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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  Well, I got my wisdom teeth pulled on Thursday afternoon, and I ... until yesterday morning, and even then I almost passed out a few times. As of right now, the corners of my lips are raw, and I still look like a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  this is helpful and answers lots of questions... Music. If you play music and would like to be a part of the music community at MIT, you may ... bring to this process and your talents can be considered with your other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  this, both the regular commenters and the lurkers. I worry that the ... essays on subjects that I had been thinking about for a long time, and had ... were written, I couldn't keep writing about the same topics over and over

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  semisweet chocolate and tossed it into her chocolate cookie recipe. I had a ... Chris '09 to see Alaina E'09 and Allison E'07. Despite getting lost AGAIN ... lost under the canopy of Allison's bed and checking out food options at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  : Design and Manufacturing 1 12:30 - 2 pm: Tissue Engineering for Analysis, Prevention, and Treatment of Human Disease So to tell you the name of the ... of a boy and his trials with energy and entropy. Directed by John

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  break. As my wife so ably put it, "Back away slowly from your job, and no ... insight, wisdom, humor, patience and dedication. Much to my surprise this ... believe that I've only been at MIT since July of 2005 and this blog has only

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  is that? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, of course! One ... '08, who lives in my suite, and had a sudden craving for garlic bread ... butter spread stuff sitting around my suite kitchen, and when Akash saw

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  I often hear students say that colleges control their destinies and that the admissions process is all about whom the colleges admit and not ... and you control two of them. You really can have a great deal of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  spectacularly. Like last night, we lost 1-0 in double overtime on the road and ... '08 and I decided to literally run circles around the dorm. The title of ... his suite: Ruth says update your blog!" And when Ruth tells you to do

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  and girls /they live in a single hall but different rooms.are they ... is Baker, where some rooms are designated as triples and quads. There are mixed feelings about the quads- some people love them and some

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  during Class of 2005 Orientation in August 2001, and they've been ... , and are both going to Stanford for grad school. Say it with me now: "Aww.") Their wedding took place in Bellevue last Saturday, and was a bittersweet

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  in which i document some of my thoughts regarding my job search and ... places, and i was too tired to look for more options: a large quant ... think it’s very neutral) and i also don’t think QR work is that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  some essay advice from the bloggers of yore and a few words from me ... graduate students in STEM and STEM-adjacent fields. This was a lot of writing ... : reflective, personal, and trying to get people to accept me for something

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  I famously have perfect taste, and with little to do over the summer, I'm left to just sit around and ponder endlessly, refining my taste and opinions indefinitely. I offer you the following takes with limited

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  Jul 20, 2025 at 11am My friends (Asal V. ‘25 and Isaac L. ‘25) and I built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for ... broke my leg. (don’t worry, I’ll walk again in a few months and be fully

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  it was going to go versus how it actually went when it’s all said and done. Maybe you should also write something like this and reflect when ... exercising without the pressure of pushing myself to be better and better

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Understandably, you ... experiences here, here, here, here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of ... ’s okay, too. For now, just float on, and we’ll see you back here in March

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  because the trip seemed logistically inconvenient, I was tired, and I had ... UROP professor Tonio Buonassisi']UROP professor and grad student ... tonight, and if my tracker is accurate, we should have a chance of seeing

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Many MIT students were ... , here, here, here, and most recently here. Some of you may feel happy to ... hold on, and we'll see you back here in March. We have posted more

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  .A. Times Festival of Books recently and heard Monica Youn read this poem ...  Normal People, and this short story is a predecessor to the novel, featuring Marianne and Connell. There’s a sentence in this story I keep coming back to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023