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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  usually) the best choice for a student to stay in the same program for ... a pretty generous designation for that rather sizable piece of ... blue, which was really one of my major criteria for my purchase: portable

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  minors in Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, must be for having not one ... on biology-related projects at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ... has an incredible amount of passion for research and loves that at MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  was a fun way for us to break the ice and learn a little about each ... -In As we gear up for the second STARS (Small-Town and Rural Students)@MIT Fly ... STARS Ambassadors, Vaneeza—a current MIT student who played a key role in

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I ... advantage. Simply checking your MIT email for announcements from student ... final day of freshman orientation, you can sign yourself up for as many

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  There is probably a meter somewhere that measures how much fun you ... orientation (the week before classes start for freshmen). FAP involves spending ... you should all sign up for) and the rest of the time participating in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  , dragging pajamas on in a hurry before jumping into the softest bed for a nap ... takers, and, mostly (or so I hope), study for the next exam. It’s all kind ... ’s door, the room cleaning, the napping…. I could take it all for granted

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Bang! Update [3] Gotcha!

  

  pistol team is on its way to West Point in New York for a shooting ... seemed like fun. Shooting is a useful skill, no experience was necessary ... -five minutes, best possible score of 600 (10 per target). West Point's air pistol

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  or sipb? i used to care about them more. i wanted to fight for their existence, to make sure they kept going another year, and for more years after ... games and people who liked playing them. i talk to alumni about these

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  singing group within Next House! Our main goal for the group was for it to ... actual thing. Like, for lack of a better term, W T F In the beginning, I hardly realized what she roped me into being co-president for. I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  concerns about the test. After reviewing more than 50 sample SAT essays, the ... Emeritus Charles Vest introduces Friedman. A big crowd shows up for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  since I have penchant for the color red anyway (maybe gold would have been ... talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total ... quantum physics as the latest Red Sox victories, who are so dedicated to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  Last night after work and before the Red Sox game, I went out to ... one of their specialties) was even better than advertised. Then the Red ... for EA will be extended to accommodate things. Also, Grommit (where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Breathless Why it's so hard to tell college students to ease up a bit.

  

  a long while, for dinner. We live farther away from each other this ... -hour red blocks, many of which overlap. He talks me through how this week he ... -ing for a class or two, and applying to grad school a year early (because he

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  one of the best ways to enjoy it. if your fast walking procedure ... recommend it i should also mention that there are other means for commuting ... ground when you take a step. not just for the purposes of walking faster

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two weeks. Next week, however, some students will begin arriving on campus to ... interactive art. Kayak. Play robotic soccer. Visit a nuclear reactor. Swing your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  year, in the playwright's note for a play I wrote called Remembering Her ... years of undergrad."]4W[/annotation]and played in the pit for Heathers, my ... that I just don't believe. If you think about it for a few more moments

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  , for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few ... inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do ... these last two posts were just me typing furiously on a keyboard for a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  ! There's lots of choices here, so don't settle for second best. It's all ... different things on campus. But having been here for a year, you realize that ... thought you'd like are actually quite likeable. For that reason, keep an

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  listening to music: looking for new songs/albums, actually listening to them ... . having rediscovered my love for reading, I decided to embark on the ... you offer little more than a two-sentence synopsis. for example

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  take us for only thirty euros. At that point, it was around 2:50 AM, so ... enjoying it a lot for a number of reasons: not least because in Europe, everything is close, which allows for easy travel to different cities and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022