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• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  even when it's not the right thing. Building a taste for who you are and ... look away with a smile no matter what happens because I did everything ... in creativity and fitness originating from a very simply defined

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  a presentation for my French class on an influential author and ... French essay and an implementation of a working virtual machine for my ... snappy and impatient with my friends. A couple weeks ago, after making a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  brief but awesome water war with a couple campers and a counselor, along ... CK '10 with a welcome ceremony for all our campers, in which counselors ... , but my dreams both then and now are filled with CK: I miss the girls

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  A venture capitalist seeks out startups with high potential and ... estate requires a lot of collaboration and partnerships with established ... Launch Capital, with a core focus in technology, healthcare, medical, and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  entering, sitting down, then standing up again and screaming for two and a ... the song comes in with kind of a funk-metal tone, and Clay begins to ... for a second. Would you really continue toward that sign? Read on at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  provide a residential congregation place for poor singers and musicians in ... idea, I'm 6'3") I met with Stefania, a Casa Verdi resident, who took me ... and Emilia-Romagna regions. Interestingly enough, a deep foundation in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  imagination. On Sundays, I volunteer on a pediatrics floor for infants and ... stove; when I asked for dessert, he handed me a toy shark, and explained ... brown hair and big front teeth. The third time was a little more peculiar

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  WIth CPW 2012 just a few days away, the whole school is getting ready ... just under a month, there will also be an opportunity for high school ... Dash is an event specifically designed for high school students and is held

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  teacher can download together with an answer sheet for a classroom ... -difficulty and age appropriate tasks to make the challenge a fun experience for ... assistance. Plus, Bebras' mascot is the beaver, just like (and for the same

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  if you’re also looking for a bit of escapism, try an audiobook. And ... . You get to be that person with a genius idea for every predicament. You ... experiences, though. It means you get to be that person for a little bit. You

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  . I agree with Kathleen and Shannon that Freakonomics is a great book ... students who did their undergraduate work at MIT (and has a different ... should get used to that.) And a question via email: Yasemin asked (via

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  extraordinary and everyday beauty the city in fall is my city

  

  with, Lorde is playing in your ears, and a light breeze urges you onwards ... I got up a little early this morning thanks to the time change and ... say is honestly pretty reasonably-sized for a grocery store). As I left

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 4, 2018
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  Jul 20, 2025 at 11am My friends (Asal V. ‘25 and Isaac L. ‘25) and I built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for ... broke my leg. (don’t worry, I’ll walk again in a few months and be fully

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  , Described by a Frosh," and Day 4 - "MIT for Book Lovers ... opportunities within the dpeartment, in a room filled with iguana toys and statues ... minors meet every month for dinners at Area 4, a pizza restaurant with the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  . The need to look young and beautiful is a shackle, the kind that you ... sundubu we had for dinner a week ago, and in the abiding stillness of the ... is perhaps the most egregious. I know crying is a healthy outlet for

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  to go but I had a pset due on Saturday and plans to hang out with ... . With the virtual reality headset I could see the classroom and even look ... on her roof charges a generator and provides her house with power, but

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  This semester I'm taking a class called "Sustainable Energy," and so ... library" (fancy name for a bookcase in the floor lounge where people stash ... use) and grabbed a copy of the 8.02 course notes. What's impedance again

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  and I got summer started off on the right foot with a good ol' barbecue ... . I'm looking forward to having a lot of fun with my friends (we've started making a summer to-do list), and also looking forward to doing some

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  me out if I'm not already familiar with a community (and you'd be ... probably sent along a profile of your school so we can learn about it (and ... with). After thinking a bit about your context (which will persist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  pursuing a career as a filmmaker. It was a proud moment for him, and for me ... great place to work and be a student. 1. MIT is very diverse -with no majority ethnicity for one- and the Institute really believes in a person

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011