heading out. Sleeping is a big part of that—how can I feel normal if I can’t even sleep through the night? That night, I lay in bed ... to go home, but you can’t stay here. In truth, I’m one of the lucky

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  butter), and go to the market to buy fabric for skirts/sarongs. I have not ... I am writing this from an internet cafe just outside Lusaka, Zambia ... just under a day, and we are staying in a guesthouse near the capital for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  vacation I've had in as long as I can remember - it went way too fast. After ... ... my bad. Meanwhile Mr. Prolific has logged 43 entries so far in 2007 - I ... 'll definitely have some openings in the fall and I'll post the application details

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  makeup, and then I had to get to school early so I could get in extra math ... , because I was deeply unpopular in high school. And no, it wasn't some trying ... + connections on LinkedIn, but he says it's because I dress like a kid, to which I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  NEVER fully understand what other people are going through, but I sure can do my part in trying. A smile can go a long way. It is not my job to ... really great hijabs. I hate running, but I can get through short interval

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  Bridge ⁠— god i can't even describe how happy this makes me. i love how the ... my face and how i can see the river stretching out on both sides of me ... Lower Allston. Boston is a completely different place in summer and i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  youthful prefrosh full of joy and excitement can seem a long way away. Ring ... in all of us. It’s the event where the Brass Rat for each class is ... /tooling/hacking, to the class-specific inside jokes, it’s cloaked in tradition. Plus

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  in 4 months as a real, live MIT student. As a high school senior, I ... assigned to Next House (I still run into my host, and I ended up living in ... had a nickel for every time I’ve heard this happen, I could at least buy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  sky. (In fact, I pondered this in C Major, diatonically.) You might recall that I joined a cooperative living group in January. As it happens ... highways in the company of half-comatose housemates, I perused the 60 mph

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  out how I am going to unpack, go to 4 different meetings, buy groceries ... ’m excited to finally move in. I’m especially excited to be a blogger for the ... groups, I have been in Seattle, at home, while the rest of my family has

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019