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• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  professor last night, and frankly everyone is just counting down the minutes ... !!!!) and saying "Forget science. I'm dropping out to be a Benedict ... ://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation and wrote: I. Hate. These. Emails. Any motivation I have to fill out

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  at the bus stop were demonstrating this tactic, and had chosen the ... , some of which were fashionable, and some of which were unfashionable ... tears of frustration, they crystallized on my cheeks and shattered one by

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of ... plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The ... Brewster Kahle '82 (right, courtesy Library of Congress) and the Internet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  Authors): Old English and Beowulf hwæt ƿe gardena in geardagum þeodcyninga ... of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to ... , and lonely winters; of haunting beauty found in unexpected places; and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  apologize for that in advance. --- Paul joined a fraternity, and now lives at his fraternity. Snively didn't join a fraternity, and lives at his ... 21 students (and I'm not planning on moving out anytime soon). Not to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  letters, our MIT IDs, and state IDs. We push everything up towards the lady ... that in less than 24 hours you'll be in New York and playing with toys. Maddie and I planned on leaving for South Station at about 11:45 PM so at

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  On the hallowed grounds of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... its requisite promises and challenges; in his past lies a strong, resilient foundation for the educational, personal, and professional

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working ... Institute, or RSI, a summer program for rising high school seniors around the country and the world. They all come to MIT, stay in Simmons hall, and get

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in ... straight up bio, and in which I had some preexisting interest. I didn ... Institute Requirements. I'm leaving as a course 9 major with a lot of side

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  here all along -- I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a ... Campus dorm during my freshman and sophomore years, but when some friends were graduating (and thus, had to move out), I realized I didn't want to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  through the strength of hopes, dreams, affirmations, and prayers ... starts five minutes after its posted time and ends five minutes before (ex: a 9am class begins at 9:05 and ends at 9:55). In theory, this is

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  us, and stood around a getting a ring on a peg game on State Street for ... ’d ride down the block on my bike, wave hi to my aunt, and return back to my ... about everyone, the change is sudden and doesn’t even necessarily hit you

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  recognition in the United States, and it showed that one in two adults -- 117 ... coding, or "incoding". she's a fulbright fellow and a rhodes scholar, and ... empower communities via tech education and highlight bias in algorithms. i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  , Mexico, Naples, Vienna, Belfast, and Lisbon are all names of towns in the state. Our retreat was in Peru, located in western Maine; The Tech rented ... nearest major cities, Boston and Montreal, are each 260 kilometers away

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  the United States, and taking a walk around Philadelphia at two in the ... The land of 85% humidity, cheap food, and scooters that can ... gaps in the blinds. I rolled over, and realized - to my delight - that I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In ... half an hour since returning to MIT on Sunday, and I was only home for ... 've really been home that I'm on the verge of emailing housing and telling them

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  states of being are transient, and I am more confident and happier than I ... and the painful awareness that you are almost certainly less happy than ... slightly unlucky. Something doesn’t work out, and I end up incongruously sad

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  United States are vast and complex and work very well—but this also makes ... A lot of people living in the United States don’t understand how complicated water is. I created this post as a sort of quick-guide to water, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  for my Lolo and restore him to a better state. I feel useless ... movie had ended, my hands shook with such a fierce tremor and I remember just calling up my grandparents and telling them how much I love them. A

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

  universe it means I am part of something much bigger than myself  

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024