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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  number of reasons, I really like how this turned out. In this piece, I talk ... -taken-shower. I hated this sign. Because in what world would there be a “Young ... resulted in "weird" conflicting feelings I think are interesting to hear

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying ... around in Excel so much that my hands hurt, and when I close my eyes I see ... full name in it like I did last time, thus enabling every internet

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  As you hopefully already know, I am a sophomore in Course 20 here at ... (mechanical engineering with a particular focus; I would have chosen biomedicine ... thought I would give you a brief insight into some of the questions that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  experiences I’ve had this year. When I got into MIT back in December, I ... there, so that’s a pretty good sign I’ll fit in. :) I also loved how every time I met a new person it went sort of like this: Me

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  last checked in, I was just settling into my new life in Cambridge, MA ... bit of butter. With this in mind, I set out to find a tortilleria or in the very least, good quality tortillas in a super market. Not only did I

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  to consider the factors I would need to put numbers to, in order to ... presumably the odds that I would have the same birthday as any random person is ... likely to be born in February than in other months, so given that I'm born

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  for quicker or easier paths.  So anyway, I think a smart idea would be ... , in that I am currently alive and well, but those two weeks are fairly ... of them. But I’m extremely averse to dropping classes later on in the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  exhilarating and utterly terrifying days I’ve had in a long time. Especially ... exercise I did before for the program I participated in last summer. A little over a year ago in July 2019, I wrote a blog post for my summer program

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  late, but I thought I should wait until my schedule was FINALLY set in ... -recorded) the two classes I was taking in January. The [annotation note ... taking it online in the middle of the woods on two hours of sleep (yes. I

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  did not anticipate how much time I would be spending on career ... still chugging along in the background. Still, I'm looking at senior ... would have a healthy amount of work. However, something I did not factor

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  Previously on the blogs, I’ve written about MIT’s commitment to ... other institutions to do the same (more here). I’ve also blogged about the fun parts of MIT culture from the late 1800s, showing how eerily similar

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  , and that there would be no point to it if i already knew how to do ... ) submit a request to remain in on-campus housing. i applied. i also ... in the summer. baker isn’t east campus, but it’s more than i feel like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  nine months. I’m not sure how to fix that. Chucking a writing class in ... ’ll be happy in the moments where I feel like I’ve learned something. If I ... weren’t flowing. I know how my novels take shape, and I know that working

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  ’t that close to that many people. In all honesty, I thought things would be ... acquaintances. However, I do have a very small amount of special people in my life I can consider true friends. There are those people in your life that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email ... ”, Urban Studies and Planning --I know someone that would respond “Majoring in 5 and 7, with minors in 9 and 14”. Translation: “I’m crazy.” Well

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  again, I would in a heartbeat. [Photo credit to Sherry '15!] 2.00b ... how our toy would physically work. The sketch model on the right was our ... I know it's been a long time since I've posted a blog... but I'm back

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  I started writing a blog about freshman fall four months ago, in ... —one hour til nearby dining halls would close. I put my work away. I pulled on ... entrance to Baker. I couldn’t stop smiling as I waited in line for food. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  officer in the month of April, naturally, I was at still at work. I was ... that I would have such a reaction when I informed people about what I do ... of as. So, I thought it'd be helpful to tell you all a bit about how I

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  of your life) i. people who haven’t been in relationships tend to think the hardest part is initiation. as in, everything would work out if i could get x to like me or life would be much better if i were dating

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  recently, i have been having a lot of thoughts about the ways in ... there was nothing i would rather be doing than economics research. it ... enough to stay in the department, but i never felt totally sure about it. i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017