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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  same refractive index as glass. Even in person, you can only see hints of ... Mylar® for the piece above. As you can't see, the cube contains a hand-blown hollow glass replica of a human circulatory system. The reason you can

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  's or about getting in to your dream school. "Being the best you can be ... school life you're in). "Just do your best," (lol just) is quite an open ... finals week for us here at MIT. So to all who applied, whether you get in

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  daunting problem sets and computers that can't love you back. Cats also have ... guarantee you that someone's hiding one in their dorm room. Before you know it ... 't bark, and can better fend for themselves while students are in class

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  whatnot. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: You can be pre-med at MIT, but you'll have to ... wonder that they can organize all this defiance of death in a scant two ... DID YOU KNOW? Liechtenstein is less than 5 percent the size or Rhode

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  much milk as you possibly can. Casein (a protein found in milk) binds to ... of chicken, and also pages filled with integrals, in case you preferred ... weekend of absolute tomfoolery. With that said, I proudly present to you

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  Well my fellow 09er's, as most of you already know, AP scores are in ... various programs you can download for Windows. (There are tabs at the top of ... called Leash. You can use Leash to login with your Athena username and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  reading room, you can see how the desks are tucked away and private (that ... wasn't joking. It is dead silent in there. If you accidentally make a noise then you are shunned and scorned forever. The only way I can really

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  ’t mean you can’t do it.” I used that affirmation to push back against ... ? You’re not 17 anymore. You’re 22. Hell, you’re in grad school Hell, you’re gonna be a math PhD student at MIT in less than 8 months. And sure, you

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  't, go find one. He or she will remind you how exciting the world can be, when you're curious about everything and can see the magic in fizzing ... head in. Lisa: Anna, does being born on Halloween mean that you're a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  .” And then he’s like “Yeah, you’re in here all the time. Well, we ... every once in awhile, that place you always walk to when nothing makes ... I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my ... you can manipulate. A sensor above generates a 3D model of the sand, and ... whenever you change what's in the tray. https://vimeo.com/44538789?embedded

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Aristotle believed men had more teeth than women. It was a most busy and miserable day that can be summarized in one sentence ... Market in three weeks and the shelves of my formerly bomb

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  ), but you can find the full script here in the interim! [embed ... lying. In the midst of this shitshow, the last thing you need to be doing ... , neither of which are in great abundance during freshman fall. Granted, you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... . Drive any direction out of downtown Seattle, and in 3 hours or less you ... ="attachment_38601" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The sun hasn't set. You just can

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  ’s important to see the people you look up to engage in self-compassion. I know a ... stepping away from a good thing so you can take care of yourself is okay. Barely passing three classes in a major that fascinates you is okay

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  ill; don’t let this be you.   Why not? Because the unfortunate symptoms include: Feeling quite hot, but in a 100°F kind of way Fatigue ... than you were when watching Les Miserables) Missing out on the best

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  take a minute just sit right there I’ll tell you how I became the Assistant Director for Minority Recruitment at MIT…..which is in Kendall ... rapper) In Piscataway New Jersey born and raised In the backyard is where

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  ago to see me now. i just wanted spring to arrive. i’ve learned you can ... and i am running out of time. when i was in barcelona, i talked about ... semester i tell myself i am as busy as can be, and then the next semester i

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  am just like everyone else. "You also like to be in control a lot of the time, I'm assuming? And when you're not in control, that's when you ... 'll remember that move so in the future I won't fall into it again' and then you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  sandwiches in the Student Center. You're probably thinking, “Hey, enough about ... juniors, or even cynicists) can do to combat poverty. Every August in the ... close to a win-win situation as you can get without opening a jar of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008