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• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  to become Thanksgiving. I always say “no” with varying degrees of ... , maybe more -- but apart from a few bites of poke, the last time I ate meat ... ."]September first.[/annotation] I’m kind of surprised that this has worked for me. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  degrees, in every career field, with the obvious exception of the five or ... During a pset party last night, one of my hallmates called her own ... that impacts millions of strangers. A biologist can publish a paper that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  the sheer lunacy of the idea). The Admissions office is chock full of brilliant people, some of whom you know from the blogs and others you don ... Admissions we don't lie about MIT. That kind of Zen-like simplicity is on par

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  writing (with more words), but my work builds upon some of my high school interests. Back in high school, I was really interested in the art of turning ... The first month of the year is a beautiful time for students here: no

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  specific set design). In February of sophomore year, the design is announced ... Rats for ninety years, and they're a hugely important part of MIT tradition.  Every freshman class has a Ring Committee, who put in tons of time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  ’s Sunday morning now, daylight savings time is weird) on the 6th floor of the ... Innovation and Design, a class that all GEL1s take). This week was pretty long; I had tests in three of my classes: 9.65 (Cognitive Processes), 20

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  Bank of China building, designed by IM Pei '40. It's so famous, it's even on the back of the HK$20 bill. That's not the only MIT-design on a bill ... For most of the past month, I was traveling in southeast Asia, a trip

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  On October 10th, the MIT class of 2023 had Ring Delivery. Ring ... arrival of your [annotation note="The MIT undergraduate class ring."]brass rat[/annotation] but also the halfway point of MIT. Obviously, as a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  ; It’s ridiculously cool. In the period of one semester you learn how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me ... different types of documentary, from the classically framed interview to cin

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  Happy New Year, lovely folks of the internet! Kids 'round these parts are back at school today - I dropped my brother off at school this ... have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  this meager offering. I'd like to write a happy post. Some light fare ... dances. Recently, I've had dearth of dances: This semester's place permits ... these grand adventures. (and some of us, we take those times and post

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  . Also make certain you apply to a number of different schools. The chance of getting into any single school is quite small so you have to have a ... the list of schools to which you have been admitted, forget about those

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  I was out meeting a friend and some of her friends that I didn't previously know last night, and the topic of school came up. (SIDE NOTE: that ... think the problem stems from not having a good word for "friend of a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  Just the other day, I joined a handful of parents at my 15-yr-old's high school. We were there to listen to a presentation about a new ... and students stood up in front of us weary workday parents, who were

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  last year, i got an email from sandy, the head of house at east campus. my tenure as a physical resident of ec had just ended due to the initiation of a two-year renovation plan, but house team was still emailing us

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  of the Hasbro staff about what goes into the design process. We saw old ... awesome little class that I like to call Toy Design. Also, if you can wrack ... comfortably in a bus designed for twice as many people as we had) and chatted

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  think it’s possible, to varying degrees of effectiveness depending on what ... good crash course into what kinds of topics I usually think about anyway) one of my favorite quotes does not have a discernible origin. “dead

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  : the view from on top of Cambridge's tallest building. The MIT Radio ... stand inside !!!). We also spent a good deal of time taking in the view of ... . (All the beautiful photos in the rest of this blog post are by Leif C

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Baby Steps It made tonight's newswire. The grass is still green in Boston Common.

  

  . I began searching for answers toward the end of last semester. School ... French class, our "final" consisting of a one-page composition in the past ... naturally at 8 a.m. on a daily basis and I've found a semblance of work ethic

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I ... my online school experience. I spent a lot of time working on my final ... ,[/annotation] which had a strangely specific word requirement of 2,370. High school me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020