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• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  where it lives in my mind and peering at what lies within. some of this unboxing was literal -- i visited my family's place in vancouver over winter break. our belongings are still mostly sealed away in boxes and suitcases

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  just sat there and shook my head in silence. “No? What about a publication in a peer-reviewed journal? Or at least a patent? I know MIT kids ... learned in classes to create a tangible product. Did you know that Collier

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  places students in schools abroad to teach short courses ... a blog about the trip in the near future. This blog is about feeling ... , which coincided with a record-breaking cold wave in Boston. As I waited

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  .[/annotation] In any case, I spent all semester thinking about laser-powered dopamine ... do it in-person this week! so how did we get here, anyways? Last ... worked vaguely in bioengineering and his research sounded cool. "Let me

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 5, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  love. This is an especially challenging task because comics live in the in-between of novels and movies. Novels allow for endless words ... see the difference between writing and drawing. Here is that script in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  Last time I wrote a blog about my academic life, back in November, I ... true that is anymore. I think, in a vacuum, I love physics. But I don’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  ramblings. A lot has happened in the past eighteen months. A pandemic closed ... virus. Gastronomy seemed to be sacrificed in exchange for a sense of ... that later."]nourishment?[/annotation] Perhaps in response to this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I'd like to talk about exactly the opposite - deciding to live in the COVID ... trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  In an Uber ride during my freshman year, one of my friends turned to ... extracurriculars or the people who sat next to me in class. I was the proud introvert ... else in the car disagreed with my claims of being an introvert. In

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  I spend several minutes in and around Building 68 elevators most days ... , grumbling about having to make one of these posters in the first place and ... in Building 68 in the past two weeks, from least favorite to most

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  In spaceflight, “attitude” refers to orientation: which direction ... start straying from your desired course. In short, controlling attitude ... rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  Part 2 of today's Q&A... Possible future MIT Mom asked in regard ... involved with permitting MIT students to stay in their dorms when Harvard is in session, but MIT is not?" This is a good question. It's certainly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  same professor that I’d had in Brazil. This was too tempting, so I am now ... : design and manufacture many many yo-yos. We're in groups of 3-6, and we ... in [annotation note="and look out for a joint post from us when this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  interviews. in the third episode, darryl, the interviewee, is an ex-convict who spent his time in prison practicing spirituality and magic. when i first ... says things like: “The reason that meditation is so important in magic

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it ... . the muscle groups involved in pushing are naturally stronger than the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  bay area parties well, two of them

  

  in the last two weeks, i've been invited to two parties in the bay area. the first one was an invitation from a co-intern, who sent it in a group text with all the other company interns in the bay. it was a link to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 15, 2022
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  Today, November 3rd, 2020, is Election Day in the United States. Many millions of Americans have already voted by mail or in-person; more will cast ... live and vote in Cambridge, there is a [annotation note="MIT is, to my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  hiring frosh. And in the case that the program is freshman and/or sophomore ... 't really have that much experience in writing cover letters or a resume; in ... mess in the beginning of the school year and, in hindsight, I should have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a ... opposition. Fink remembers being a part of one meeting about Whitehead in which ... idea," he whispered back. In 1982, Fink became a founding member of the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  It’s my 3rd year at MIT. I’ve lived in 3 different dorms. My current ... checking them out and maybe even staying in one (yay!). Full disclaimer ... , but I’ve also spent a year each in Simmons and Baker, so if you have any

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018