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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  statement of this blogpost. I claim we should not give up quite so easily. In ... principles exist to direct moral actions, such as what decision to make in a ... version of a powerpoint literary presentation I gave at Alpha Delta Phi a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  , I was receiving an award for the first time, and in what felt like a ... 's, a popular rooftop bar in Harvard Square, to catch up with some friends. on Friday, I finished a pset, got lunch with a friend in Somerville

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  ! How does a computer work? I like to think of a computer as a big house ... of two parts: a big ball in the middle and many much smaller balls ... there and do nothing. But in a few rocks, you can get those forces to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  , i got brunch with a MIT friend and hung out around East Campus before ... days of doing nothing at all! on Monday, i went to a brewery in seaport ... ="lawn in front of the dome"]Killian[/annotation] for a post-finals picnic. i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Senior Haus "find where you thrive"

  

  almost feel like a museum exhibit if I didn't recognize some of the faces ... a particularly shocking corner for me. I used to walk along Memorial Drive to the Kendall T stop a lot (back in my PNR daze) and this sign was

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  time I've drawn in this sketchbook. During life drawing sessions, a ... I rub charcoal in a vaguely human shaped blob and smudge it out with ... subjective as art in definite terms. Even though I've been art-ing for a while

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  a senior project in that field. or the random conversations i've had ... haven't completely decided. I shouldn't give you more things to read as a ... MIT students have to live in a dorm for all four years (they don't), or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  : It's a chair! But wait, there's a sign on the back! I ran home ... When I got out of my 5.13 lecture at 12:55, I walked from the Green Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it's that map again- the Green

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.

  

  was currently in a state of 1.2 class squalor. That warning was all I ... live in squalor." My heart beat a little bit faster as everyone else ... in squalor, but Second Degree Squalor. Most times when people laugh I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  to wait for me. I have three months left in my undergraduate career, and I'm going to spend it having a blast with the people I love in a ... if I got in, hear if I got funding, etc. I still believe, however, that

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  Wow so …….... I’ve been MIA for a whiiile. In the past 2 months – which is an eternity in cyberspace (sorry ‚òπ), I: * Finished 1st year ... . Breathtaking.......wrath of nature. In the daytime. I was on a boat like that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  products. Basically, my grad student Andy and I are building a reactor and ... hardcore organic synthesis to building a giant cardboard box in which to ship ... in this Discover article. Not to brag, but I got to have dinner with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  Back in the good ol' days (winter of 1983 to be exact) there was a ... just before you're told how the ref rules, the screen freezes and a voice ... think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to a highly

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  MassArt should she come across a Time-Turner in her dorm. I hate hipsters ... A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2011. We received ... . While majoring in Course 6-2 he intends to spend a lot of time combining

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a paper draft to my research advisor tonight, I e-mailed a paper to my music ... !!!!) and saying "Forget science. I'm dropping out to be a Benedict

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  with our mom near the shore at night. We saw a dark moving spot in the ... staying in place, but still moving a little. Every now and then we would see ... her shell because it was covered in a lot of sand. Then there was

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  me now than they did while they were in school i have a bad habit ... description. i’ve written about this idea before in the context of meeting new ... recently i looked through a list of all my friends who graduated from

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  caption? Anita and I riding in a “tricycle”: a common form of transport in ... My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I ... over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  right now, I’ll throw in a free doodle! Yes, that’s right, I’ll answer ... Growing up, I admit that I watched a decent amount of television. I wasn’t a couch potato by any means; I loved to go fishing with my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  'refrigerator'/blahblah I will post selected entries in a complete blog to come ... . My email is up there in the banner - I'm curious to see what all of ... have received a lot of entries from y'all (during the time when I visited

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010