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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  , Shakespeare’s Pizza, and the Kewpies (naked baby dolls that were my high school’s mascot. Seriously.) – located smack-dab in the middle of the U.S. While it ... Society, UROPing in Professor Bhatia’s bioengineering lab, chilling with my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  1800s, it was founded as a resupply shop on a major railroad line through ... , the town slowly began to shrivel and die. From the 1920s to the 1960s, Leavenworth was in the throes of a deep depression, and in the early 1960s the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  '14s, and to hear about prospective '15s, not to mention a few ambitious '18s =P I could describe this past year simply as a learning experience ... -Orientation Several of you '14s are looking into FPOPs (Freshman Pre

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  You know what’s the best part about going to 3.091 [Chem.] at 11 in the morning? Going to Steam Cafe© at noon. OK – Maybe that’s not exactly the ... questions right; it’s crazy. And if you get a true/false question wrong; sorry

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  typically the biggest travel days in the U.S. Why? Because that day (today!) is Thanksgiving day, which is a BIG DEAL in the U.S. Considering the ... in the 20s because a large number of Macy's employees were new

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  much at all. I didn’t have enough time. That’s what this post is about ... class this semester. Here’s a snapshot of my registration: 69 units is ... many of you are in the same boat. It’s quite a humbling feeling; one I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  As Technology Review’s 2007 Top Young Innovator of the Year ... ’s clear that he can’t get enough of its taste. He arrived at MIT’s campus in 1996 as an undergrad and has not ventured far from

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  mug at the Women’s Dessert Reception, a t-shirt at the Beaver and ... Dorm Life raffle, and a red clip ring. And that’s not even counting ... , folders, and booklets. Haha!! Plunder!! It’s great that MIT actually

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  component, and though it’s only 2 hours a week, it really helps with learning ... . Gossard is actually wonderful about learning people’s names and interacting ... interpreting many primary texts. HST.S12- Seminar in Human Clinical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  , Prof. Kellis was honored as one of Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators ... family to France and eventually arrived in the U.S. in 1993. Manolis, his ... .” Manolis’s interest in biology, and genetics in particular, also appears to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  our club name. But we love the feel of 'mince.' It’s an action that ... one form or another, whether that’s documentaries on world class chefs ... and especially for others. Participating in someone else’s ritual and on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  our Notion page. Here’s the first part of it: Also made a fitting ... . ‘25 was our backup-turned-main driver. Oris S. N. ‘23 is a massive ... that state for 30s in totality, when then I’d snap back to take a photo

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  the person that I was two years ago, the ways she’s changed and grown ... : [annotation note="‘It’ being a book of poems by W. S. Merwin that I’d found in a ... Teen Spirit." We’re driving through a forest and it’s beautiful but the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  Shuli:[annotation note="OK, it’s been a while. Life be like that ... lmfao"]held every year[/annotation]on MIT’s campus, that attracts not only ... haven’t done in a year, but let’s not talk about that"]walking onto Putz

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  kindness friday and affording myself a little bit of grace

  

  .  But let’s go a bit further back, to that Monday, the precipice of the ... , that we find the divine in death’s immediacy—we share our ephemerality ... recitation. There’s actually a detail that I opted to leave out here: I had two

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • March 26, 2026
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  . Dear Hank & John and Hank’s TikToks taught me to think more ... better. It’s weird to feel so connected to someone I don’t personally know ... he were an alum — he’s such a perfect embodiment of MIT culture: nerdy

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  challenging. In 2024 I developed strength and self reliance. Obviously it’s ... ’horloge, vous répondront, il est l’heure de s’enivrer ; pour ne pas être les ... a lot (2/10) try theoretical research and decide if it’s a fit (eg

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  . That’s why we have CourseRoad – a website for planning what classes to ... evaluations). It’s also a really fun video game! … kind of. While it’s not ... . Many of them probably wouldn’t work in real life. But nevertheless, it’s

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  . Gather around children, it’s story time. Let me tell you about this folder ... just throw in all of your loose leaves into a folder right? That’s ... semester’s worth of assignments, notes and paper? Well let me tell you, at

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  Hi 2021 Applicants! It’s been two weeks since my first post addressed to you. It’s a long weekend and thus an excuse to pretend that ... my experience, the best college admissions website. It’s well

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016