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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  on the book opening, so we stopped in for some water. They had a flavor ... in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some ... know, it's a bold blog structural experiment, but just have some faith in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  a UROP for [annotation note="Independent Activities Period - the month ... that you cannot respond to emails in your inbox when I know for a fact ... . Instead of having to acclimate to a lab that has been running for years, I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  managed to make it into the middle of the line to get a ticket for the 10-11 ... los angeles, and i too am in los angeles, and i am working for a game ... an hour because i wanted to be the first in line for the 10-11 demo

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  . (For context: "cathartic screaming" is a popular tradition at MIT, often ... 17th. I typically try to keep swearing to a minimum on the blogs, but I think I speak for every undergraduate when I say: holy fuck.  The

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  during college i developed a method for watching shows very efficiently ... for a few years before being superseded by the next idea, but those ... have a more holistic appreciation for everything, and we wouldn’t have to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  . It was glorious. For one-line fanfiction, we each contributed a single ... anticipating for weeks: a dramatic reading of a [censored] version of My Immortal ... reading My Immortal has been a CPW/REX event for my floor for the past

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  February(ish) Updates and Notes aka my life in photos and haikus

  

  Are all important for us When we build cool things. 17.395: Innovation ... Hello, everyone! It’s been a while since I last posted. Here are two ... -students. The top photo is a week in the life of Junior spring. I’m currently in 5

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  For a gaspingly radiant millisecond after I received my acceptance ... Chemistry last term; therefore, I pseudo-stalked Professor Sadoway for a week ... for a month before I got a response from another researcher in his group

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  . Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This ... must borrow something, always return it-- perhaps even leave a note ... -ins exhibit one's pride in having found a location. Most hackers aren't proud of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  We will first begin with a cartoon from one of my favorite webpages: And it wouldn't be Valentine's Day without: r = a(1 - cos(theta)) Plot that on your TI-89. First off, yes, I am a blogging delinquent. Ben

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  "submit" as the January 1 deadline came and went. For some the wait is over, while for others it has just begun. In the admissions office, we are ... limited availability relative to the significant demand, for the exceptional

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Application To be considered for a blogger position, you should email me ... have a preference for folks who do have active blogs. 

If you do ... it. If your blog is locked/protected, please also include a way for the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  "]Claire [/annotation] for a camp, and we had so much fun meeting some of the coolest ... , and for the first time in your life you will have closed a significant ... also observe that this is supposed to be a letter from 2024 janet and it

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  goal is to make a community for students to get creative outside of ... . Traveling I traveled a lot this summer. I was in the US for a while and went ... a voucher for this British airline for a cancelled flight, so I ended

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  during IAP (like skiing!) and special PE classes like backpacking for a ... for the vast majority of classes!) It provides a much needed diversion ... , right? Ahh, Ratatouille love <3) Of course, there's a reason for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  definitions for a math class, I came completely unprepared for the first of ... -introductory classes. (a note here is that mit doesn’t restrict enrollment for most ... thread here is that mentorship has been really important for me, mainly

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• 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…

  

  hard time. I know it did for me; I read it as a first-semester graduate ... diagnosed with cancer before I came to MIT. I did not think for a moment that ... where he was in the hospital to spend time with him for a week. It was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  pictures of neurons. 2. Starting to plan a really important party for next ... different places on the blog. It's been a pretty important part of my life for ... who wrote a ridiculously amazing letter of recommendation for my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  for the last four years. I came in as a premed, somewhat intimidated by ... was a good target for being changed because, in truth, I was only on the ... up for a while: Course 9 (along with many other science majors) is not

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  , but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has ... ’t actually have to completely define us if we would only let go of them for a ... windowless white walled hospital room for science research (ugh). It is a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016