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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  high school -- certainly I didn't, and I was even captain of the squad my ... microscope again, and I was going to take pictures of the lab and our equipment ... of the more senior lab members. Morgan's lab is primarily concerned

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  of the cultural houses within New House (the others are German House ... (by day of the week) into cooking teams of 3-5 people. I'm on the Friday ... usually consists of four dishes. 2. Send the list of ingredients, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  at one of the local high schools. She's starting her second year, and ... first time, which was fantastic. I actually met up with Louann, one of my ... schools, we hosted a central meeting on Wednesday, 9/17 at a place called

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  bollywood film at the beginning of the school year, and i was initially really ... into good schools, at the cost of their mental health and sometimes even ... song to run to in like 9th grade of high school, and i realized again

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  sick of this school. I found a UROP where I do independent research that ... and land on solid ground. Such is the nature of this school, and this is ... The hell of fall semester is finally over and I have resurfaced from

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  recommendation to graduate school. b) That fear of being seen as dumb? Well, that ... school. I have three amazing advisors, all of whom care deeply about ... “My name is Paige, and I'm a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  spent a lot of time and effort preaching to you about your high school ... classes you'll never need and don't even like instead of spending your time ... have a chance a college. In the end, it's what you did for the love of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  school staging of Hamlet and the firebombing of Dresden. My main complaint ... Wiz anyway because of its association with food murderer Sandra Lee. So ... gave me plenty of great recipes for Apple Bake, Burton-Conner's annual

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

    In the midst of some version of the thesis struggle described in ... our calendars strain under the weight of obligation. Spring is short ... sleeve shirt instead of my sister's Tin-Tin t-shirt with the arms cut

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  nostalgia with a #ThrowbackThursday: PCTI Class of 2013 Graduation with my ... changed during my first year of MIT. I'm smarter now, or at least I hope I ... of my entire MIT life. For one, I had a guaranteed social life. For two

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  skipped band. Terrified at the prospect of my school calling my parents to ... . One afternoon during high school, I had a bad break-up during lunch period and couldn't bear the thought of going to class. So, unable to face

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  a little while. Next week I will begin a leave of absence from MIT. I ... student and researcher. As some of you may remember, before MIT I was a ... the University of Massachusetts, where I wrote my senior thesis about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  the semester just started, but it hardly feels like school's really ... snow days in the last week, which meant lots of indoors time. it's kind of nice, really: mario kart in the lounge outside, teasing the hall

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  some days, I feel like nearly an entire high school semester's worth of ... Meet Dennis Hopper. That was a portrait taken of him by Charles Giuliano, published in 2007. I first saw Dennis in a pile of four art pieces

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  from different living groups, activities, walks of life. Our “Tiger Team” of multi-disciplinary engineers was tasked with trying to get three ... international automotive company, Gelota, we worked for was facing reports of

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  unreasonably beautiful, balmy days straight through most of January. They almost ... that of this video's protagonist, I actually did. Last Monday, I and other early risers traveled as far as the lawless borders of West Campus

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  entry that would exceed the length of The Old Man and the Sea, and so I ... two blog posts in high school literature class and it didn't work ... desk, I spied a whiteboard in the hallway with a suspicious bag of candy

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  recycling bin of everything you wanted to do in Boston during the school year ... The thing about summer is the weeks kind of all run together, so all the days just sort of bleed into each other and everything starts to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  , the more I learned about every aspect of theater. In high school, I was ... Star Wars Trilogy: The Musical Edition fall of my freshman year - the ... Yoda puppet, one of the stars of 'Star Wars Trilogy: Musical Edition,' a

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  my first all-nighter of the fall term. Well, I don't really believe in ... really cool article. Then on midnight of the 12th day of the festival, a ... the star of fire to reach the zenith. Once it did, the priest would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005