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• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  contemplative lately. In my first few weeks here I had tons of questions, but they ... toilet paper in the hall bathroom, should I replace it and how? What’s the ... make friends, and to participate in class events that wouldn’t come

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  away from my dorm? Do I talk about the halal food that’s served in Mc ... in my hijab? When I found out about Muslim Women’s Day, I immediately ... , because faith is something that is very much within a person. It is in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017 fourth time seen, first time competing

  

  My first hackathon ever was last year at TechCrunch Disrupt in New ... next time I was in a hackathon, I would finish the project no matter what ... cryptography for security. A blockchain is stored on every node in the network

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in the “sleep through it” way, but rather in the “harbor a feeling of ... , Culture, & Gender in the U.S & Beyond: A Psychological Perspective

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  my impressive vocabulary. Being word-limit averse and untrained in the ways of the humblebrag, I was challenged. In addition, I was confronted ... (and still am). In addition, I felt like each of the essays I wrote could

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  one thing now, you will be alive in 2016 -- breathing that sigh of relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a ... you that in the world that I come from -- and you'll get to experience

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  Haley C. ‘18 is a sophomore living in East Campus and studying Course ... , most recently in 11.124 Introduction to Education. I loved hearing about ... , and I’m a sophomore in EECS. I also really love teaching. Unsurprisingly

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  I’m in my Uncle’s home in Virginia, typing the word ‘word’. And now ... joke well in advance, and is currently staging a protest in form of a ... from everything, what with 2015 finally in the horizon, and delve a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  . I haven't revisited these blogs in some time; the public ramblings of ... now-me in the heart with a blast of nostalgia or inspiration that stings ... true. Other blog posts recanting the more mundane remind me that in many

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  four years living in Baker House and I loved it there. When I returned to ... my younger brother who lived in fraternities and independent living groups when I was in college but sororities such as the six whose members

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  just did in 20.109 (Bioengineering Lab), engineering a system can mean ... bacteria that grow in the dark and the light. See this picture? I took it ... , you have to prioritize which input is the most important in your final

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  away in the back; he very wearily said no. Maybe he gets that question a ... 'm back in my room. My windows are open, because it's gorgeous outside (and ... conversations waft up to my room - heads up, in case you ever find yourself on a 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  considered morning. Summer is a time for pools, Pokemon, and playing in no particular order. While my last summer was spent cooped up in a cubicle for 40 ... half month periods that defined my childhood. For the first time in three

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  't always obvious. Other important factors in your college decisions process ... , match wasn't foremost in my mind. Or in my mind at all. In fact, it wasn ... at a rural but well-resourced public high school in New Hampshire. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  It’s hard to believe that I am now in the latter half of my college ... as well, but for now I am enjoying myself in the moment, even with the ... have reached the point in my major where I am taking classes that are

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  think it's true. ----- Five days ago, I was tucked away in a lounge on ... semester. Over the next five days, I put in 50+ hours of solid, sweat ... me in terms of not traveling to NYC at all. That's saying a lot

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments-ment Webcast A few comments on the past week.

  

  hours. As an exercise in uncreative writing, I will demonstrate this by blogging in real-time for ten minutes: 10:23 pm: I cough for approximately ... browning in the pantry is practically palpable, even upstairs. As pika

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  because there was only one temple in the area The answer (question) is at ... . I.B.M. plans to announce Monday that it is in the final stages of ... : About me: I am a senior who is majoring in 21E: Humanities and Engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Dark Side of the Moon Mi vida. Nada m√°s.

  

  , in all seriousness: Wow - in just one more day, I will not have ... 've been MEANING to, but I just simply never got around to it! Actually, in ... memorization randomly in between) Me : MIT :: Linguini : cookingFor all you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  that girl who sits in front of me in class. I also took out the trash and ... taking strolls around the park in my walker, my summer consisted of: Walking to work. I walked a lot this summer. Living in a place where public

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008