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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  of time learning basic lab techniques like how to slice brain tissue ... birds called zebra finches, which are known for their ability to sing ... interest me without having to think about grades. I always look forward to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  this figure in Paint. How rude of you to suggest that I did. This is ... This morning I went in early to image neurons on the confocal microscope again, and I was going to take pictures of the lab and our equipment

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  /No Record. Oh, how much I miss you already PNR. I just want it to be the ... -a-h-r-e-n-h-e-i-t. Like how even? Thank goodness there were shuttles to and from the rink ... what to eat first and how to get to the bottom of the plate let alone see

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  how to stab anyone, and I wonder what richness that knowledge would add ... How to Save a Planet, a podcast about environmental efforts. When they ... Cambridge: the closing times of cafes, the bus routes and T stops, how to get

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  on how well you pitch yourself (you don’t need to be pitching yourself ... ?” “What does MIT do as part of it?” and “How can it help me?” Well, the ... STARS (Small-Town and Rural Student) Ambassadors, to give you a quick

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  's laughing in the background So this is how it ends I promise to never go ... of our favorite media. goodbye mit :’) for a fun challenge, try to ... And I still think back to that summer And I hate that I still remember

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  vaccine to low-resource communities? How do we counter the economic and ... are so freaking capable of adapting to drastic life changes. It might ... to use. Cartography is still very much a thing. It's okay to not be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  procrastinated long enough to contribute mint-lime-honey-rolled strawberries and sweet potato fries, which I've been wanting to make since I read this MIT alum's article about how he backward engineered McDonald's fry

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  couple babies! But how did the little spiders get all the way to Lobby 7 ... Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya ... a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  the campus will move to Orlando, according to hackers who altered the MIT homepage. Hey, anything's better than trying to work in an Athena ... broke into the MIT web server and changed the MIT home page to indicate

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  certainly an unusual place. Case in point: no one really asks how your day is; they ask how your week is. That's because most MIT students take this ... will be sleepless nights. There will be weeks you have to choose which

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  Sorry for my lack of posting lately. This is just a notice to say ... quite a lot, and I have three finals in the next two days. Blah. Oh, how I ... appears to be broken, which makes me sad, especially since I had cute

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  idea of how to approach it. Luckily for me (and for some of you), MIT ... valuable trial run on how to do classes without the finality and stress of ... valuable and influential thing I learned here is how to be a good student. I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  used to how quickly life can change, even if the anticipation for the ... walking back home. MIT has been teaching me how to say No. No to commitments ... impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  senior who taught me how to prepare a turkey and run a kitchen for ... 'm excited. I'm nervous. Most importantly, though, I'm happy to see how far I ... burst onto the stage to welcome everyone to the [annotation note

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  to take on the world really makes me appreciate just how far we have all come and how long we have been at the institute. Before coming to ... how my life has gone but to any 2019 that is reading this, MIT isn

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  ’M ON NETFLIX It’s finals week. On Monday I have two exams back-to ... , it came to an abrupt end, and I’ve been left staring dejected at my ... ’t yet, but I’ll keep trying. Thursday morning I spontaneously decided to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  process to being on campus, when you are starstruck. Starstruck by the ... the slight urge to huddle under a blanket with a warm cup of tea and mutter to yourself, "what have I even done with my life?" Oftentimes, this

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  , for a Christmas special on how much it'd actually cost to buy all the ... -y - maybe it's that I keep listening to Christmas songs, maybe it's that we ... your hand. Now combine it. See how much imaginary fun you're having? I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  during this whole process, in order to show your constituents how calm you ... , learning how to fit everything together or actually writing their first game ... in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008