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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  MIT). This is what I do in the day, except for weekends. Not only do I ... playing games and occasionally busting out some writing. In fact, I ... exercise, so I'm not stuck in the gym wondering what to do. I'm working out

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  children of weight 15-35 lbs. I am fully aware that the shopping cart in ... mph in the gaspingly brief time required to scream barely the first two ... recoiled along a vector perpendicular to Massachusetts Avenue as I gripped

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  I was fairly negligent in documenting my adventures in photos. Alas ... in the bleachers and watched the various events unfold. I snapped this ... / athletics / arts fairs, where I found Mollie (decked out in full cheerleader

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  than grad students, or something (I don't know why; I work half as much as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary). Well, as far as MIT goes, I don't think that's true. For one thing, we

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  CURIOUS IN A BLOG POST? game) I will write up an explanation below. In the ... I almost missed the Curiosity landing. My friend Daniel and I were ... history of U.S. involvement in Israel, on the Patriot act, the conflict in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  person I called, but I understand if we caught you off guard or in the ... After my kickboxing class today I ran to the Bush Room and just ... balmy January evening? "HimynameisConnieandI'mafreshmanatMIT... and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  this semester. In Course 4 I'm much more used to having some 3-hour long ... because I forgot to adjust for the President's Day holiday, oh well) 21W.735: Writing and Reading the Essay. It's my last class in the HASS

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  in the middle of writing a HASS paper on the Hippocratic Oath, so I ... So in case you didn't know, there's a eclipse going on. A total eclipse of the moon, in fact. The last one until 2010. You should go watch

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  . While I'm not technically "faculty," many cool faculty members were in ... become awash in color (thanks in part to that unusual snowstorm last week). I'm not a very good photographer, but here are a few images of campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  This is the first in a series of a couple of posts I wanted to do on ... and I did together was paint our door. When we moved in, the door was ... personality in whatever form you choose to.” - Erik P. ‘21   “I LOVE

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  've been up to:   UROP in Langer Lab  I've been dying to tell you guys ... involves all sorts of stuff I’m interested in - wet lab, molecular biology ... Python this IAP, hopefully I’ll be able to apply it in some lab work. This

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home-academic life happens round the clock in the kitchen, over food and homework and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  I can't sleep in. I don't have any early-morning obligations – I just ... 'll crash hard in the afternoon."][/annotation]. Last year, I wouldn't ever ... like I'm the only person awake. In reality, around 10% of MIT wakes up

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  HAS ITS OWN GRAVITATIONAL PULL!!!! HELP, I'M BEING SUCKED IN! AAAAARGH ... ’t quite sure how to start up the New Year. Should I eat till I was blue in ... : I'll go the gym starting tomorrow!! And from this week on, I'll gym 3

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  I began writing the script in July 2011. We started filming in September. We recorded the music in March. We premiered in in April. That ... . The credits in the video say simply "created with love by many people at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  I ended up getting to see Leslie in Kresge. sneaky far away ... A couple of months ago I got an email saying that Leslie Jones (from ... tickets were being awarded based on a lottery system. I entered the lottery

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  very interested in hiring people like you. When I found out about the ... about GEL as opposed to other leadership improvement programs I’ve done in ... ’re getting trained in and feedback on. At least for me, I have trouble

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  it. CPW I spent most of CPW punting psets in order to gorge myself on ... revelation: I pictured myself, 30 years old and alone in a dingy apartment ... final projects. Woe. I turned 21 Finally. and the arts In addition to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  started. Now, it feels more like I'm in a sprint, going through my classes ... should be doing in January. I worry about how much energy I’ll have next ... Earlier this semester, I met with Junot Diaz, [annotation note

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  ." As for your questions, ask them below in the comments.  I'll ... I can't believe I've been blogging as an admissions officer at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013