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• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  by Joyce Carol Oates that we read in AP English. When I read it, I thought that it was the most obvious thing in the entire world that the ... having while listening to the radio, but nobody else in the class

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  't join twenty extra-curriculars because you think you have to in order to have a chance a college. In the end, it's what you did for the love of ... good at this in high school (doing what I love, not working for The Man

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  was so shit, but regardless! I started writing my essays in early ... personality points, etc. 1. Create a list of everything you want to include in ... : bioengineering nonprofit organization equality in STEM and social justice

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  First, I want to thank my amazing roommate-in-exile Cami for letting ... I’m officially 2A, planning to minor in Energy Studies and Theatre ... While I have studied in the US for two years before coming to MIT, I was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  Taxes”. It’s a [annotation note="Communication Intensive in the Humanities ... , and is set up in a discussion-focused style with debates and discourse ... ’s right. Field trips. In 2025. In College. Yep.  [caption id

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  happening (at least not in their originally intended form), and the work that students had been putting in to plan, rehearse, or prepare for these ... -streams to display the work they had put in up to that point. We want to talk

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  . Teaching is an exercise in both design and effective communication. I love ... . Each opportunity was different from the others in how many hours I spent ... language, Scratch was an invaluable stepping stone in my journey to pursuing

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... younger, but I found myself facing more often in college, as I found myself facing more questions about identity in general in college. This year, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  pick out details on Pluto as small as the ponds in New York City's Central Park.   Photos of Pluto in 1930, 1996, and 2015 pic ... Binzel, a New Horizons mission co-investigator, is also professor in MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  basically a crash course in being a leader in the engineering workplace over a ... happen in The Tech in the few days before our most recent issue went to ... Sunday night (the 13th), in an apparent reaction to the suicide of internet

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  roommate received a package in the mail labeled only as “Maxwell's Equations in a Vacuum.” Nary a mark of the sender's identity was uncovered, but a ... , revealed that “Maxwell's Equations in a Vaccuum” is an esoteric euphemism for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  subway back in 2003 with duffle bag in hand where I walked into my dorm room in Baker ready to begin my college experience. My mom always tried ... to look back in my journals and see the days when all I wanted to do

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... dishonored him by stepping on his sneakers in a crowded auditorium. Why do I ... Hollywood fantasy. NEWSFLASH... NO ONE MAKES IT AT MIT/COLLEGE (OR IN LIFE

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  fun! Today in 10.37: Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, we had a pop ... Green stopped in the middle of lecture at 11:22 to administer it, and it was about things that he had just talked about in lecture, which he left

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  . In the past three years, I’ve visited over 10 cities and lived in three ... in a place where only driving made any sense. Now that I've been ... look for in future cities I live in. biking [caption id="attachment_77488

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  we have made.” Emphasis mine, because “we” was in no part the “Senior ... people are talking about it. There is an article in The Tech regarding its announcement in general, and then another in which Dr. Cynthia Barnhart discusses

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year ... 19) in italics, perspective on life at 22 in normal text. 1. There is no substitute for sleep. Caffeine is great in a pinch, but eventually

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  pm. i'm studying progenitor cell migration in planarians, which are ... in the recipient, cut the donor until all that's left is a square piece ... to say, i was in survival mode every single day until i finished my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  friend who urops at my lab about our research over gluten-free cake in the basement. I went to get water and two people were switching shirts in front ... in, took off my coat, and was immediately challenged to an arm wrestle

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  between points and lines that Andi alluded to in his post on duality (though ... perhaps some thoughts about life at MIT too. If you're not as interested in ... some thoughts about life at MIT :). The math in the first part is some

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024