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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  around 9:30, and started right in on the 18.03 pset that was due Friday. I ... somehow managed to forget that my Gaussian surface was a cylinder and not a ... Slave Girl (which is only suggested and not required reading for the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  I received a January MIT Newsletter and saw a summary of Ankita D. ‘23 ... among MIT Bloggers. I showed my brother and he said “Well now you have to go there, Kayode, that’s all you listen to.” And he’s not wrong

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  home for weeks before and never felt homesick. looking back, that was ... had been feeling homesick and realizing what it was and that we had been going through similar things made it easier to talk about it and easier to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -the-potential-value-of-a-random-reciept-sentimental-types. We’ve always kind of been like this, and it wasn’t a problem in high ... and decided to give us a bag of things she no longer needed, but thought ... was a fairly large hollow ceramic mushroom. And since the beginning of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  blocks and periods of crushing inability to blag.   But of course ... Succumbed To. 1. sloth We mustn’t forget regular old laziness and urges to do ... and said, “so...scrolling through memes on the internet? Idk about that

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  and Latin America (read more here). At the beginning of the 21st century ... the same studios and labs as men. And the students were well aware of ... women were respected for the work that they did: And the 1896 yearbook

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at MIT have these "Hell weeks" where there are lots of tests and projects ... treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Alum Adam Riess ‘92 Wins Nobel Prize Riess was a Course 8 Phi Delt with a minor in History.

  

  Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt for "the discovery of the accelerating expansion ... ). As an MIT student, Riess joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and ... Square and Fenway Park. The Phi Delts have a beautiful house overlooking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  I just returned from a week's "vacation" with family and friends. I ... , and take what comfort I can from the knowledge that I was gone but ... your college essays. I just finished working with the MITES and E2 kids

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  . However, over the years, I've heard a lot of advice and have even given some ... the time and see printed in a bunch of books, but there are two bits of ... in books, but having gone through this whole process and watched

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  through Seoul, and I'm holding it. This is not because of lack of access - I ... and tell them I'm just a normal kid who chugged two waterbottles before ... troubling affliction, particularly on long international plane trips and also

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  . *blushes* Last year, I posted Taiwanese pop songs to "encourage" the EA and ... the students new (and hilarious) methods of approaching math, literature ... enjoyable drama (to waste time on while procrastinating for psets, lol =p) and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  in our names and sizes. I realized right away what they had done. They ... and dignity. *To be perfectly clear, I don't want to discuss the merits ... , so I posted it again. People caught on, and all of a sudden people were

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  What do the United Nations, the Four Seasons Hotel, Broadway, and ... extremely accomplished and talented women who were former winners (including ... inspired and ready to accomplish our goals (the "girl power" spirit was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  or RNA, and I can do that using a variety of methods. 3. Danielle asked, Can we install our own window ac in any dorm room on campus? and ... install a window AC in any dorm -- and you don't have to pay for electricity

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  CPW was a lot of fun, and it was great meeting so many of you in ... ." If you went, you saw me and the other bloggers in all our glory. It was ... and soul-searching lately, as well as a lot of chatting with current

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The ... representing events from their first two years at MIT, and drawing upon suggestions and ideas of the entire class, RingComm designs the ring over a six

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  It is currently 10:53 AM. I have been at work for three hours and fifty-three minutes, and I want to take a nap. Since that is not really an ... wonderful and rewarding career, is not really a nine-to-five type of job

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don't eat junk food, and I ... take my healthy lifestyle to the next level and train for the Boston ... of use, and they're not intended for long distance running. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  Hometown: Queens, NY High schools: Benjamin N. Cardozo (Bayside, NY) and ... Favorite music: This is tough... I own over 600 CD's and 20 Box Sets ... -Z, Jill Scott and Sade. Favorite book: Again, tough... I LOVE to read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005