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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  decided to read it and see if my personal predictions and goals for my ... failed test. However, with extra time over the summer and this semester to ... about, and if I could go back and do it all over again, I'm not sure that

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  Earlier this summer, sitting at a bar in Berlin, a friend and I made a bet. I had been telling him about my research interests and my ... want to live a calm life and do a little science while I'm at it. We had

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  an “uncommon piece of advice that I had heard or given”. And in that ... have no idea.” And I told her I’d think on it for a little bit before ... advice, I just linked to a lot of previous bloggers’ advice and recommended

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  's what I'm copying and pasting below rah rah rah enjoy From: Kano ... brilliant jazz standard. i like the Lana Del Rey and Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald versions a lot.']Summertime and the livin’s easy

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  "The Show Goes On" and "Battle Scars", so when I heard he was teaching at ... Cafe Luna, a nearby diner. We talked about Lupe's course and came up with ... name." Throughout winter break and IAP, Wenjun texted me, asking to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Friday Night, Off-Campus Style come along on our evening of fish and wine

  

  great vibes, such great food, and such a great friend! Immaculate Vibes We ... white powder. It was both my and Paige’s first time visiting Dear Annie ... Paige and I, it just has “immaculate vibes.” On their website, the Dear

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  that I would enter some MIT buildings. And it was probably the last time ... passed away suddenly, and it shook me to my core that the last time I would ... times and be cognizant of them. I don't even remember what the last East

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  to find who had killed this man, and how they were going to be punished ... peacefully arrested in their homes for murder and aggravated assault of Amaud Arbery. My mind was overcome by the brutal and “rightfully deserved

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for was a good-old three hours of minimal brain activity and the occasional ... . And as I’ve navigated my way through those dangerous waters, I like to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  ://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/black-lives-matter), read that first, then come back and read this post. As many of you are ... . From the murder of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, to the tragic ... presented themselves to both black minds and not: "I am not black, can I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  semester, and I'm going to explain my classes and how I spent my first week ... " meaning "sick of" and not "finished, because I have landed my dream job, see ya next year"), so I sort of just wandered around and chatted with

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  and author. You may have seen Moneyball, the movie based on his ... small fortune and a new life narrative. All of a sudden people were ... ? Of having parents who didn't disinherit me but instead sighed and said

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  : the students (black and white) who allowed Martin Luther King, Jr., to speak on Washington Mall, the people (men and women) who allowed Betty Friedan to put feminism on the map, and so forth. They were real activists

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  out, though, that you need a reservation in order to go skydiving, and ... movies and actually discussing what I should do for my birthday, it was decided that I would eat seven different meals at seven new and different

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  ). ------------------------------------------------------- Shameless CPW Plug #2: Marilee Jones = Rockstar She admits you to MIT and ... personal favorite). If you've been admitted to MIT and haven't joined yet ... requesting to join - it's how Emma and Michael (the admins for the facebook

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  , gracefully has her cake and eats it too. And the rest of Conner 2 (plus ... ? Well, I finally made it home and then spent a lot of time catching up on ... , my last few days at MIT were a blur- I had 3 exams and lots of stuff to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  Mitra did. I think Mitra definitely did. :) Adam and I actually didn't go ... during my sophomore year, but one time we were at a dorm formal and looked at each other, and both of us were like "You know, I really don't like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So many problem sets

  

  presentations and readings, not psets, so I didn't post anything from it. 6 ... according to b) C-C connectivity and c) C-H connectivity (Y = methyl, E = methylene, I = methine). c) Label each amine, alcohol, and hydrogen by sp3 CC

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  day in my life except it’s a live blog

  

  and practice). so far it's incredibly beautiful but harsh (it's about a ... ], fnaf 2 because on friday i went to see it with friends, and ... what i'm consuming and meditating on i think has been really productive

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  , and nothing else. It seems almost inevitable that this is going to ... journal, and someone I’ve never interacted with will read it, and will think ... “Well there’s evidence on both sides, like X and Y versus Z and W”. But at

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021