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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  is connected in a web of yarn: a pretty cool visualization of how ... forward to exercising in, I've realized how important it is to take a break ... feels like you're in a hamster ball, surrounded by due dates

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  weights. A working-class kid raised just off Foster Road in Southeast Portland, the 6-foot-2, 240-pound teen is a leader in the school wood shop ... his parents each got laid off in recent years. Dad Scott Zinser is now a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  than in Boston, at the Coolidge Corner Theater, a lovely nonprofit ... was in town (and she is the one of the biggest Xena fans in all recorded ... is. But, uh, this is a lesson, prospective MIT students--never attempt

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  . Story Collider is a podcast showcasing stories in science, and I basically ... Sarah A. ‘18 (who lives down the hall from me in New House 4) to an aerial ... ’t want to run in the hall because who does that, but then also you feel

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order ... ) freaked me out. This afternoon, I drank a cappuccino and in a fit of ... in the middle of composing a follow-up e-mail. Phew. Definitely not a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  't have a final, and isn't a CI-H? No problem. Firehose is most useful for ... ="my freshman year in new vs old courseroad" /] CourseRoad is also very popular ... which I ended up pursuing. There is a new version and an old version of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  in the MIT Glass Lab this week. Since space is so tight and so tightly ... 3 webcams in the lab. Feel free to tune in. Live, from the Lino ... One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  We held it at the Boston Sheraton In this picture, the Sheraton is ... . They don't look like much in these photographs, but they created a ... -event pictures in Killian Court, where we will graduate in less than a month. Sniff

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  . I think this is widespread in New Vassar, actually. It's a very mixed ... 'm not sure it has a vibe yet. Seeing how new the dorm is, I thought I ... .[/annotation] As a fun fact, this is the first piece by an Indigenous artist on MIT

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major ... idea, there is a way to fail. There are readings that illuminate everyday subjects in an entirely new light. The question then is, “Why didn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  around here. This post is a photographic journey through the gingerbread ... the people in the photos, Kristen Y. '19, now a The Committee member ("The" is essential), organized a second gingerbread decorating party

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  up with Gen Zalpha slang, or people who are reading this in the far future, or people who time-travelled from a year before 2024: "Aura points ... . I unfortunately lost a handful of aura points in the past several days

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  there's nothing in the water that is white, how does it suddenly turn ... week. Whenever I'm at a spot with any kind of cascading water (which is ... . See, reading is a huge part of my life. My mom used to beg me to put the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  , students who could have done well in a more challenging course were barely ... quite a few reasons, one of which is summed up in some faux-sage advice in ... .341 project last fall.) All right, maybe "gorgeous" is a bit of a stretch. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  schedule. I used to watch a lot of the Media Lab's content back in middle ... this summer is living a fangirl's dream. I'm working with a TMG ... accurate to what's in the sandbox. The overarching goal of my UROP is to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  from? After a little academic archaeology, this is what I found. In an ... A few students pointed me towards this piece in the Wall Street ... . This means you come from a long line of educated people, who had the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm ... write an entry with just this in it: Dear Student, When you have a chance ... chicken in a cast-iron skillet, take off the skin, eat it, and throw out the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  enroll in is a college where they would be happiest. Finding a space where ... amount of students you see. Perhaps there is a ton of student activity in a ... who played a competitive sport and was involved in the pre-med society

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  Another blogget for you all. MIT Men's Heavyweight Crew is a finalist ... by going here and voting on the right hand side. This site is a little ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  UROP in the O'Connor Lab. The lab's a part of the chemistry department ... is what I thought would happen - it's hard to find a UROP if you start ... was my first experience with anything in a lab outside of the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008