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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  form, with people jumping in to say, “that’s not true,” or “but also this ... likely to stay in place, with major policy changes. When I ask how my ... “Nobody is going to do it, if we don’t do it.” The room is quiet

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  research.[/annotation] Mind you, how could I not? Over 90% of MIT students ... some point, and January is just too dark and depressing for me not to ... especially freeing because I'm not rushing to match other people's deadlines

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  hesitate to identify a key theme or point of the novel; it’s not clear to me ... Though it may be difficult to believe, sometimes MIT students like to ... find summertime a particularly good season for the things I used to do

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  around media development while learning how to craft cutting edge media ... bit about Untravel Media - what it is, how it began, etc. I had to write ... visit. How has your MIT education influenced/helped you in regard to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  .022 test!” Not one to back down from a challenge, I enthusiastically insist ... 's “How to Get Enough Rest” brochures. Note that I mention this right ... appealing as dry cat food. I opted instead to grab a camera and frolic (not

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  involved. We upperclassmen forget sometimes that it's not crystal-clear to ... 't succumb to laziness and not explore just because you sorta like your temp ... 'd really encourage everybody not to fixate on one particular dorm. If you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME. Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological ... going to UROP and I was going to be a Medlink and an MIT blogger and then

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  if I got into MIT I would be the person I wanted to be. That’s not true. Happiness is not a place. In the following months I went to CPW, shopped for ... the scenes I used to only see in photographs, and I remember how

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  explains exactly how the climax of Fantastic 4 works. So, to rectify this, I ... temperature it is equally "frozen" whether or not it was heated and quenched to ... ... this seems to be supported by how they just don't let him melt. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  at 9:30 but the rest of us, uh, did not"]11am,[/annotation] we set to ... to a party for not terribly long, then went home and fell asleep by 11 ... A few weekends back, I went to EnergyHack, ran a half-marathon, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  lot about how to make the next half of MIT feel better, and concluded ... part of it has been learning how to be an adult and take care of myself ... ” to go most days. Each time I did go I grumbled about how much of the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  most familiar with or have a Bachelors in, does not necessarily have to ...  is the study of applied physics mechanics — “how to build things that won ... electromagnetism — “how to use electricity to control, count, and process” Computer

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  program or grant to get you there. And it’s not just study abroad: there ... over IAP. I have not taken a D-Lab class, so I can’t speak to it too ... - from what I’ve heard, an opportunity to traverse much of Asia Do not

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  butter), and go to the market to buy fabric for skirts/sarongs. I have not ... the next 5 days or so. We hope to meet with 3 students from the University of Zambia (UNZA) before we begin our trip to the community of Mwape

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  and I had in New York last weekend, but I'm not going to write it until ... today, I'm not going to post anything about New York. So don't ruin it for ... 's Lohengrin. Thanks to Zach for that random fact at the suggestion of a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  I am a very lucky duck, and was treated to an afternoon at the San ... . Then your left hand. (It really helps to trust the person holding on to your belt.) Then lean forward. (This is where you really need to trust

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  've been very precious with preserving my energy. Even then, I'm not ... my head. Nerves tightened. I couldn't quite get myself to bed. The ... accompany excitement. When I'm wrapped up in feelings, I turn to two things

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  my STORY of helping Wyoming students shoot for the STARS get it? do u get it??

  

  made the journey from a rural upbringing to working at selective institutions, I often wondered how to give back. In Fall 2023, I joined the ... the Grand Tetons[/caption] This spring, I had the chance to reconnect

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2024
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  have not yet named -- then I want you to know that it is okay, and that ... give you on how to do that: I don't sleep with my brass rat on. One ... rebuild if we are going to have a common future -- are in this sense not a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  applications like an assembly line worker you may not have time to just wait for ... process and how much I gained from it. I wouldn't be nearly as willing to ... known as high school. Everything from where you sat at lunch to which

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008