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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  our poster to the greater MIT community at the end of the semester. The ... us all as freshmen, new to MIT. We are uncertain of many things – of how we will fit into this new place, of who we are and who we may become

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  has an incredible amount of passion for research and loves that at MIT ... 's actually found at decreased levels! The signaling receptor of adiponectin is ... areas of knowledge and new lab techniques, while finding the potential of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Small Things I Like About Autumn A short reflection on a colorful season

  

  , and orange of the leaves, for me, always adds a new type of warmth to ... of both the colorful earth and shiny blue Charles at the same time ... Autumn is arguably one of the best seasons there is, especially here

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 31, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  explore EC. at the end of it, four new Bombers were placed on my floor, and nearly all of our new Bomber freshmen ended up in EC. there are now 18 of ... wanted to meet new people; i was deprived of doing so in a pandemic and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  entire summer at an internship and didn't get a return offer, and that ... fun of by everyone in the grade. You'd exposed your own vulnerability and hadn't even gotten any benefit out of it. And middle school students

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  a relatively new interest. During my freshman year of college, I was ... always feel like I’m going through a period of transition during my time at ... Hi I’m Audrey, a new face in this bloggerverse! As the illustration

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  department at MIT interests you and why?'" First, I should note that it has no bearing on your application, as ~50% of our admits end up majoring in ... to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  the undergraduate perspective at Next. Four days later, when all of the ... , essentially, first-year students at Next go through a process of exploring the ... form of swing dancing! I hate dancing and am generally bad at it, but

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  undergrads at the moment. Whatever the case is, it's not the end of the world ... of the process in obtaining a UROP[/caption] It's a great opportunity that MIT offers to their undergrads. However, getting research faculty to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  released — the few quiet hours that Ben once called the eye of the storm — I wanted to take a breath and collect some words of encouragement from ... who wouldn’t be? My usual defense in this kind of situation (aka any

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  : Weekends at MIT are like the soft, cushiony slices of whole-grain bread ... , agave nectar, and red onion, blended and served at one of Random Hall ... 's new Dean of Student Life, Chris Colombo. Dean Colombo spent over two

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  fantastical new thing someone, somewhere, at MIT has done. Then I get to learn ... , flailing at a never-ending torrent of projects like Lucy and Ethel at the ... amounts of sleep, trying to order a burrito at Anna's during the lunch rush

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  kicking back at my bench space--newly unwrapped box of pipette tips in hand ... remind me of great diversity of past and futures which intersect at MIT ... % of annual time) where we go to class, typically weekends and days off

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  At the end of my first week in my new job, I attended a gala ... all in when I looked over at another large silver tray arranged with ... circling that piece of chocolate? Very MIT cool and quirky. The 150

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  , each meant to serve the every need of its students. Most of them have a ... everyone else sings Sunday and at least one other day. A good choir is a thing of great pride for a college, and they will entice good musicians

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  something of a college preparatory nature occurs multiple times per week. For seven months, the notion of a new life and future along the Charles River ... [I'm at MIT now, but wrote this entry earlier today while still

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  had nothing to offer me but to tell me to practice. At the start of the semester I had been assigned a seat at a table in the very back of the ... frustrated, failing everything, and can't see the light at the end of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  their teams, a few of us met up at the Carnegie Science Center, saw ... Jamilla Jamison (formerly of our office, now at Harvey Mudd), about how to ... hundreds (and hundreds) of booths at ISEF, speaking with students there. Some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  Every new freshman class gets, in their Orientation folders, a little poster on which are listed "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate". Out of curiosity, I picked up a copy of this year's edition, and found that I have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  rest of us, left with nothing else to do, ended up standing at the stage ... Chamber Chorus at 9:30. I always arrive slightly late, completely out of ... walls of academia, where, it seems, I am destined to end up at some point

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022