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• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  SO HAPPY, but there wasn't much energy in me to get overly happy as ... in a lab at Stony Brook University back in New York, supervising my ... necessary to post the cute caterpillar in order to perfectly emulate my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  enough to get Jeremy '09 in our suite this year, who idolizes Mike Short ... emulated NES games, and hooked it up to speakers in the bathroom. He then put ... underneath the speaker on the right. Because sometimes, in between learning how

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  Cooking" and "How to Make a Bike". Or those who want to explore a new field ... software. Or getting pointers on how to commercialize research from someone ... variety of programs in place to help startup founders get the funding

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  something or other to happen, given how new we were--but still, you’re never ... international students can no longer get visas for their parents to participate in ... appearance. It’s cool to be able to get stronger, to do tricks in the air on

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  Commencement day, I almost got grabbed by police for getting too close to the ... school in the fall. Anyways, remember to reminisce, even in something that ... wasn't given a ticket to Commencement. So I went with my friend in the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  our project, wouldn’t have time to get the new part, and would probably ... ^-^ Abby: “been to verdes after 2 am”: I had a radio show from 1-2 in the morning my freshman fall and would often stop at verdes to shop in a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  'm trying to be more involved in clubs and to meet new people. I also have ... about the research process in MechE. I'm planning to design an experiment ... II This class is a 6-unit follow-up to 2.678, a core class in MechE. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  A few entries back, Lena asked "How did you get the job in the lab ... -- and when Albert's not in the lab, I get to take over his desk! The ... , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  uncertain. recently, it has been hard to see the good in the world. recently ... have made me think a lot about what it means to be and do good in spite of it all. Aside from holding Mary Oliver close to the heart, how might

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  the properties of things and how to engineer new materials with the ... story of how I ended up in 6-2. 6-9 I entered MIT last fall knowing I ... several stories about people planning to major in one field, only to declare

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  have to nullify any part of any experience. just because i am calm in a ... now. in some world, i would graduate from MIT, and go to graduate school ... will be okay. or in a different world, i would graduate from MIT and get

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How ... how I felt when my plane first landed in Boston - when I walked onto ... Orientation, getting lost on the way to Baker House, exploring Greek life during

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  long enough to actually work on my Computation Systems lab due in two ... are scared and we aren’t sure when things are going to get back to normal again. I was lucky enough to get a housing exception from MIT which

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Stud/Fac Dinners Genius idea to get free dinner with MIT geniuses

  

  What to do if you get an ugly corsage How to Treat a Pimple How to ... a Drink How to Get Someone to Buy You a Drink ... advice on topics like How to Set Up a Friend as a Favor How to Set Up Two

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  all time ever does is pass and all i ever do is remember

  

  things in my life right now. "how are you doing? what have you been up to ... how to steady my footing in this slippery world--maybe in another life ... provide updates on what i'm currently doing, or new and exciting things in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  than for some young researcher to be tagged "the new Einstein," so don ... reception, I stood as a representative of the first university to get ... and university level, thanks in part to programs like STS (started in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  to get homework extensions or makeup exams (especially in big classes ... severe enough that I decided to get it checked out at MIT Urgent Care. I ... note="Ouch... apparently that’s how long tailbone injuries take to heal

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  T camPUS & Random Hall dorm culture How to get 8 hours of sleep a night ... coursework) Debating what majors + clubs to get involved in Organizing BIG ... were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  grapple with topics like how advertising is changing in the 21st century ... rivalries. And since media is everywhere, this class also means I get to write ... -page essay about how Valve has empowered amateur fan production in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  day in 5.112 -5.12 -INTEGARLS* -3.091, or, How to Draw Pretty Pictures ... Milliseconds of 35 MIllisecond Pulsars How to Finish Your HASS Requirement in 50 ... Theory, or How I Learned to Stop Losing and Love Math -The Cities of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013