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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about ... timid. I couldn’t even speak in front of a class of second graders. I was ... --almost exclusively failed, in fact--that I am not even a little bit scared of public

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  done his magic in my head, but I feel like some parts of calculus had ... midterms in three of them (Spanish 4, Biology Lab, and Organic Chemistry ... to do well in Orgo? It's supposed to be the most basic of all my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  ...but I mean that in a good way. It's all in the name of education, right ... opinion, this diversity is one of MIT's greatest strengths. Although I could probably fill an entire entry about the incredible variety of people I've met

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A White Christmas Escaping Boston to go to more snow

  

  over break to escape the Boston weather, but spend half of the break in ... 't have time to do. But with things lining up now, I can finally take the ... if there are that many sensations in the world that can compare to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  consumption of an immeasurable amount of calories. (OK, Dad, I know you hate when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at ... How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation ... still have shades of MIT that going to MIT on Zoom does not. I can still ... campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I

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

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  decision you were granted will define the rest of your life. If you got in, I ... craziness of the semester is already over, that I have completed my finals and turned in all my papers. I wrote this entry from the airplane on the way

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  job to stop him! At 12:17pm today, hundreds of hunters gathered in ... sign to gather our team, the Rubber Duck Hunters: I saw lots of people ... cookie monster. Second: Count how many of each cookie is used in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  asking if they can search us. Confused, I said yes as one of the workers ... thought process I like to walk myself through, but in light of the most ... of January where students can take a long winter break, take unique

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  I'll assume that we've all heard of the Nobel Prizes, yes? Perfect ... yourself "I'm ridiculous! I can do really absurd research! I should win an IgNobel!" More power to you, but here's what you're up against: In the category of

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  with the shop guys in Pappalardo (where we build out 2.007 robots.) I ... , which always has a way of making me feel important… In any case, MIT is known for being the breeding ground of the next big idea in science and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  IAP is almost over! I wasn't on campus for most of it, but I finally ... it in another post, but for now, I wanted to give a small room tour! I live in room 251, which means I live on the second floor. More

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  some of the responses below in full (with only minor edits). I hope this ... CPW and can’t imagine yourself in the active community from the i3 video ... : When I tell my friends I live in EC, most of them say, "Wow I didn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  Oh my god. I can't stop thinking about all of the people who have ... hour (and non-waking hour for that matter - I've been dreaming about it too). It's a feeling of helplessness - other than donating money I don

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  . obviously i can’t prove this is what happened in each scenario, but i believe ... damaging ways trust, i’ve decided, is really about power. as in, i can ... , having friends that i can rely on during emergencies, etc.) and because of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I should mention that I turned 20 last Wednesday (as some of the creepy ...  ever! Unless I got 20 points out of 20! (that is, 20 factorial), in which case I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  “Omg. If I get in next week, I’ll be easy livin' for the rest of the ... definition of the word, you failed to get in MIT – but you can never believe in ... ’t define us. In fact, I’m pretty sure this is one of the principles MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  four years of Latin in high school -- but clearly I am not as witty as I ... experience of many MIT athletes. (In high school, I personally was always the ... -- since I didn't come in yesterday (I was up in Maine at Adam's ski condo

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  leaves. I would go on walks in the middle of the day, after work, and ask ... to be tough but because I was lazy. The funny thing is, I can't remember what it felt like anymore, just that I felt a bit of real fear at

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  'm only in the first week of the semester and I don't think I'm gonna make ... 're MIT students.) There are pictures of this somewhere. I'll see if I can ... - thanks! Now I can link my parents here so they can stop asking me how the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006