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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  Now that CPW is behind us, I am beginning to return to my life as a mild-mannered Admissions Officer. I have to admit that I've been excited ... life are the ones who never stop learning. I learned quite a bit about

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  moment of my short and ignoble life. But I digress. Okay, so as Ruth said

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  I’ve gotten a few questions lately about my activities — why I do what I’m doing and such — so I thought I’d clue you all in on my raison…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  make sure that you're as enthusiastic about biology in real life as you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Michael Stipe played an ice cream man on one episode of “The Adventures of Pete and Pete.” Happy Groundhog Day! Wow, thanks for all your responses to…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  of a shame. I think Dean of Student Life Benedict put it best in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  This entry is a double cheat — I was trying to think of something to write about while cheering for tonight’s MIT mens’ basketball game, and I realized that I…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  (from the MIT campus newspaper, The Tech. This comic was published in January 2002, which was before I was here… but my sophomore year I developed the strange habit of…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  prefers 9 or 9.5. Ah, the mysteries of life. Also, during term, my body is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  Concerned Parent brought up an issue in Ben’s blog (about halfway down the page at this point) about increasing class size at MIT, and how this would merely require more…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  Friday night was Burton 3rd’s “Anything But Clothes” party, which is exactly what it sounds like. I personally had no intention of going, but I knew two of my best…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  , life is about the journey, not the destination, so we actually had all of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I’ve been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn’t quite sunk in yet. College is supposed to be about freedom. Discovering yourself is supposed to be a…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a free Shakespeare production that they put on every summer down at Boston Common. It’s a scenic…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  seriously, yesterday was almost the coolest day of my life, ever, and it just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  this class pervades in my life as the main villain of most of my life and ... up until 4am and made me question all my life decisions that lead to me trying to debug the worst code i’ve written in my life." hopefully you get

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  social life early, and get a head start on exploring networking ... meek, apprehension-riddled excitement to a vibrant whirlwind of a life, a ... cannot sing for the life of me. But when I was pushed into the middle of a

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  ) I really love doing scientific research, 2) life is long, and getting ... grand plan for my life, and I don't need to commit to staying in academia ... to grad school as "delaying my life," so to speak. I thought that it

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  three times in my life. It’s a pop-science book about how scientists ... show how everything in your life has perfectly aligned for your career ... in my life — college applications, consulting, even research — all try

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  family. I miss my friends. I miss MIT. I miss having a normal life. After ... on couches, bothering my roommates, and contemplating life in this ... of my middle school life. I can't really name the majority of the You

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020