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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  doing well enough" sentiments kick in. However... ...I learned about a ... didn't just snap a picture of the gel itself. First, I did that in the ... In just the past few hours, I've realized a few things, mostly about

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  procrastination). What I’m trying to say in a haphazard way is that things will ... a little bit, at least in my mind. It was nice to know that I had been ... is my past avatar, a more accurate depiction of me when I wrote this

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  , and once caught a cold in 90 degree weather. I’m still not sure how that ... ’t called in a week. I’ve been kind of hosed. Mom: Are you sick again? You ... juice in a week and a half. I haven’t really slept in a while. Mom: Sleep

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  dream of becoming a rocket scientist. "That is my dream -- to become a ... responsibility," he says, "especially like in my family in Georgia. My mom is a ... hours a week, like after school and things like that. I have to take my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  MIT. His to-do list is a mile long.) Anyway, new portlets. Here are the ... the hope is to have a portlet that will display various streaming video ... manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton's schedule, you'll see them in

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in ... against Brazil. I had a good cry about it and vowed that I would never ... had a great career) Which is why I celebrated with a heavy heart

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  worry about continuing a tradition that I’ve noticed in sensitivity ... years ago, I used the word “should” here, but that is not a useful thought ... concerned, and didn’t do anything. I wish someone had. I am in a position now

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  ." "Alright, what do you like to do in school?" "I like math. . ." "MIT is a ... policy is that they do not matter. When December 8th came I knew it was ... was where I belonged. The one thing that sealed the deal is actually

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  , recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in ... person no one would mess with. I want to be a man. What scares me is that ... I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  , I'll also be doing a little research in MIT's Early Childhood ... mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts ... , another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  and all I could do was make sure that I was bringing my best in that ... aesthetic. I don't even like sneakers like that. Rooh Afza: Rooh Afza is a ... stressed out- but all I can think about is how the finish line is really in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  ’m grateful that work is easier than ever i still spend a lot of time writing ... is the picture i have in mind: i was so preoccupied during undergrad ... seeking is useless. what i mean is that you’re an unfolding process. your

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  University there that I hope to stay for a bit in LA and visit her before ... school classmate who I haven't seen in a year). That night, she told me ... ART HISTORY be at a school that has Technology in its title? -I am

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  that MIT is a place run by people, and people aren't perfect. For health reasons (both my own and because a family member was not doing well), I took time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  hated it, because all I wanted to do at that moment was go back to sleep ... play a similar role to that of the Graduate Residence Tutor (GRT) in the ... it. I've really had a good time living in the house this year. I have

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  that new HDTV is! I may not have the money to buy it, but, hey, I do have ... long way for that. I guess the trick is to not go nuts with a credit card ... was in a HASS last semester that only had seven students in it, and I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  would be fun to do something else. I spent a few years in the MIT Alumni ... when I was a student at MIT). I found that I enjoyed my coaching more ... one year — the EARC is our league with the Ivies and a few others). I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  zero bandwidth, the thing that keeps you in a state of burnout, is that ... other institution. I do firmly believe that there is something about MIT ... other, that is special. Yet, it is also true that in a society where there

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  wall. There's a foothold on my right that I could use to place my body ... getting more and more tired and a fear of slipping creeps in on me. I squirm ... on the ground, and stare at the wall. I'm pretty sure I had to do that

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  break is in 4 weeks and graduation is looming on the horizon and real life is about to catch up to me (just kidding, I'll most likely still be a student in graduate school, but more on that in another post). In any case

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013