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• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  some cans in it, and I politely asked, "Is the pop in there for everybody ... :00 PM; Athletics Fair in Rockwell Cage, 2:00-4:00 PM (bonus: I'll be in a ... administered by the medical school. I hopped on the CT2 bus last Friday to go buy

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  . In many cases, it may even be something factual. This morning I ... appropriated by Argentinian dissidents in the 1980's). From there I found a list ... raised in a world without the its classic taste). After that, I don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  ? Of data rearranged?” another OperaBot asks. “How can I ... chandelier, in all of its hypar glory, which I had for many years passed by in ... voice! My goodness, can these people sing! Although I have been fortunate

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  in a place like this. I'd be too distracted gawking around at the ... office window. Suddenly I found myself in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, in the ... around me. Then I was teleported to Kibera, the largest slum in Africa

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  Putz): "I'm working in the Media Lab's Tangible Media Group on a new ... 2, of Simmons): "I'm off to be a girl scout camp counselor in Plymouth ... Senior Haus): "I'm spending the summer UROPing on campus, working in a lab

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  meals throughout the day; I got most of my calories in two giant portions ... celebrity drop-ins (and I doubt Tyra Banks or Robert Plant will visit Senior ... easiest option is cooking co-ops. You can start or join a cooking co-op in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  ?) before you can graduate. I am not advising you to finish your PE classes by ... puddles when I just stomp right through them." In other important news, get ... Medical School and I barely can remember if cyclobutene is flat or not (Sam

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  ."]MISTI[/annotation] internship, I participated in Vardavar, a festival where everybody–men and ... blessing. I got soaked–and so did Marla! In one last act of rebellion, she ... . I took the bus from my AirBnB in the hills, walked into the store, and

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  've reached this strange turning point in my life where I want to do things more ... first, I wasn't buying into it. I've always considered myself a very thoughtful person, not in the sense that I have good thoughts, but because I am

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  'm in the latter group.  I came to MIT intending to major in something Bio: Course 6-7, or 7, or maybe 20.  I had loved AP Biology in high school ... -(semester)-life crisis where I asked myself why I wanted to major in bio: was it just

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  ... In December 2020, I learned about the MakerLodge training that first-years could participate in, and I immediately did the online portion of the ... campus. I registered for one of the first in-person trainings because I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and ... career behind me, I wrote a reflection post after being out in the real ... tried to impress! Damn. +++++ In hindsight, I couldn’t have guessed in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  everything went my way. I did have a lot of hardships in both the school of MIT ... When I was a kid, I always imagined my future as a certain genius ... handle. Now, I realize that these are the days when we become the kind of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  kind of situation) is to make lots of plans, so I had ’em ready in spades ... the way in advance. I googled for various rejection letters so that I ... get a rejection letter. And the best way I can think of to calm your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  buying a computer for college, I can share my thoughts. This blog entry ... my home for college. Additionally, having lived in Miami when I was younger and learning the basics of living in an urban environment, I had a

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as ... , and I remember it was nice being able to ask students questions in a ... I wasn't initially interested in!" "Highly recommend trying Mike

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) I'm ... authentically. We can’t write about what it’s like to be in a Sadoway ... basically variations of "where to buy industrial sized vats of SPF 50

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... .” Abby and I stand in awe. What is this “fall clothing,” and do we need it ... is great for now but once it gets unbearable (in the real winter) I

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  I can’t believe it’s been a year since I first delved into the MIT ... count over that weekend was in the single digits and I still remember a ... upperclassmen being dunked in water. I remember hugging Tim the Beaver and pulling

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  the office wearing a Tufts sweater--I can’t decide if this is elitist in ... little distance I can manage. I have a fear of appearing too crufty, so while I keep in touch with current undergrads I was already friends with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019