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• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  have a massive summer reading list that I cooked up... although it is ... trash heap. Guess who doesn't? MIT! Well, mostly. MIT still throws out a ... weird freshmen Two queen size beds And a partridge in a pear tree

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  again, I would spend hours locked away in a corner of the library staring ... living in a universe of Organic Chemistry. To the point where Orgo and real ... " is unfavorable for a few reasons: 1) it's as cringe as it is cheesy,  2

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  Mechanics is a "deeper" theory of reality than classical mechanics, yet in the ... is invariant under a reversal in time? I'm sure there's an answer, they ... around in his daddy's shoes pretending to be a grown up. Now I feel like I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  live music and a gourmet five-course dinner - set in the nightclub of ... . The "nightclub of [my] dreams" is along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, which is roughly the equivalent of the Esplanade in Boston, except it's on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  Spending a lot of time in the Unified Lounge (Unified is a course 16 class ... in Boston for the summer is a very, very good idea. I got to get to ... sure who drew that but it's awesome. (3) Balsa wood gliders, that is

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to ... shortcut truly is. (There were actually lines in my notes that reference how ... language that introductory computer science is taught in at MIT), so I have

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Cells, Cells, and more Cells you've met me at a very course 20 time in my life

  

  interested in genetics or cells, which is a pretty big focus here. I'm more ... Hello! It has been a really long time since I posted :') My goal is ... thinking about a lot is my major, Course 20: Biological Engineering. My

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  much time is left on my conversion to a movie in Final Cut Pro. (Two ... a joke. It's an ultra-cool door.) I'm in the middle of a tough week where I'm racing to finish up an incomplete in a class from last term by

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  I haven't posted in a long time. This is largely because I have been swamped with work. This term is a crash course in time management. I ... . I'm in it for two major reasons. The first is that I'm a systems geek

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  that in many ways MIT is trying to 'weed' out those applicants who try to ... different, albeit with a non-empty intersection, and there are many who fit in ... it might provide insight. If their hair is pink because they are in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  itself. In my mind, the possibility of “developing a new vision’ in this way could be severely hampered if one is constantly in the act of doing ... 7pm. It was a good logistical plan in my head, given all the driving

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  First off, I hope everyone who came here for CPW had a great timeeeee ... locations here) Here's a video of the mood meter in the Infinite. Man, we ... I saw this installation in the Infinite Corridor. (You can see me

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  event is somehow both underwhelming and overwhelming. Underwhelming, in ... , in that everyone is there. There are few moments in the MIT journey where a whole class is together, and this was one of them. It’s fun seeing

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  experience is not a limiting factor. In particular, he tries to find students who have motivation, drive, passion, the ability to work in a team (e ... reduce the time a patient spends in surgery. Additionally, it can be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BASICNESS!!!!! a major major update

  

  I come today as the bearer of some un-chic news. It is not only a ... , a negative evolution. Nonetheless, it is true to my soul, and I found ... very sure, but in essence"]I am declaring[/annotation] a (double) major

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 30, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my ... happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most ... advisors in a social setting far removed from your work. :-) - In French

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  thing called scrum, which is basically a method of getting work done. in ... standup is scheduled to be fifteen minutes long. 10:30 AM i came in a bit ... a month is back, and i pour myself a cup. for the first time in two

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  where it is isn't wanted like that awkward kid in high school who invited ... "everyone was in it." His brother was a meaty metalhead (and consequently a ... weren't on Facebook. In retrospect, it was a primitive and dim space to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  -scooter-curling. Finally, Paul'13, who grew up in a traveling circus, started balancing the ... flattened, we naturally decided to indulge in a little Twilight bashing ... I like being around people who can creatively keep themselves

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  , almost like my innate daftness is an excuse for not being able to learn. In ... , I've felt like a fake at MIT. That I fit in socially and I have great ... feel like a failure a lot of the time and it takes everything in me not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020