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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  the best example of this would be my first few days in my Chinese I ... honest, I could try to write about everything that has happened in this last week or so since I have arrived at MIT, but that would most likely

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  because I could. I would get things done, I'd just be sure to calculate how ... would have sprinkled holy water on it if I had access to some. If someone ... Institute," I must admit that I would have thought to try that. So after I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  converting the numbers to Roman numerals. I'll be frank: never in a bajillion years would I have tried that, because Roman numerals spit out useless ... answer. So. Awesome. How my friend figured that one out, I will never

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  , which is totally serious, all the time. I live in Nest House, which is ... Identity. At first I didn't know how to take the news. This placement was ... really make me confident in knowing that he'll be there whenever I have a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  pset - I found myself lying in bed awake at 4 a.m. And then 5 a.m., 6, 7, until literally I had been lying awake in bed for 6 and a half hours ... if it was because I had coffee too late in the evening, or had slept in

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  Burton Conner student culture. I don't know how I would have made it ... stating that things would be back to normal in fall, I've been thinking more ... since I was last in that room."  "it's been a year since..." in the past

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  ), where I am working in the National Human Genome Research Institute. More ... (usually in the order of coffee, Coke, coffee, water, Coke). Usually I worry ... I subject my body to can be justified by the increase in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  know, I know, three plays AND five elections and/or speakers, how does ... taken from the website. Again. So anyway, back to this semester, I saw ... , I really love all sorts of theater. I'm not talented in any way in

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  people who worked in these places. My ex-girlfriend and I would always hope ... sometimes I can’t help but think about how much simpler life would’ve been if ... I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  . Growing up, I just had no preconceptions of what Boston was like how L ... and actually go explore the city I live in. One of my first ~outings ... what could be. Just like with Dali and surrealism in general, I feel like

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be honest: I was bummed yesterday when Prof. Alan Guth '68 was again shut out for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  realized that I have finite time as a student, and in as much as I would like ... that would determine the entire course of my life. I thought that if the odds of me getting in panned out, and in some wild reality I actually

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  come together in the end. my classes would finish around 4 pm, and then i ... wishing the show was longer in spite of how tired i was. performing was so ... ecstatic to show them the results of how hard i'd worked over IAP. we weren

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  On Saturday, I sat in the floor lounge and began writing this entry ... Lost, so I've watched almost the entire first two seasons in the last two ... for no reason. Rar.) I was in the floor lounge to distract myself from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  , check out my personal blog for a sewing post about how I made my dress ... where the whole sophomore class dresses up in everything from onesies to ... design. Every year, Ring Comm, the group of students in charge of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  though. I always miss all the good stuff in the Midwest - last year while I ... I've never tried in an earthquake) if my bike hadn't gotten stolen ... my bike, but I haven't seen it in any of the normal places I go, so I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students ... when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at ... on our journey, one which would take us across Boston and involve the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  design, as well as the addition of Athena, but I would have liked it to say ... thought. If I'm misinterpreting the situation, leave a comment. In any case ... brass plated in the MIT Lab for Metallurgy. Just kidding! ('ll be here all

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  up a fake science show where Ryan and I would do experiments in our ... : (This is how I brainstorm most of my doodle entries, for those of you who are curious.) But in any case, if you don't know who I am, all you need

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  concentration in Computing and Society that I am stupidly geeked about and want to ... and depth in a single field. As I mentioned in my blog post about the ... concentration, I have seen just tremendous, insatiable intellectual hunger in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019