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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  is cross section of my semester in screen shots. 1) I hit exactly $0.00 on my TechCash account. Do you realize how hard this is? This is like ... I had literally never taken a screen shot until I got to MIT

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  is Piper. i live in East Campus, on second east. i’m a sophomore. i ... walked into class and sat in my usual chair, and thought about how a young ... ’m okay, this is how i’m trying to sort out my thoughts. typing words on a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  Drug discovery is a difficult and expensive process. The approximate ... tissue. The goal of the project is to design a high-throughput device that ... Society, AWS, Zeta Beta Tau, and he is a Discover Biology FPOP Coordinator

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  staying in Cambridge for Thanksgiving, and I understand why now (so much ... enrolled. In the spring Baker House usually drops a piano off their roof to ... ? Maybe you completed a couple of midterms and a chunk of psets in a class

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  pretty much the weekend in a nutshell. Tomorrow, it's back to work and I ... in time for half-price burgers. After that, I went over to visit with a ... getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  authorship on a paper that is currently in about ten different files on my jump ... rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying ... around in Excel so much that my hands hurt, and when I close my eyes I see

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  's the story of how I learned to use a solder wick, which is a magical sort ... work. I applied to this UROP because I wanted to work in a Real Science ... it means working with hot things and metal (which is a big improvement

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Interview with a Mystery Hunt Winner An interview with Kat '10, a member of Palindrome, last year's winning team and this…

  

  . My favorite thing about going to a place like MIT is that you tend to ... good taste in music and also a beautiful singing voice, which I know ... course obliged, because she is just that cool. "How did you get involved

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  cultures. There also is a special focus on global responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, with discussions of how policy implementation is influenced by ... of cook-alongs. One week, Dr. Dagmar Jaegar, a Lecturer in German

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... when you have so much fun with the people in your family and feel ... is a college campus where events and famous people will often come to

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can ... and it's like you're caught in a time loop. i don't know if i like that ... that is lonely. i have more thoughts but not very much time to write

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  a hard place. But as they say, if your software can’t decide how much ... classes too. I want to learn as much as I can in as little a time frame as ... extensions in a row because the work kept piling up and days where I skipped

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  Given that tomorrow is pi(e) day, a celebration of irrational numbers ... not THAT bad. This craving is just strong enough to make you go off in ... of a cinnamon roll person anyway. UAG (in which Ceri attempts to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  the albums that I like. So here is a list of cool musical [annotation ... , and the path that Chavo had to walk in his life as a wrestler. I went ... had a wrestling ring in their backyard, and Chavo would practice

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  Fall Formal, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a chance ... cancer, and otherwise having no fun at all. I know this is a common ... , you can imagine how much running up and down this involved. :) That

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind ... period, culminating with a ceremonious shave on mailing day in March. Only ... in The Waiting Room that many EA admits have been wondering how they

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  ;ll see you application. A common problem is typing in too much and ... interview is not a required part of the application (and students whose ... both Parts One and Two, there is a link that will allow you to preview

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  though much of the time that I’m actually in Tucson, all I notice is the ... again. “How do you find jobs that are useful?” This is a question I ... , in a much more meandering way, and she mentioned several start-up job

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  Putting together a semester’s course schedule is a nontrivial ... ’re notified of whether you have a spot in that class are subject to the whim of ... into How to Stage a Revolution, a fairly popular class. Obviously you don

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  Europe Friday -- Nothing much planned, just hanging out in my dorm room, to ... chocolate confiscated. Settle in for a drive home with Sam's Mom, eat some ... -- Wage a land war in Russia in the winter. I can't wait to see you all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006