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• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  — the usual feelings of hosage, and what to write, and all of that. but reading everyone's blogs has brought me so much joy, and i'm sitting here on a Sunday afternoon just being chronically online, and so i have

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Minesweeper Monday: Episode 3 the wait is OVER

  

  On Monday, December 30, 2024, our friend and yours Kayode D. '27 ... most important piece of media in the 21st century," and which others have ... , January 7, 2025, our eyeballs and ear holes were treated to the long

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 1, 2026
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  , who grew up without internet and turned to books for entertainment like ... Rico, and a writer of heartfelt birthday letters to her friends 🎂 ... , counterclocks (which are exactly what they sound like), and stupid Mathcamp game

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.

  

  Alan: Hi! You have words— Fatima: and we want your words— Alan: for our poetry. Fatima: For the past semester, Alan and I have been reading poems that I write for my poetry workshop class and Alan writes for their

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the ... role and responsibilities in the office. This is a problem, but unlike ... the blogs, for the office. And I'm still helping Kris out with them and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Believe in your magic a thank you to the 2018 applicant class

  

  I can see the end of my first reading season from here, and it has ... FUN jokes and written them on my whiteboard, I have learned facts and ... teacher in high school, and your passion for physics has nudged and

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  outcrops, meadows, stunning outlooks, and dramatic waterfalls - so, we weren ... ranger station, and filled out backcountry permits. The park ranger on duty ... black bear mating season, and that black bears usually only attack people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  ice cream, Tetris hacks, and a campus-wide show of unity to welcome ... or root against. And then today's tragic events happened.  In a few seconds, a day ripped apart - two explosions, three deaths, and a casualty

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  for them and the less snow, the more they can deny winter exists. For me though, it's tragic. Snow is one of my favorite things, and winter is probably my favorite season. I'm just not built for the beaches and heat

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  There Goes My Baby The first music video from the MIT Logs.

  

   (an all-male a cappella group), and still keep up with the group as a ... /directed/edited/produced the entire thing themselves, and did it all in 2 weeks from concept to ... their hands and let life happen to them - they're going to want to go out

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  (and occasionally even current students) saying basically the same thing ... lately, and it's got me thinking about incredible people and what it is in them that makes them incredible. And the surprising conclusion I've come

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  - it’s actually because I’ve been doing architecture stuff and that ... ’t made any profound life discoveries. Just surrendering hours and hours and hours to various software and machines and spray paint and glue...and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  travel all over the country (and the world) here at MIT Admissions. And during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in ... , or hold a big meeting in every city. And not every student interested

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... tomorrow is October 31: Halloween. And the next day is November 1: the MIT ... those questions, and to provide a bit of advice as well. Please be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I attended an etiquette seminar taught by Jodi Smith last week. For an hour and ... nametag and wear it on your right side. When you shake someone's hand, you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time ... 's rewarding. We've had an exam and two quizzes already, as well as three packets ... , parents, alums, and MIT staff so that the students could ask questions and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More humanities than a humanities major Bitter complaining and fond reminiscing. Can't beat that with a stick.

  

  -hour Burton-Conner desk shift Sunday Night 8. Do German I homework and dictation 9. Marching Band rehearsal 10. Finish Harmony and Counterpoint compositions for Monday 11. Laundry, laundry, laundry 12. Go to New York and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence, and are made ... DNA would be about the size of a ping pong ball and the air in the beach ... incorporated into the cell, the sphere degrades, releases the DNA, and then the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  (IBD), which causes inflammation of the digestion tract and leads to painful cramping, chronic diarrhea, and reduced appetite. As if the symptoms weren't bad enough, IBD increases the risk of developing colon cancer and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking forward to watching "The Incredibles" tonight and not thinking about Admissions (and taking off the tie that I wore today!). In a nutshell, here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004