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• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  again, I would spend hours locked away in a corner of the library staring ... For most of the semester, I've lived and breathed in the ever ... in the process of dropping a class (Jeremy thinks I should call it "The

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  day, and turned it in. My last assignment for Junior fall complete, I ... in my final assignment, I've felt the need to study for a coming exam ... Manhattan   But this week, I'm back in Boston, and for the rest of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  Numbers 1: MEnging I graduated in June, but I'm not gone yet! Due to a great program in Course 6 (Electrical Engineering and Computer ... in nearby schools! Number 3: Randomites Though I'm living in an

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  from existing in the capacity it's used to, so people would end up moving ... that come and go but are united in their values, and so on. I know that ... someone wearing a Bomber shirt ten years in the future who I don't vibe with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  As a junior, it's imminent that I think about what happens after MIT. In fact, the thinking has already been brewing. As I'm talking to my ... no one wants to open. Except I tend to be the one prying at it until

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  we all face in American education. I attended sessions on urban ... might be helpful for you in the future). Quick news update: I have ... Yes, several days without blogging. I'm sure you've been waiting with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  could feel the excitement bubbling in the air as I lined up in the hotel ... colour food, like edible henna. (I forgot to mention this in the previous ... . (However, I did almost miss one of the pieces I was performing in because I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  audience POV. In some lucky turn of events, Kayode D. '27 and I managed to ... PERFORMING IN THIS. THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY they all have gloves like michael ... surgery patients in the U.S." janet: i really want to ask a question

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  my favourite drinks back home in South Africa; naturally, I was excited ... has the drink, though, so I lived in blissful ignorance about the ... to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  I am about to head out to do the MIT presentation in Westchester ... . It was a lot of fun. Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back. The ... about their travels, I thought I would add a few comments from my trip

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  inflatable rafts with a hot dog grill in the center raft?' and [name I don ... in kindergarten that I could do anything if I tried, so I ignored ... waiting tentacles of a flesh-eating eel). In the interest of survival, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

  

  (Lunar New Year themed, in the McCormick Green Room!), but I felt like this ... -up[/caption]When I walked in, instead of the flowers and greenery I was expecting, I ... pictures of each dish before digging in. [annotation note="I kept thinking to

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I ... songs in the traditional language of Senegal, such as [translated] "I went ... here. Unfortunately I can only mention in passing that the president of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  the end of summer; one day, I was sitting in the office casually ... , thanked Ed Murphy, and said goodbye to McCormick, the building in which I ... continue in the morning. That would break up the driving, and reduce the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  around in a circle, to mimic an accretion disk. *     *     * I met Carl ... . Knowing that I needed to get in touch with someone named "Ricky" (I didn ... I would be happy to teach him the basics, sometime, and gave his

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  he would die. The last time I saw him, my mom and I went to Israel ... think I’m happier now than I have been in a very long time. I have more ... that, second because I have things that I want to do in my life, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  Giuliano, published in 2007. I first saw Dennis in a pile of four art pieces ... girl scowling at the camera in a dress, I figured Dennis at least looked ... fifty-second, I would probably be rowing a little bit like this: Then

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  are some recent tidbits of my life~~ I’m falling in love with pink ... recovering from."]gifts.[/annotation] In hindsight, I suspect it’s because I ... identity as a clueless freshman has been stripped though I have inadvertently

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  that in mind, I would like to impart some advice regarding the ... about the people in my life. I couldn’t have arrived here without them ... challenge. Yes, I’ve had plenty of fun in high school, but when I picked a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  So here we are. I'm sitting in the AeroAstro Gelb Lab ... . In about a week, I'll be home in California again--in three, I'll be working an internship in Seattle. It hasn't exactly settled in yet that I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014