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• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  working in a veterinarian office and has two older cats at home. "I've grown ... pets everywhere," Nilsson said. "I don't think there's a school in the ... assembling her course schedule, picking up her textbooks - and buying a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  whole more overwhelming, at least I know it would in the beginning for me ... drawing I must preface that I never thought of myself as a drawer. In fact ... my mind—so clear, they felt real—but they would get lost in translation

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  I would have a problem if Snively managed to get more posts up than me ... like how MOSFETs work and signal filters. I can already tell that this is ... that I don't have to think about in the circuits that I design. 6

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  of the internship If things fall in place nicely on both sides, I would ... comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know ... all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  , and I have no clue how many minutes it was, I put in three whole ... some oats, and some milk, in the same ratio I would put rice and water ... so easy to use. They're actually magic in how they work. You put the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  ~*~Thoughts Are Like Traces of Birds In Heaven~*~ (P.S. I finally added pictures to my last entry - sorry about the delay!)

  

  families during our time here in Germany, and I can't begin to say how ... seriously considering schools in the U.S. for college; I have my fingers ... in Cambridge, Massachusetts :) Jeanne and I - with Prospective '15s

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 19, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  fear simmered underneath. Was I ready, in my current state of self? Would ... ,”[/annotation] etc. in every sentence, there are two other types of common phrases I ... writing UROP applications or playing Tetris in a lounge and someone would

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  used to cling to regret—I wish I could go back in time and do MIT all ... want—how convenient! I’ve found myself seduced by this easy illusion. I ... giving any definitive advice on how to define the future, so I’ll end this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Island (Hawai’i County)*. I will be here (in Hilo, HI) for 2 months (June ... use in promotions... but also just to populate the website ... Here's the skinny on my summer. I got a fellowship from the MIT

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to ... for you, I've been taking photos for my lab reports in 2.671. This ... to machine with other methods) but I was surprised to find one in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  in the world. I didn't know that we actually had to debate each other, and I'm still traumatized from the very short period of time in which I ... , because I don't remember how to take any of the fancier ones. Also, I hate C

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... different countries. Right now, I’m staying in Bristol with Anika (READ HER

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  feel like I’ve lived so much in such a short span of time, which makes ... less than five days. I screamed in anguish with my friends on [annotation ... fact that my time with my living community would be cut short, that I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  People often find it shocking when I say it, but if MIT was in ... Illinois except directly in Chicago, I'd continue to suffer from my high ... Things I Love About MIT (or at least it would be, if such a list actually

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  note="in fact, I started this blog to avoid reading it! but it has now ... would also get me to actually read these papers. It did not. I carried a ... late, I’ve been asking Dylan R. ‘24 to put me in “email purgatory

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  with 8.022, I alternated between falling in love with the beauty of how ... definitely see how much my German has improved. Would I take it again if I ... world works in mysterious ways. Throughout this past year, I’ve blogged a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  growing to like the new house. I would come to prefer it, with its proximity ... shops, which I would come to love. I wonder sometimes what it would be ... ’s spadefoot, as big as both of my hands clasped together. I’ll keep that in — I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  , not a crippling imbalance in work-life matters and how I deal with them ... Since I last posted, I got one year older (waaaaay back in October ... parties I've typically blogged about in the middle of October? And the exams

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  , battles, effects, and I would take bullet-point notes to stash away in my ... , stimulating, and entirely fulfilling. In many ways, I am sure that I would not ... , exactly, did this all happen? To really answer the question, I would have

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  , carbohydrates and how they exist in the body. So far, it's been pretty good. Today, in lecture, we learned about epinephrine. And of course, what would ... So as promised earlier, this week I'm highlighting another one of my

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006