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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  questions remind me of a time when I was coming out as gay in my 30s, when I ... hand, and their scooters tossed on their sides in the driveway, and I ... until recently. And I suspected, not in a very clear light when it did. It

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  trader joes for the second time in two days (obsessed what can i say) and ... note="i live in Burton-Conner and thus am free from the shackles of a ... [annotation note="in Toronto specifically… I didn’t research or travel far

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set ... doesn't cure cancer. But it's a fascinating subject, which I doubt I can ... remember most about Cambridge. As for Biochemistry, I hope students in either

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  's my mission to give you as complete a picture of MIT as I can, I'm excited that I'll be sharing other people's experiences in the future with you so that you can get to know them too, not just me. I know that for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  living. Mmm, I can go running in the park if it's not too snowy. Someone in ... can apply to up to 3 positions in the San Francisco, New York, Los ... advice you can get from alums in your major who have gone into different

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  clingy on one person/place/thing. I'm in a relationship at the moment ... getting into any school. But even in that case, all you can do is be ... Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for ... , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... until you live here you just can't know. Be completely honest in your

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  and b) 18.02 is asynchronous, meaning I can watch lectures ... (Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2PM), when I am in 8.021 giving my full effort and ... campus living at MIT, I would try to never study in Random. I found it was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  build myself in ways that I can't predict now. I still have imposter ... that I should've worked harder in my classes, even though I also know ... try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  I spent this summer in a relatively “chill” state. My UROP that I did ... and on my own hours, which was very useful when I was in Pacific Time ... finished a tv show in its entirety; i hope this will be the first. i am

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  dear past me,  I moved in last year on August 17th, a couple days ... circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and ... Island, I stayed in my room overlooking [annotation note="Kresge Auditorium

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn ... with your app in committee, and I can't recreate or try to determine the ... school in the world to get into to begin with. I can use that fact to try

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  , and can I just say: SO THERE. Study Shows Boys and Girls Equal in Math ... , I bring you: a totally useless sneak peak of Orientation. This is what my desk looked like as I planned out BC's REX schedule. It's going

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  , the internet is forever), and I look forward to the ones I’ll have in ... , practices became focused and I began to compete in individual tournaments. I ... family. Everyone brings something unique and amazing to the team and I can

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  -five blogs. Although I can still bring it up in my mind, the MIT that the blogs ... very limited unsupervised screen time, but I did, and I fell totally in ... 've changed and how I've stayed the same. When I fell in love with the blogs, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  lattice model of Polymers. In the mean time, you can also read the entry I ... Biomolecular Systems on Friday morning. In an effort to procrastinate, I was ... equal representation of women in science. When I casually mention to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  , for the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in ... lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman ... contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one ... prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events from their first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  In my junior year of high school, I started taking single ... student (at least, for a high school student). But I remember sitting in ... mean? Well, one way we can describe this is that we can move in three

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  lesson in Italian: "Voray ordinare" Translation: I would like to order ... Pizza Now here in the US, I've heard this pizza referred to as a "Blonde ... joke that I'm not going to say in my blog for fear of offending my yellow

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006