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• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  start of class. It said something along the lines of “your true passion is ... . These creatures are sadly never viable...with the exception of one or two resurrected demons...(‘The Gender Problem’ is one such beast). (^PROOF of the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  experienced person there!” ...all of the interns were Ph.D students. “Rachel ... weeks in, we released the first iteration of the software as a tool to compare stats on some of the most popular Olympics topics (who the heck is

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  studio and not come out…till the wee hours of the morning. I think I recall ... dance practice, and the much-needed stretches of silence and concentration ... coming. I pulled my first real all-nighter – ever – the day of the final

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes 'What the hell is water ... selective process, is what an applicant makes of the opportunities that are ... helpful to have an understanding of the “water” in which they are swimming

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  to Newbury, creating long notes lists of all the restaurants you want ... much time in [annotation note="Fifth floor of the Stratton Student Center ... here. Over the past 3 weeks, I’ve found myself doing all of these - but

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  You may know Conan O'Brien, host of the popular late night talk show ... airing without the benefit of writers, due to the strike (soon to be settled?) by the Writers Guild of America. Without writers, the show has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  'm a finalist. A lot of the time I'm not very serious - but I'm serious when I say blogging has become one of the most important parts of my life ... ://www.collegescholarships.org/blog/2007/10/08/vote-for-the-winner-of-the-2007-blogging-scholarship/. And if

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  break from blogging. I'm here now to talk about one of the big changes I ... , with nearly all of the remaining students remaining on campus in dorms ... the same building, or even the same room, for nearly all of their time

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  along the lines of “Oh, economists don’t really study that, we study…” or ... have of the quality of the work done under his or her direction. Even ... possible image of his or her research group be projected to the outside world

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  chillness progresses through the semester (a harsh winter of studies and ice ... following: These are the contents of a care package I got in the mail this ... the end of the day. I don't know how one can can feel so long when a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  missed the class last week because we were all THAT sick. And one of the ... of lectures! This is pretty bad, guys. They should just shut down the ... saw these two posters on the wall of a bathroom: (And then a girl

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  >=3 semesters of theory classes. The first few weeks (the Intro ... is a test-run for the workflow of a “full” experiment. For the intro experiment, there are only 3 hours of data collection (as opposed to the normal

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  writing would be to ride the high of my question-answering experience and ... ) This is my first semester with no finals, so Dead Week marks the start of ... semester, despite the challenges of doing group projects over Zoom. I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  the event of a crash. Most databases use a steal/no-force design, which ... step out of their slumber and into the courtyard. I put a patty on the ... of the coolest things on East Campus; that my neighbors are so kind. He

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing & Humanistic Studies, appeared on The Colbert Report. Certainly Prof ... of you who aren't familiar with The Colbert Report, there are some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  ridiculous number of TV shows. It's been fabulous! The test itself was pretty ... feeling a little bummed at the end of the test :( When I went into lab later ... would have studied for the MCAT differently. I thought I'd share some of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  : (Neerja and I didn't enjoy one of the activities that much at first) We bonded like crazy and ended up having the best times of our lives :) So FUP was tons of fun and one of the best experiences ever!! I love

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  helicopters carry their relatively miniscule payloads of water (relative to the size of the fire and frequency of water dumps), I can't help but think ... it's certainly a problem crying out to be solved. The summer/fall of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  rental (Sorry, that excludes Valley of the Dolls) - You must have at least ... the top 5 songs and/or top 5 CD's of all time. (You can mix and match, so long as you don't exceed a total of 10 per genre) Here are the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  Beginning tomorrow through the middle of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... , Illinois, the DC area, Florida, and more. Complete list of MIT Central

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010