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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to ... have some block on an inclined plane or something, and you’ve got to ... . Where is theta, and is the component mgsin(theta) or mgcos(theta)? That

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  . Suzan-Lori Parks is a playwright and novelist whose play Topdog ... 's always great to meet and talk with someone who is not only successful in life, but confident in his or herself and happy with what he/she has done

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  things like the American Mathematics Competitions, and science students can ... -scratch inventions and creations get our attention in the same way that many of those national honors do. Why? Look at MIT's motto, Mens et Manus -- Mind and Hand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  into the apartment, and have all kinds of grownup things like furniture, lightbulbs, and cleaning supplies under the sink. I thought we'd be done moving ... 's worth of clothes so you don't have to unpack and then repack your temp

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  of the year and then miss it? So, Mollie did that entry about life in MacGregor, and I've conned my excellent friend Kim '09 from marching ... , apparently the residents were strapped for cash one day and decided to sell the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the world's energy crisis through science, engineering and education." During ... Council 10:00-11:15am PANEL SESSION I - followed by Q & A Science and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  So Sam and Mollie have both introduced you to their interesting ... Engineering Center. You always hear MIT students talk about their UROPs, and one ... , and the next day, I had a UROP. One of Professor Griffith's research

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  't keep myself away from Bobby and Whitney's humorous episodes or Simon ... comment. As Matt mentioned earlier, on this season of The WB's Beauty and ... 's premiere of the show in 10-250, Ankur '04, shared some of his thoughts and

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  substantial, and I feel that too many photos takes the focus away from the writing. However, photos have their place too, and I decided that this entry ... , Senator from Senior Haus (and, I think, the only third-termer in the Senate

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  TFP (an ETLA) was handing out in Lobby 7 and I wondered about the rate of ... impatient and consumed the rest of the lollipop in two swift chomps. Freedom ... writing and we want to give you all the points you deserve." I've gotten a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  students to explore MIT dorms and find their future home on campus. REX occurs during Orientation Week, and all the dorms hold events showcasing ... to campus and quick access to a dining hall made up for it. As long as

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  passionless had a crisis, got a tattoo

  

  treating New Year's Eve as a reason to make a charcuterie board and talk to friends instead of a day of radical change and contemplation. I mostly ... 's lives to feel like there are a million possibilities, and I feel like I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  As the summer turned to fall, my housemates and I prepared to move ... 's. More on that later."]last year[/annotation]at MIT? Packing up and leaving felt so strange. The pandemic had somehow compressed and expanded time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Making the Pi Day Video the experiment, part 2

  

  ="🤷"]something?[/annotation] A month passed and I still hadn’t thought of the idea but, as it ... animation, and I knew I wanted this year's video to be animated. So, I emailed ... by with no response, so I sent her another DM and it turns out I

  • by kellen manning
  • March 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  ="a nice MIT perk is that you can just email most professors and they ... and professor at MIT,[/annotation] and I lamented about my fears for the future, coming back to MIT, and feeling a bit lost. He gave me a lot of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  ; and as a prefrosh, getting a glimpse of the amazing things my future classmates had learned and done. I’m still intimidated sometimes, now, but I ... which is positive and supportive and caring), other people’s skills don

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  Cambridge and Boston, so keep an eye out for it. Also keep in mind that I am ... you see any errors, please let me know and I will fix it as best I can ... because I relish the time I get to spend spacing out and basking in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  "Dudamel - Open Rehearsal" and asked if I would be interested in attending ... 'm definitely down! :)" and reserved a ticket. A month later, Google Calendar ... !") but we squeezed and "sorry! excuse me!"d our way in. Flipping through

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Climb Every Mountain: a Guest Blog Post by Davie R. ‘12 Davie R.: MOTH HUNTER.

  

  Midnight. We switched off the generator and the glaring light died. A ... .. - - - First, an explanation of who I am and why I’m posting on Anna’s blog. I ... Math (combinatorics) and Music (opera singing). I then spent a year in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  words what the show was about, what I thought during the show, and how I ... one of my sisters (and friend I made before MIT through FRC), Erin B ... and emailed me asking me to audition. As a shy freshman, even the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013