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• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  Steven Pinker. For me, physics was certainly the hardest; not only did my ... for whatever else MIT would throw at me. I like that MIT doesn't just ... important than mentoring the students I teach." A relatively new name to me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Orientation and pre-approval In which I relate orientation to getting pre-approved for a credit card in a totally…

  

  work this summer, my co-worker Nick insisted upon calling me 'Kim' (it ... certificate-ly before 'Kim', he insisted he was just calling me by my last name ... assisting me in weeding out who's a friend and who's foe, it also helps me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early ... . Last year when Anthony called me, I flipped out. "OH MAN MIT IS ON THE PHONE. OH MAN, I HAVE TO REMEMBER MY SAT VOCABULARY, OR THEY'LL RESCIND ME

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  the freight industry. It's all new to me, coming from the passenger side ... 's been very friendly and generous, going out of their way to include me in their work activities or just to show me a specific project they

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  to go right now. Are you coming?" "...Sure!" Far be it for me to let ... happens to be an amazing photographer. Unluckily for me, I was wearing sweats. Unluckily also for me, Gheorghe has friends in The Tech (the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  me at all, unlike Spiderman 2, where the value of an eigenvector can be 4.6 electron Volts. That had me laughing out loud. Which was kind of ... .022 textbook made a cameo in Spiderman 2. 4. One thing that did bother me was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  knitted for me by Ruth '07? So, there's this report for 10.28 on the effect ... campus, saying, "oh, no rush, no rush, just send me this report as soon as you can" and "Oh, DON'T WORRY, we'll be cool if you just SEND ME a page

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  district of Japan and wear funky punk-rocker clothing. It occurred to me that ... follow me around and make me look cooler. I'd like to dedicate this entry ... to Dvorak, would set me back about $20. That's just stupid. So, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  couple of months in New England, somebody told me I had a Southern accent ... I interact with who have known me long enough to know what I talk like ... have a coke?" you'll be asked "What kind?" To me, this seems natural, but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  being a cheerleader, and how it had taught me responsibility. (Reading ... postdoc who called to offer me a job, and for whom I worked for ten ... . The postdoc told me later that he had picked me because he wanted to see

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

  

  "](bars),[/annotation] but even with so many options to choose (don't get me started on our ... of me leaving! It will only be a very short matter of time before I see you again, grabbing an afternoon pick-me-up between [annotation note

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 30, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  nothing is impossible (and in some ways, it did that for me), for the most ... began to nudge me more often. I wondered if I was doing it purely out of ... helped me with classes and who I admired a lot but never had the courage to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  When I was younger, people called me the "art kid." I distinctly ... my favorite class, and I remember my teachers affectionately teasing me ... trust me that i spent everyday begging my parents to take me to the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... foreign to me. the problem is not that i am unwilling to ask other people ... disappear sometimes people tell me i need to chill and that my standards

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  blogs, which makes me very happy. [annotation note="It was early 2020, which makes me feel bad about how long ago, but the pandemic crowded a lot ... email from former blogger Allan K. '17, who told me his mom, Catherine Mao

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  've got a system. Regardless, this led to me disliking a lot of things as a kid and some of those dislikes have stuck with me, even at 19. I dislike face paint. It was always untidy to me, the way it looked just icked me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  our initial phone call, Penny told me that it was already in pretty good ... more feedback in December, she also told me that we probably wouldn’t go ... new project that made me just know it was the one. I knew it was the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  wondering what all the fuss is about, but let me tell you: the Subway was, by ... rocky, but I could always rely on it to be there for me. After long hours ... downstairs to withdraw cash from the ATM. A footlong sub could last me two

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  , doing real engineer stuff." Jeremy instructed me to look a bit after a ... . This is the first rat I've seen in a commercial, though. And it leaves me ... -but-surreptitious ring placement, please let me know in the comments below.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready ... terrible things at me, and the only way I could find myself reacting was by ... my senior year. It was the absolute correct decision for me. Now, my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016