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• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  do most of the sharing. (I don't know much about how it works after ... of silly- if you've already painted the walls, what difference does it ... It's Q&A time! Ajit asked: "who is the person in the 5th picture

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  idea of why the statement is true and how the proof works but it feels ... are the same and it’s funny how easy it is to overlook a lifetime of ... ; it must be that cars run on wind,  i don’t know any other way  

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  FREE activities as part of its day long Open House (also the kick ... Ok, so you know how Chris is always talking about free food? Well, I ... ? How about a puzzle hunt at the MIT Museum written specially for MIT

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  chemical engineer would do?" I've always been meaning to do the "how does a ... what an organic chemist does only for fun." Well, that's not entirely accurate, but it is true that the work done by a chemical engineer usually

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

  beauty is overrated

  

  and all of its miracles will persist long after humankind have vanished ... adjacent to beauty, but beauty does not give others the feeling of an elastic ... something intangible—a relationship, an experience, a math proof. It’s

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  project that we've been working on for a while. It's a Maker Portfolio, and it's one of several options that MIT applicants have to send us ... working on in their spare time. Maybe it was a really amazing new computer

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  someone’s favorite bag, and I thought it was fascinating how wrapped inside ... recommend the hand cream, overpriced for what it does, any Nivea or Vaseline ... always carries that “judging a book by its cover” risk, but it is at least

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  , by which I mean Miranda poured it because I was not sure how to pour it ... egg white almost congealed, and how the dish looked like it was swimming ... though, considering how it tickled my little monkey brain with all the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  anything in between as long as it was written well enough. The reading ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] It is probably a well-worn maxim that writers ... people go on to write their ideas out. The minority that does go to the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  . Now here's how the morning started. I'll admit that I don't read the ... everyone else I know does keep up. Friend: Your UROP advisor is a genius. Me ... . It's pretty awesome, not gonna lie. It's also kind of crazy to be able

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in which the hero goes it alone to kill the bad guys, and avenge those who ... mention that now? You may be surprised by how many first year students at

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  how awe-inspiring it was. Truly a beautiful example of modern technology ... apostrophe. So it would be "the abacus's beads." BUT if you have a common ... . Last weekend my floor, Conner 2, decided that it would be an awesome idea

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  learn how far it spread, whom it spread through, and how well contact ... , it turned out to be the human specimens room. It was full of skeletons ... because I had no idea how to match colors. I ruined all my textbooks by

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  started rowing, chasing the setting sun, not knowing how long it would be ... axolotl. lush caves weren’t around when i first started playing; it’s a ... ? how far could i get? thus, began the journey to the end of the world

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  everyone is feeling hosed right now - yup, and it's ONLY been 4 weeks of ... , it's very much true. At MIT, the courses are not just fast-paced; they practically gallop. I think one of my fellow '11s put it quite well: "Taking

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  1702, Bologna, Italy It's late in the afternoon, and the sunlight is ... tonight?" "Giuseppe! For the hundredth time, you very well know where it is ... tap to the head. "No!! Dio mio, at this point, I don't know how many

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  phrase because it negates the notion that a "year off " is a year-long vacation where you don't actually do anything productive. Not only that, it ... enough, considering it aligns pretty much exactly with the hesitations I

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  computer screens? It had been easy to ignore, at first, how things are ... surprised at it being April, now, it's the middle of May, and it seems like no ... it. All I want to do is lie in the sun and read a book, but... finals

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The first time I ever went to New York City it was to ... Thanksgiving. I spent most of it watching Food Network and The Jeffersons on TV ... put this into my Thursday night TV-watching repertoire. "How much time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  turn the dial to 88.1 hello caller, you're live on the air.

  

  freshman and try it. If I'm in Boston next summer, does anyone want to ... hometown, and yelled and jumped up and down. I never told my mom how I lost my season pass the first day I had it; I just never asked to go back

  • by Bryan
  • August 21, 2005