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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  'm in it. And as the Systems Integrator for my team section (Pink A ... week for at least a few hours. There are intermittent milestones to help ... prototypes for a presentation every day for several hours. I was in the shop on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and ... (fortunately?) before I got a chance to comprehend the next problem I saw the ... into one week, and again, just like any other place, there isn't a lot of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  there enough air for everybody to breathe?" Just as I've never noticed a ... those who are interested, there are a lot of resources for female students ... was for female students, and whether I had experienced discrimination as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  to get into the Museum Of Science for free. A few weeks back, Diana ... night, I went out with a few friends for a late night dinner at the Asgard ... burger because I've decided to become a vegetarian for the rest of the

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  overnight camps during my summers for up to three weeks at a time. But ... ="alignnone" width="1000"] My dad visiting Fenway Park for the first time for a very ... that’s a conversation for another time). But whatever it is that connects

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar eclipse, this year is also a [annotation note="when the Sun is at its most ... so lucky, but I did write a handful of rhymes for giggles on our bus

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  to publish it as a free PDF for anyone who wants to read it. Now that ... serve as a force for the betterment of society. The key for Thresher is ... of Admissions at MIT, wrote a short book called College Admissions and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  if I should put 2 microliters of a probe (used for FISH: fluorescence ... me for a moment, then said, "Really, Hamsika? Really?" After which I ... Yes, I know it's a Sunday, but nonetheless, I went to lab around 2

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview ... same things but do it in a detailed way that there just isn't room for in ... buying a ticket for the lottery. The only similarity to a game of chance is

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  your parents what to expect over the next year. (She's visiting for a ... before), my friends don't stop hearing about it for a good two weeks. With ... music industry for over a decade without having altered their sound in any

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  gets to pretend she's a real pirate for a little bit along with first ... , choreographer for MTG's "Chicago," got to the party a little late, but still got ... , and decided on this one for brevity's sake. Still, you must know, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now ... . It's also a great place for a date. :-) Sleepy Hollow is a cemetery in

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  -Conner, a dorm that’s closing down until my senior year for renovations. For ... a floor. The freshman girls also painted records for the senior girls ... floor formal. Formal is something I’ve been looking forward to for a while

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  [Guest Post] How to get paid to be funny by Abby S. '26

  

  Florez Fund for Humor, Joseph F. '23, MEng '24.  When I was a wee freshman ... that is a story for another day."]emotional support wrench ... practically leaped off the table and were gone in a matter of hours. As for me

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 31, 2026
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for ... feels like we’re presenting a small town middle school science fair ... broke my leg. (don’t worry, I’ll walk again in a few months and be fully

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  (RIP CME). Michael C. and I even travelled together to Tanzania for a safari ... (for anyone planning a wedding, I promise it’s worth it). My bridesmaids ... In a couple months, I’ll be back in Cambridge after 10 years of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  best we could to do honor this tradition was talk for a couple of hours ... MIT community. Last year, for example, it was a 3rd.3rd meter tall ... I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  serving. I haven't been yet, but I'm going to save a trip there for a ... paid me a surprise visit. We hung out, went to the MFA for a while and ... went for a kimchi fried rice instead... and oh my god, it was amazing

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  hilarious flyers.) It's been a little hectic preparing for this concert ... recall that I'm in an a cappella group with a lot of really great people. Well, that a cappella group is having our last concert of the semester

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  mean...) school is open tomorrow, so it's back to a mostly snowballfight ... !!! (The state instituted a ban on cars from 4PM on 2/8) There is kind of a lot of snow now -- and the only vehicle is a plower. Nothin' to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013