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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  while MIT fit the criteria of being a) on a coast and [annotation note ... .A. and New York have such distinguished vibes. This is a tragedy. Having ... ="104068" /] Monet is my favorite painter of all time (I would decorate my entire house

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  and it’s something i struggle to understand. the claim is something like ... nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... group of people can form a legitimate support system is just incredibly

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  DIII Tournament, which is pretty cool because it's the second time ever that MIT has made it that far. Physically, retirement means my body is ... Undergraduate Research The sad part is, as much as I try to deny it, I think I

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  , very fortunate that this is even a choice I get to make. Two: At MIT ... dinner with my brother (MIT '17), aunt, and uncle (who live in Boston), and ... email. It's Wednesday now. On my floor is a suitcase containing a suit

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  cartridges). MIT is the perfect place to start a puzzle, especially when there ... were always shocked I had to head back so early for what they presume is ... , but it is slightly different. It's the Independent Activity Period. I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  was a witty combination of orientation information and MIT-related insights and expectations I had collected during my first few days at MIT. I ... journey. This post is scheduled to go up on the day of the 2021 Virtual

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  MIT in Barcelona, Spain. Several friends and I planned this spring break ... exciting~ This is my second time blagging from abroad, the first being “Colors”. There were many, many MIT students at the international terminal

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  , just to share how my semester is going. somehow, 1.5 weeks into classes ... is heavily concentrated in two assignments (a small project and a final ... these classes is 6 units (compared to 12 units for a typical one

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  MIT evening is like, and I will not be able to tell. By “evening” I ... . Occasionally, the midnight lounge is quiet. Some stare at the wall, relaxing ... slept. It’s comfy enough, though its purity is more debatable. Last year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  Senior House…   Nick H. ’18 is not planning to cover this with toothpaste.   *and yes, we got into/came to MIT together. Though ... to appreciate if you live here. But painting individual rooms is a

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  is easy, right?   It's hard to stay away for MIT for long before ... Networking is a funny thing. It can be formal (and slightly ... near Camp 4, one of them spotted the MIT Outing Club patch on my backpack

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  .341 project last fall.) All right, maybe "gorgeous" is a bit of a stretch. I ... couldn't imagine living anywhere else.) This stretch of time is perfect for ... from MIT's TfA recruitment director after I made it to the final

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  nose is running, or your leg's going to fall off, don't expect any ... off because my immune system is better than yours." Can you see where this is going? Pride goeth before the fall. Last week, I...I...I have a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  've crapped on my head.'" (That last one is a personal favorite, from my ... total power, apparently, is the highest in the world.) "And the bus doors ... when the bus doors open...it splits! Demonstrating how your bus is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  thing I love about MIT is that 90% of the student body has no idea how to ... DID YOU KNOW? Paula Abdul is not African-American. She is of Syrian ... point is--there's a Halloween theme. Basically you could eat the cost of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  through the NY Times, which MIT generously provides at no cost, I came ... many female MIT PhDs and professors talk about balancing work and family ... ." One of my greatest role models is my mother, who went back to work three

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  So this is what an Add/Drop form looks like: Now, I know what you ... day of classes at MIT! What happened? And why are you dropping physics ... exciting is getting an email from the head of the physics department about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  number is hard: do you count distinct classes, or should you weigh classes ... 's around 60% of classes."]many MIT classes[/annotation] fall into two main ... classes, I'll mention grading a lot. Of course, grading is only a small part

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  ESG is, and where Firehose would happen, an event run by MIT ESP. I ... talked about logistics; this is how you get to East Campus, this is the ... projector doesn't work, the power goes out. The key idea is that no matter

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  variety of reasons (grad school is busy, life is hard, writing isn't my ... celebrate the end of our time at MIT. We gallivanted around the West Coast for ... ="70257" /] On the trip, we actually managed to run into a few different MIT alums

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021