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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I ... there's nothing in the water that is white, how does it suddenly turn ... . Come on, help me out. In other news, I finally figured out how I'll be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  entries that I neglected to answer here, you can repost in the comments and I'll get to it soon. ------------------------------------- M.D. wrote ... recommend getting materials to us by early February, and Midyear Grade Report

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  back. Now I'm sitting in my room, typing, getting to read a little bit ... ! I'm scared to sit in this house just because I know what's been in ... of: Back to MIT I headed, stopping in Lobby Seven so I could point

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  doing up-goer five, I had the idea to take pictures instead of struggling to write stuff. Here are some pictures and how i feel about those ... rock: Last week-end, I went with some friends to a boring little town in

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving in England Celebrating a North American holiday in Britain.

  

  I'd write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, "Wow I've been in England for 2 ... here so we didn't get any days off. Rather, we sat through classes

  • by Cambridge
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  arrived in New Haven about 9:10. Three taxis took us to the Courtyard ... in physics party pad. We used all this space to watch TV vigorously and ... interdisciplinary area of BioPhysics and why you should not to enter grad school in an

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  , I still have to get through all of the following classes in order to ... break is in 4 weeks and graduation is looming on the horizon and real life is about to catch up to me (just kidding, I'll most likely still be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  helping out from 6:00 to 11:00, with maybe a half-hour break in between to ... to comment below. ;-) All in all, about 60 students - a record turnout ... , it was pretty much anyone's guess as to how the conversation would go

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I ... shine of an oncoming linebacker's helmet and gets so distracted by how ... period of time, is almost certainly insufficient to beat a good team in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  way of showing the audience how painful it is to change on a deep ... get to choose whether or not they’re going to be the person they are, or ... ’s important to see the people you look up to engage in self-compassion. I know a

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  every Thursday afternoon in the absolute closest possible classroom to my ... took Saturday and Sunday to relax, I spent the “holiday” in D.C. to take ... other by their in-game nicknames when referring to the gameplay. “Why is

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  ’m bound to get things wrong before I get them right. I am learning from the ... we remember to intentionally and explicitly keep in touch with them ... bloggers wrote in 2012: "If I didn’t love the world and want to interact with

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  I hadn't considered how to get them over my butt. Awkward. I sat ... trickled in, and sat down. Ashley welcomed us to the course, and explained ... get used to it after a couple of sessions. She asked whether anyone had

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  . this means nothing. i did, however, get to both play in the snow with my ... grateful i am to have found a family in them [caption id="attachment_49048 ... books in my bedroom prompted me to pick one up again; i started rereading

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  vwr[/caption] It was super cool to get to lift in the new VWR. In the ... now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at ... putting in the work[/caption] [caption id="attachment_106057" align

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  the best differentiation between different body parts. In order to get ... -and-coding heaving schedules I’m used to. In a way, it’s really nice—I’m being ... mainly about two things: how to make interfaces that are intuitive and easy

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  fellow frosh were in the same “MIT IS TAKING OVER MY LIFE AND I WANT TO GO ... others having similar reunions. My mom tried to get a sense of what life ... Harvard Bridge to have dinner in Boston, and a trip to Star Market for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in ... extra questions on the spot, which we also delved in to. I’ve never ... reflected by others. We were learning how to make our own work better by

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  center of gravity closer to the ground cj: ah, just like in every other ... this so hard wayne: it took me weeks to learn how to skate, you're doing ... supposed to balance when you have a foot up wayne: well how do you balance

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  ...later in life, ESFJs continue to enjoy supporting their friends and loved ... in high school. I was mostly busy studying; I would make excuses to not ... where the Myers-Briggs test gets dangerous in its influence, and why I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017