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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  by obsessive behavior and the employment of extremely dangerous or ... lab, and approximately 6 hours of homework and lab-prep.) We spend the ... of lab experience: some have never even held a pipette, and others are

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  can be seen glancing around. The same image is shown on a 10’ black-and ... parents must”ve had a heckuva sense of humor. Arthur. (shakes his head and ... even pants - but glasses and an innate moral compass to discern between

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  relationship between three floors--Conner 2, Conner 3, and Conner 5. I think of ... 's degree but still lives nearby, so she bakes you fresh cookies every once in ... blue dress, with ribbons tied around her pigtails and definitely the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  perfect time to catch up on schoolwork and then get ahead in classes, if you ... . However, our awesome Next House wing reps Gabe '11 and Sam '09 forced me to ... West side, and the elected representatives organize social events. They

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  -degree dew point and a 101-degree heat index. Mitra once said that when she ... , Simon '04, and Nick. Now, you might think that would be fairly expensive ... . Sam paid $3.60 tolls and $5 jacob's ladder. Nick paid $5 ring toss

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  the person that I was two years ago, the ways she’s changed and grown and carried on. I wrote a lot while I was living out of my car, interning at a writers’ retreat, and backpacking through Europe. This break, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  physics professor, WNBA basketball player, secretary of state, and ... . There are the occasional formal dances and student runway shows, but it ... Whitney-Johnson (’08) and I are among the Top 10 College Women of 2007

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  perpetual state of running around and doing five things at once.   ... hours of cheerleading camp and practice. Thanks to some amazing coaches we ... . Well, that and bruises and scrapes and muscle soreness all over our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  ), admitted by two (both local state schools), and waitlisted at one. I got off ... It's Pi Day. I woke up at 5:38AM (a nod to Nate Silver) and walked to work. It was dark, and a bit chilly, but it's a big day, and we have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  the States, and I've been happily living at Berkeley, CA, for the last 2 ... sleep, eating many yummy things, and completed a 3000 piece puzzle. (sadly ... and more Cantonese words, haha - I have resolved to start learning

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  Infinite and include other Institute touchstones   Analog, organic, human ... now home to the admissions office and plays host to our visitors, I ... launched MIT Illuminations, a colorful lighting installation and introduction

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  .youtube.com/watch?v=ObQfChNMUvM I was bored and the weather outside was nice, so I thought I would go around MIT and take a video of myself staying stuff I guess. I’m surprised ... , shadowing two people give tours, and giving a practice tour of our own. And

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  , inspiration strikes and fast   and it feels like the blog manifests itself through me as if it, itself, wants to get out into the world and I am simply only a vessel   and the worst part is, it happens all

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  just someone who regurgitates facts and information about institutions ... A while back I gave a presentation at MIT called Three Epiphanies and ... now as an assistant director and talking about the main things I learned

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  years, the institutional memory of student groups and dorm culture fades ... It's a beautiful day today in Boston, and looking out the window at ... ,[/annotation] and it may be a few more weeks before we see leaves begin to return to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  After a not-so-brief hiatus, I'm back at the Institute! Over the ... her high school, Stuyvesant, and on the way there she pointed out the ... is designed to be super energy-efficient and requires 67% less energy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  up. In the past month, there have been moments when hope and joy have ... midst of everything which is horrible in the world, and it is odd that the ... moment, though, I try to keep that analysis in the background and cherish

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  parallel universe is living out each of a hundred different lives, and each ... my current life in this universe. and i suspect that having too much ... don't understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  she made a complete 180 degree turn to face the shore. And as soon as ... This summer, we saw (and observed for two hours!) a real live SEA ... distance, and as we approach, we realized it was a sea turtle! Because we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  Program), and the adjustment back to home life has been, as usual, greater ... , but there are exceptions to every rule, and mine is not being bothered ... ? Sometimes you miss the freshman boy next door barging in and asking you what

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008