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• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  was ever mine. for example, a rather common one is i will only say ... particularly honest. so as a compromise, i think maybe the right thing for me to ... them for most of the past few years i’ve felt a consistent pull towards

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  today (August 12), minus a few hours where I'm eating food or have a ... comments section will remain open for another month, and while I can ... Hi blog readers! It's been a few months since I've graduated, a time

  • by Phi A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  execute it well, I can dig it – but I’m looking for authenticity of spirit ... . What you’re looking at is a screenshot from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & ... it is that time of year where the obligatory paper has come a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  a draw for me in the depth of intramural sports. I had been a varsity ... frozen for a couple months of the year. So I grabbed the opportunity at MIT ... Despite growing up in New York, I became a Red Sox fan when I was 8

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  can schedule an appointment for a shot at MIT Medical by calling their ... Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  sitting with me for a while. I quiet them most of the time, but occasionally ... had the opportunity to join a research project where I would study ... in. To simply do things out of a love for it and nothing else. I hope

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  "]toscanini's[/annotation] logo on the table. i guess it's been around for a while ... professor a couple weeks in advance to be like, "hey dude, i don't think i can ... it off. a quote from a post back in march: What am I doing? It doesn

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  gratifying Physics research can be. I once heard a story from my UROP advisor ... ’t understand that at all at the time, I can kind of see where he’s coming from ... detector connected to a multi-channel analyzer, where we can use a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  Worrying and Love MIT A shocking confession: one time, I almost transferred to Harvard. I even had a recommendation lined up from a Harvard ... , my dorm, and the opportunities I got as a rare HASS major. I stayed

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  blogs, I hope you realize that admissions is more than just a job for ... For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT ... sure there is a single "right" answer to that question. I wish I could

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  knot again my spread for Infinite Magazine Issue 9

  

  knew I definitely wanted to do a spread for Issue 9, and specifically a ... ? Instead of getting a separate photographer from the club, I chose to take ... for the magazine. Once again, because I wanted to practice in a variety

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 20, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  can for sure say that I feel the most confident I've been, which is a ... those desires in a new way. I can confidently say it's one of the most ... ; 17.307 Excited for a class is a... strong term... but I choose to have

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  -or-treating and mooch candy from all your GRTs? Aww yes. I, for one, opted for ... permanently modify my clothes, for instance--I'd never have another use for a ... I wasn't sure I was up for dealing with a cape for an entire day of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  ) bunk room for about 5 hours. I got a lot of HASS reading done. =) Then, I found out that I got a new job! Ready for it? You sure? It's nerdy ... they all thought I was going to a meeting for students who were admitted

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  information. If I can be a resource for you, please don’t hesitate to contact me ... staffers are not a whole lot older than I am. “For many staffers,” Anna tells ... other scientists from other organizations. Thanks to Anna, I have a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  statements the same? Nope. So since I'm from the 80s, I can tell you that I ... was a good decision given what I could select from. I still wanted some ... When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  post series* For as long as I can remember I have wanted to travel the ... where I would be staying I slept for 11 hours (Jetlag is no joke). I woke ... 11:52 AM on June 9th, a cool but sunny day in Johannesburg. I took an

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life as a Physics Major- Research and Junior Lab(Part 2) Long and verbose. But I hope you find time to read it.

  

  nailed a back handspring first time since high school; I can flip ... my slides from Alpha Decay, which I ended up choosing for my public ... perhaps a history class. I'm leaving some time to do work for the non

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  -models than I can shake a stick at. My professors have found a way to solve the ... not for these brilliant examples of success. I actually have a lot more ... mathematics.” It seems that MIT is increasingly cited as a paragon for the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  then I moved to Boston, where it wasn't 100 degrees from 8 am til dusk ... , where they recommended some specialists I didn't go to. I took a week off ... , from times I'd scrape my knee and then keep running, tearing the wound

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021