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• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  , I could be a BME major at Johns Hopkins, sat in the nook of some cafe ... reality of situation, though, is that the road is not at all the same. I ... In my freshman year of high school, my favorite teacher that year had

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  completely worth it: Did you hear the voices at the end of the video ... Hailing from the notoriously hot and humid city of Houston, in which ... midst of 30-something-degree weather, it began to snow. Much to the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  under the "Social Science" category of HASS). Ironically, at the end of ... set of classes to concentrate in. :) Foreign Language classes at MIT ... . Props to people who know what the salt at the end of the video is actually

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  of an actual call—and numerous parodies. Not all the songs at ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT is the culture. It's hard to describe, but there's a peculiar mix of

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  , helpful things to guests. As I walked by the security tent at the foot of ... commencement staff weren't the only people who'd gotten up at the butt-crack of ... of the world", but really, it was more akin to, "Ponchos". We awoke to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  a copy of our correspondence: Do you believe what students put on the internet can hurt them with college admissions? (Not necessarily at MIT but ... simply because of an internet profile? Do you think it is fair for that to

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also ... kinds of them — from people who are still young and also some who are old

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  will respond to everything but it will likely take the better part of the ... resolved. MIT is observing the New Year's Day holiday today (1/2) since the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones

  

  Hi everyone! It is that time again, the time of my[annotation note ... "]annual[/annotation]excitement: I get to introduce you to this year's crop of baby bloggers. To hire ... wonderful group of people. And now you, like us, get to laugh, cry, and lose

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  loudly at the finish line.  No cowardly act of terror can break this spirit ... This was supposed to be a happy post. It was supposed to be one of those after-CPW posts, celebrating three straight days of liquid nitrogen

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  Here at MIT, just about everything is referred to by its number. To ... through Buildings 56, 16, 8, 10, and 3, and emerge from the basement of Building 7. And when you register for classes, you speak of taking 3.091, 8

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  About one million Americans have a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which causes inflammation of the digestion tract and leads to ... weren't bad enough, IBD increases the risk of developing colon cancer and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  As you know, I'm a big fan of Indian Bollywood movies, and last night was the premiere of Swades, the latest film from Oscar-nominated director Ashutosh Gowariker (Lagaan), starring Shahrukh Khan (think of him as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  walked back to my suite lounge after another round of classes and a meal at ... a day's worth of classes and found this printout of my blogger bio ... , and found my roommate at his desk. After seeing my puzzled look, he said

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  other news, one of my favorite people at MIT left this week for a semester ... ," a night of spoken word, collective art, and informative camaraderie. I read Chin's book about five years ago, and was madly into it at the time

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  'm guessing most of you are seniors, so you'd be looking at taking a gap year ... here instead of studying for the TWO exams I have on Tuesday. This way ... to have the best year of your life and then just say "But I waited too

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  . Despite the American reputation of not being a soccer-friendly country, thousands of fans showed up at Boston's City Hall to watch the Final ... the scene below (note the delicious Mike's Pastry at right): not your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  % MIT 32% RPI 19% Cornell My sources tell me that at least two of the ... from the MIT homepage yesterday, the final day of voting. According to ... honored in the strip." The strip has not yet run, but as of 12:58am this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  beneath a body of water, but at this point it's so routine that most ... So you've heard of Socrates and Archimedes. But did you hear about the Greek father of vegetables? His name was Crudites. ;-) (Yes, it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  land on the vastness of the Charles all at once. It's hard to see in the ... the glittery Boston skyline reflected off of the glossy black surface of ... romanticize rain when I'm indoors listening to the drumming of droplets on my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023