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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  fantastic because i got to see a lot of teams perform for the first time in ... and you can hit up multiple parties in a night, but i chose to stay at ... friends in the last week of the semester. there was an ungodly amount of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  One. It's the first time I'm seeing Sean in three months. He's the ... phenomena, the connotation of being mataba has changed over time. I ... by the people I talked to growing up. Stories of "the freshman twenty

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  ). Here is a photo of Arlene S’20 making necklines in her glass. (sorry its ... necklines, as opposed to 3 in a general snowman. Whatever, I thought. I ... looking like the entire bottom half of his body fell off. So, I decided to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  discussion of shear stress. This week in 10.302: Transport Processes, I have ... while I was growing up. All I remember is a guy in a paisley suit dancing ... tap dance break or something in the middle, and at the end of the song

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  hours in the day (boxes), and there are so many activities I can be doing ... is a somewhat privileged position to be in (and given some of those ... Writing Autobiography"] 21W.022.[/annotation] In fact, I loved this class

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  . (Can you pick me out in that picture? Let's play Where's Mollie!) I also ... of flexibility in making food that tastes good but is also healthy. (I ... Today marks the tenth day of my ill-conceived diet, and all I want

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  just vanished in front of me. Gone. Ultimately, I didn’t make it into ... essays I helped edit last year. He's a friend of a friend who wrote an ... . It was December 13th, 2014 6:15PM. I remember eyeing my box of yogurt

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  they have some sort of puzzle, and i didn't really have time to think of a proper one, so i just kinda put something together in a few minutes ... my old laptop. i've been carrying it around and keeping it in my room

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  First of all, apologies for the radio silence. I've been sequestered ... , but it is no different. But before I once again immerse myself in the awesomeness that is all of you, I wanted to share this different awesome thing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  pizza so I’m going there instead. No interest in volunteering with the Red Cross? But oh, free food! Of course I’m terribly interested in getting involved. (I kid you not, a friend of mine actually kept a calendar of free

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  in Iceland for the summer (unpaid internship, of course). I bumped into ... ’) Happy Holidays blogosphere. Some of you may be wondering where I have been for the past few months. Well, I’ve been in Cambridge, same place that I

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  intersection of their everyday language and mathematical jargon is non-empty. In ... tongues math gibberish. It’s almost inevitable in this little cauldron of ... ultra ultra math nerds, and suddenly you can smell the scent of math

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  girls, and at first found kinship in the physical similarities of age ... to your preferences. Many of the folks I met during Campus Preview Weekend and in the online MIT09 chat were also housed in East Campus, and I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  I plan on presenting in the form of a Tech Article, a Powerpoint ... communication gaps are largest. I spoke with Dean Randall, Director of Student ... amount of people have told me is really helpful, and I plan on turning it

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  this so I can talk about the MATCH school. It's one of the many Community ... recommendations in the Pop collection, and we've got 13,000 CDs, so I can't be ... spot of all time, but I did lift the title of an obscure yet underrated

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it…
• Blog / Community Projects

  Coming up with entry titles is harder than it seems Reasons 9001 and 9002 to get "absolutely pumped about CPW," as Cam would say.

  

  Hello beautiful folks of the interwebz, It's been a while! Much has happened since my last post - I stopped being a teenager, I went to San Diego, I discovered Rebecca Black (and am forever scarred) and I received a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  management tools and strategies that I can implement in the future. Only two ... A few days ago I got back from what I can only describe as a four ... … Day One Hello! I am currently typing this in 14 degree weather, snuggled

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  A couple of days ago, I was working on an entry talking about all the ... , well, IAP. Oops. :) So, here's a quick recap of what I've done so far ... I'm working on identifying the genetic basis of various tuberculosis

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  beginning of this year. Two of the girls I had heard about in a very ... . A lot of people wonder what it's like living in a quad -- four girls ... collection of shoes, sweaters, shampoo and study fuel (AKA our weight in ramen

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012