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• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  captains led with a cornering clinic. Nate D. (Earth, Atmospheric, and ... treated a three mile section of road like a race, and wound up with a ... , Katie M. (Chemical Engineering), and Steven for a nice long downhill ride

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  . The ceremony began with some speeches and a history of the Brass Rat ... , Athena dons presidential regalia with five bars on her right sleeve and a ... life)? A FENCE (with tourists behind it)? A weird beaver that looks a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  groups, and the first year is graded on a pass/no record system. While your peer network is a great source for support, MIT students can speak with Student Support Services (S^3) if they're having issues with their workload
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  you have to do in a week, and you sort of want to die inside. :) For ... typical day is like for an MIT student. Although that's a very good question ... computing to practicing for the upcoming performance of A Midsummer Night

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  I just returned from a week's "vacation" with family and friends. I ... your college essays. I just finished working with the MITES and E2 kids so this subject is both fresh in my mind and timely for yours as the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  ), and a lot of Jacob's music is just a bit too avant-garde for me. Still ... event was meant to be a conversation between Jacob and Yo-Yo with audience participation sprinkled in between. The fanboying back and forth went on for a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  famous for holding up a microphone stand without the bottom part. 3. What ... for Burton-Conner, a scholar of the history of technology, and a regular ... later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  step of the problem once again, and walked out with a smile on her face ... , so I grew up in their studio and developed a passion for designing ... sister moved up to Boston with me and I did a project in microfluidics

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  scanned the audience, looking for familiar faces. i picked out a few. they ... feel two opposite feelings? how can we both want and not want something ... anxiety and feelings of depression often feel at odds with each other. in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  Three hallmates and I piled into a Zipcar the other night for a trip ... really bland, but with some spray-on stuff and crafty use of a Dremel tool ... rent the car for two hours and split the cost between four people. I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  friends with, said that he “had a thing for Asians.” When I ignored him, he ... it more room and confidence to gnash its teeth loudly and openly. In a ... unease and unshakeable suspicion that one day, someone with this same

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  finalists in a national contest sponsored by GE and MTVU? Go vote for ... DID YOU KNOW? Tyra Banks is 5'10" tall and weighs 161 lbs. I am 5'9 3/4" tall and weight 150 lbs. I have taken a cue from fellow blogger Lulu and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  day with MadMatt and Nance Nance Revolution to make sure we're ready for ... comes together into a single shimmering organism, with direction and ... preparation for a meeting the next morning. (Lunch: Mass Ave food truck

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  Media Lab and studied all day. I only left for a stretch break about every ... my laptop. This was always a problem for me in high school and during ... . I got a C in 3.091 and 18.01 and a B- in 8.01. I was very happy that I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Delta Phi To Be The Best of Men

  

  responsibility that comes from sharing things with people, from looking out for and ... several years ago, and there was no arguing with it. If I wanted to have a ... become an absolute and effortless part of my life. A few times, for a few

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  , manner of articulation, and their voicing. A consonant is voiced if the ... be quite common in other languages). I recommend you take a look at ... the difference between the sounds [s] and [z]? We know they're both

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  tired of missing class, considering that I have two tests and a pset due ... a shuttle across the bay to Berkeley. Dinner is pizza and beer at the ... rain and I can't wear my cute interview shoes (they're very "I'm a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  work and get ahead for the next week. Umm... right... it never really ... 's founding in 1861. Though both universities share a similar profile in terms ... now a freshman at Princeton and is hosting a show called The Freshman on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  into 8.01 at 11, changed my calculus recitation to 3, and went back to ... less than a second. No paperwork, no irritating confrontations with raspy ... now, which is probably better for me since I've taken a lot of chemistry

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  , tickets for the commuter rail bought, and our laptops ready for blogging, we begin. (Also deep thanks to Kano for the planning and brilliant execution ... sounded really cool to me, and when better a time to try liveblogging than

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023