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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  Blue), and I am ready to begin a full week of transportation. For some ... with a session for new attendees in the afternoon; I’m excited to learn ... Research Board meeting, and then a conference on sustainable transportation

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  what I had written and photos I submitted, both so you can get a sense of ... up to sit on the couch for a few minutes because my back hurts, and ... , and hated myself even more for it. How could I ever be happy with myself

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  cut looked like, I bought a pick and went on with life as usual ... movie (Hackers) and fell in love with the concept of Computer Science. A ... things. When he got a new computer for his birthday and we finally upgraded

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  , I spilled benzene on myself a lot and often worked on apparatuses with ... students and I got to get a feel for what kinds of work chemists are expected ... enough. I realized that it was, in fact, a Thursday afternoon and time for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  school began, I very quickly constructed a loft for my room with the help ... ’s been around 3 years. I missed teaching in an academic setting and have a ... a decent school, I looked it up and immediately found myself reading

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  ’s snowing outside and the windows are cloudy with condensation. A couple of ... the external examiner (“extern”) for a PhD Viva, and now I’m trying to ... undergraduate and graduate classes, fundraise and manage a budget for a research

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  very-very real, complete with torture and capital punishment. On a global ... (for a visual summary of the trip, scroll down for pictures) “Let ... , I had this vision of Salem as a relaxing little town with a lighthouse

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  imagery a bit to claim the first Google search hit for “unreformed by Ikea ... Manifest Destiny for my blog.) Anyway, the fact that I've used a legless couch as a bed and a chair as a desk in the past 2 days is a reliable sign

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  "Sunshowers" by M.I.A. "I bongo with my lingo and I beat it like a wing, yo" 3 ... -Conner rooming committee, for doing a fantastic job with the in-house reassignment ... deserve some props, and dare I say mad props at that, for genuinely

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  that you've learned a lot about yourself, and we also hope that you ... A lot of the people reading this have probably spent the past two months furiously writing and rewriting their personal essays to [annotation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  high schools, highway miles, and an MIT story waiting in rural ohio ft. Max B. '24

  

  talking with a group of teachers while setting up for the college fair ... to MIT and just recently graduated. They all spoke about him with a ... information. She paused for a second, smiled a little, and said, “He’s actually

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  . He got really excited and we signed up for a more manageable race: a 10 ... camp and survivor mixed into one. A grand old time. I did it with my dad ... a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  , admissions counselor Katie Kelley and a current undergraduate student will be on hand for an hour to answer all your CPW questions and give you a ... information. Some other things to look out for in your MY MIT Portal

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  website where you can make a profile, search for people with complimentary ... I logged in and made a profile with the intention of reaching out to ... 't taken a Spanish class for a year and was trying to stay fluent by

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  sitting with me for a while. I quiet them most of the time, but occasionally ... and began following a YouTube video on how to draw fruit with pastels ... in. To simply do things out of a love for it and nothing else. I hope

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue

  

  bacteria this morning (for the MCATs, of course), and I noticed that the ... strangely similar to those for pasta. Bacilli with tomato sauce, anyone? Ok ... off, free street parking, copious amounts of barbequed meat, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  like a really good idea. But I’m happy with what I have, and I hope that ... return some day, and although it won't be for a few years, I hope that it ... huge deal for New Englanders growing up, and I'd like to be a part of it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our friends

  

  night out with the guy I liked. I willed myself up a bit and tried to kiss ... and Senior House. Big Jimmy was a legendary figure, someone I only met briefly but who many of my friends counted as a confidant and friend. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  something and did a double take. "Why does the milk look so funny?" I thought ... student RA, basically, for those of you unfamiliar with the term) is a ... snow was amazing. I'm a summer girl at heart, and I only put up with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  in my 30 day trial period to tinker around and make a couple videos for ... Hey friends! This post is a little unconventional and inspired ... on the month of July before I head home 3) vanity and 4) boredom

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014