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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  in designing the class ring (and plan Ring Delivery, but first things first). There's an extensive entry on Wikipedia; I would link to all the ... semester. It's one of the most recognizable rings in the world, based on

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  MIT experience in a new framework. I appreciate that. I'll never take ... just finish the work in time to submit things. Additionally, I'm taking a ... say anyways.  When I applied to the Cambridge- MIT Exchange (CME

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  's lab that she would in fact be leaving MIT to move to New York with her ... I ever saw in my life. You guys are the best students ever, and I will ... course, if I were to become a professor (not going to happen), I would just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  same values, was quite different from the MIT I would come to know (for ... early. If you're reading this, what are you waiting for? In other news, I ... action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  year, but didn't get in - which makes this doubly sweet. I'll be there ... this sounds, the reason I haven't posted in forever is because I have TOO ... I spent four days in pure agony before seeing a dentist and finding

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  (in my case, neuroscience). I clearly remember [annotation note ... . I somehow found myself somehow talking to her in Lobby 7 for nearly an ... -door neighbors for the summer. I would be living at tEp and Denisse would be

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coffee Talk Random things I love about MIT #1

  

  -Set for the day is: how much transparent concrete would I need to safely ... One of the things I truly love about MIT is that you never know when ... waiting in line for some iced tea this morning the two architecture students

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 13, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  My mom just sent me the link to an interesting article in the latest ... begins: Can the United States remain competitive in the changing global environment? Newsweek asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  . One of my HASS classes is in French IV, which I was frightened into ... had asked me at the start of the semester what I hoped this class would be like, I would probably have said "free sewing study hall", with

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  quickly tested. It started about 1am that night.  I had been getting in and ... , there was a knock at my door.  I am a Medlink in East Campus, and I ... the door and let her in.  She sat on my floor, and I sat with her.  She

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  : Last weekend I walked out to an apartment in Cambridgeport for the party ... alums, and that's from a hall that has a lot of them. I hear, in the ... probably the reason that I ended up on 5th East, which has changed my life in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  . Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological engineering and neuroscience and double minor in history and music and I was ... time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  are your parent's concerns? If it would be helpful, I can have Nance ... be so detailed and exhausting that I won't have time to partake in all ... deliberation not to do something often academic in nature. (2) v.i. To be in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  student-run ambulance is back in service now, so I expect that to take up ... . But more on those when we get closer to reg day. In other news, I totally love that I started a web browser war in the comments thread of my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but unfortunately it was all Spam's idea. Thanks, Spam. Unfortunately, in the mean time, I've forgotten how to blog. So in true "first post" style.. there

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  again, I would in a heartbeat. [Photo credit to Sherry '15!] 2.00b ... I know it's been a long time since I've posted a blog... but I'm back with some exciting stories! As you may or may not recall, I mentioned

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  while, and I would look down at their page over my absurdly high nose and think, "PSHHH." "Pshhhhh," I would think. "If I had the honor of being an MIT blogger, I would not post as sparsely as a Donald Trump's hair. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  meet people outside of the bubble I was in.  Any fears I might have had ... commiserate over the hardest parts. In the evenings, once I was done with my ... my imagination. It was easy, in those late nights, when I was wrapped

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  ’t think I’m into it anymore”. I’ve been fortunate in that I sort of ... .007 final competition intact. Rip. It hit me that I never in a million years ... back then, I had no idea what I wanted to major in, but I knew that the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  feel like I grew a lot in a few weeks. I came into MIT with a basic ... existing in this spot. Sometimes, I got to help others. Sometimes, I got help. Both helped me grow. I also got to hone in on some stylistic choices that

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021