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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  My lack of blogging this semester is largely a reflection of how this semester has been going. It's been incredibly busy, almost to the point to ... the material, and I couldn't see myself ever using it again. It was a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  tea we both ordered. It was 95 degrees and we were both slowly fusing ... (or eighth) college interviews -- and I know it's hard. Exactly two ... into it. What should I wear? Should I have a notebook? Should I bring my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  . Just how far has it gone? After running a successful conference last year ... leave the world better than how we found it - in some shape or form. And ... its contributions to science. That includes the obvious disciplines

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  's how it works. Every year our dorm pays for us to go on a really nice ... lose, end up dancing, and having a good time. Funny how these things work ... pictures, and then it was FOOD TIME! The food this year was delicious, better

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  far, it's pretty awesome. It's one of the few classes where I really ... .005 but it's hard to feel like you're learning, you know? You try doing a ... Thursday I leave class thinking, "So that's how carbon sequestration works

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  because of the World Cup, and that it was surrounded by police. How little ... special how she smeared herself with purple Crisco before a Grateful Dead ... actually not so fearsome anymore. It's kind of small, broken, and covered in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  , I'm doing better in 3.091 too! Sort of. Just remember, it's all about ... . Why? Because it comes with a side of mashed potatoes. You just can ... most of it for her. We hurried back from dinner in order to make it to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  Philadelphia with my beloved high school friend Shana. See how excited she is ... Philadelphia, but it's the best I've got on my home computer. Anyway, we arrived ... inbound train to city hall, figuring it to be a good place to start. From

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  so I would often talk to her about her blogs, and see her post them. It ... close friends. When I write semester summaries, I feel this deeply.  It’s ... to read.  I am always evaluating myself on how I am doing. I am usually

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  (sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year) How I Learned to Stop ... life. Sometimes, it involves weeks of non-stop work that feel like they ... , it feels lonely to do social science without being able to share in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  research projects pitches. And then it comes to me, and I raise my hand, wave ... turquoise hair) as she excitedly announced: "Ooh!! Ooh!! It's like the ... teaches undergrads at MIT. I thought it would be really cool to ask someone

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  that documents my time here at mit...but i'm really lazy and it ... great things about MIT is its location. You're in this hub of great ... 've tried to make an effort to explore campus and its surrounding city area

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  . I imagine it as the equivalent of a southern hill-billy drawl ... what is a home-grown, born and bred, red-blooded American hick. It ... short time) which is some 5 miles away. Someone asked me recently how I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  [annotation note="to this day, no one has ever told me whose foot it is and why ... what it means for a day to feel like it’s NINETY DEGREES (ah yes ... lot of moments at MIT that remind me of how different this school is

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  see, which can make it kiiiinda stressful. We often get questions about what blogging is like, how the job works, and how it feels to be famous ... hours we spent writing it -- for me, that's usually two or three hours

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

  Doctor Who?

  

  he is now. It's hard when someone accumulates more titles than you know ... earn his PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT. It also might have helped ... , and Rocco try to figure out how to prepare their chicken tetrazzini

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  them as well. Each of their stories is unique, and each provides its own comfort and advice. Here is another such story—hopefully, it, too, provides ... have chosen to defer it…" The reading voice in my head faded out

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  know it's cliché, but I know it to be true. At MIT, friendship is defined by necessity. MIT is hard. It is as challenging emotionally as it is ... often at MIT: I could never do it alone.  With this in mind, I wanted to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why I stayed up until 6am on Thursday More nerdy cake-baking.

  

  couldn't, so of course I looked it up. And when I looked it up, and saw how ... the photon and made some joke about how it was light. I considered the ... " atomic hydrogen out in space, astronomers look for its signature: radiation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2012