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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  or a new UROP, and pre-semester cleaning of my new home, the DPhi ... : Dream of the Red Chamber (at Harvard). Dream of the Red Chamber, or 红楼梦 ... I’d intended to write this post the first day of classes, but was

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  quick dispatch from my new room on the first floor of senior haus ... called my parents, who are looking at houses. lots of moving parts ... years of taking a lot of required/introductory/foundational classes that i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  , MacGregor, it's Entry Rush). 5th East now has nine new freshmen ... , Nick '09, Zak '09, and Ross '09. I took some pictures at the East Campus ... Early Warning", which I think is a great name for a party. At the East

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  alumni work at! There is a huge list of companies to choose from, and since ... of 9 externs at Brain Power, 3 in Web Development, 3 in Product ... we got taken out to lunch to local restaurants, all 4 of which were new

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  My lack of blogging this semester is largely a reflection of how this ... pressures that we put on ourselves. Each of us here has high expectations for ourselves. We don't look at each other competitively- I've honestly never felt

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  off to work in New Zealand instead of grinding away on problem sets in ... -Zealand-gap-year experiences instead of sophomore-year-at-MIT experiences. There is no such thing ... most of all, we want it beautiful. VC-talk is speckled with grandiose

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  healthy, cook, deal with my kinky hair, try out new flavours of alcohol ... specifically my relationship with one mentor who has grown into more of a sister ... from everything you have ever known and loved and to settle into a new

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  admissions rate of about 2-4% at the time I went). I ended up not being friends ... to hear at this time last year, and maybe it's exactly what one of you ... This is a blog post for those of you who are struggling with the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  impact of Blahaj on people and communities can be seen and felt right at ... of the content and a deeper appreciation for the creators. But even if ... to be SO interesting. Perhaps one day I’ll join the ranks of video

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  I am today. . . . while cultivating new friendships! Many of my ... Happy New Year! Even though I'm nearsighted, this is the year for ... 2016 as part of the Class of 2020, which means most of my friends are

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  decided that I would eat seven different meals at seven new and different ... party at Fuzio. We did, as a matter of fact, eat at 7 PM. WITH SEVEN ... got into an early habit of ignoring it. After I turned 7 on 07/07, it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  have decided that taking five classes at MIT on top of a UROP and ... In my New Year's Resolutions post, I wanted to make a promise to blog ... spend time with friends. 2. I'm continuing my UROP at the MIT Education

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  the first time in recent memory, i don't feel burned out at the end of ... of feels like a fall from grace to move from being a token-woman-who-is-good-at ... extraordinarily rough for me, and at the beginning of this semester, i spent so much

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  ) One of MITs pilot online courses for their new high-quality online ... Hard to believe but my time at the institute is starting to wrap up ... 's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  determines the height at which the middle of each image should be hung. With ... the second floor of the Student Center (W20) and is the only permanent ... part of this organization since 2004, and this was my 4th visit to Uganda

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  . Scrape off excess clay at the foot of your pot; use a needle or wire tool ... how big you can make your vessels. At the end of week 1, I ended up with ... . At the end of week 2, I had kept the following two bowls: [caption id

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  and i popped down to one of the halls at the new england conservatory to ... weeks at the start of freshman fall, and then dropped because i had too ... has a video of Sophie throwing a big bouncy ball right at us (this was a

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  , a soiree if you will. I think the only crazy part of this party might ... semester, our chef, Karen, who is a trained pastry chef, makes some of the most delectable desserts on this side of the country including chocolate

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  week. -Twelve jars of tuna canned at home by loving mom and sister. They ... -postcard of Marlon Brando, which is nicer to look at than the green plastic pot ... over again. I felt fresh and the week looked new. Considering that I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  mischievous deity had invented new laws of physics starting at the molecular ... . To me, succeeding at MIT is just a gradual process of lowering your ... -by-term breakdown of my lowest test scores at MIT. Fall 2003 -- I was inconsolable

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006