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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  classical mechanics, and even if I somehow figured out how to get around my ... 't join twenty extra-curriculars because you think you have to in order to ... classes, I tried really hard to keep this in mind. But the pressure to take

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Get to know Tim the Beaver! Tim shows off some moves at an MIT men's ice hockey game

  

  siezed the moment. To the 2016ers, here's what you can expect when you arrive on campus in a month and a half! Get pumped! ... spectators waited patiently for the Zamboni to finish during a men's ice hockey

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  , de poésie, de vertu, à votre guise. How is it that I get to live every ... and choose to walk it through day after day? how is that I get to ... successfully after a while, choose to take in the things that bring color to my

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  MIT professor Woodie Flowers back in 1989, before most students now applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST, broadly speaking, is to inspire students towards a lifelong devotion to science, technology, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  progress you made iii) how that progress contributes to your overall ... and journal and plan read a little bit, daydream a little get to work ... never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do ... to go home and get my instrument, so I had to take it to class with me ... mouthpiece stuck in it perpetually, it doesn't fit in its case. So I had to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  feel like a constant sleepover and you really get to yap and have fun ... whipped up in 20 minutes and got inspired so now i’ve decided to take this ... that it doesn't really get better from here"]SO NOW YOU GUYS GET TO HEAR

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  sometimes get a bad rap with regards to social interactions.  We ... straight hours of short lessons ranging from "How to ask for a date" to "At ... stuff in your teeth.  That's grody, dude!" After Charm School: [whispers

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  go to grad school? How do I get a credit card? Is getting one ... an action is good or bad? How to get rid of stains? What am I gonna ... learn and grow and live. What am I going to major in? Is a minor

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  that much to get in the pool at Hurricane Harbor for five minutes. On ... get all my stuff moved just in the nick of time. And finally, thanks to ... . Of course, I also had to pay to get into the park; however, since Ling

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in ... just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details ... about being in a country where nobody has electricity or regular access to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  absolutely drowning in work and had to distance myself from my friends to get ... my life before coming to college and pursuing my interests in a cappella and guitar. I listen to different music depending on how I feel a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  because I relish the time I get to spend spacing out and basking in the ... to complete on transportation in Boston. Here are two methods that I ... walk back across the Harvard Bridge to get to my apartment. According to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  the people I’ve met on hall, learning how to skate down in the tunnels ... Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have ... of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  them in so many different ways - to actually think about problems - you ... starting to get a little idea of what being a scientist feels like.  You can ... . p.s. I think even my iPhone is getting used to our new relationship

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  from four to six to a zillion years, depending on how fast you get your ... lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... undergraduate degree in the subject of your choice. You don't have to be a biology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to turn on my music and just nap in my bed, forgetting about how difficult ... dorms at MIT, you get to pref who you want to live with, what floor you

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on ... how to totally rock at life. Also, she goes to MIT. Correlation implies ... DID YOU KNOW? There are at least two KISS cover bands in the world

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  gorgeous I really am in real life. As you probably know, it's kind of hard to ... it. Any images we bloggers post here need to be hosted in our Athena lockers. All MIT students get Athena accounts, which allow you to have your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  times in different lightings, trying to perfect how light works on the ... writing this blog post is a daunting exercise in how to talk about and ... list than other cities I've been to and have been eager to get off campus

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024