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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  school students will be leaving home to go to a university knowing little about life outside of their parents' houses. Everything from how to clean ... totally new experience for college freshmen. One of the most important

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  a couple of times, but alas, I've broken that promise by two days. :( OK I know you guys are all sick of the whole "I'm hosed!" talk, so I'll skip that. (please refer to back entries of any of the bloggers if you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  For many, holiday time is the season of giving. While on this blog I more often talk about aspects of MIT that are freely offered to the world ... showcase some MIT-related products that are for sale. All of these are real

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  EST. I sigh a breath of relief and think to myself "maybe-- now that I've figured out the puzzle-- maybe now I will have a shot of being admitted ... , and the webpage says something to the effect of: "WARNING: THE NEXT PAGE

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  with any degree of force until I noticed my partner stumble when I kicked ... Copenhagen that I haven't tried in a while. I took a pole class, a week of krav ... because my logic approaching inversions had been based off of trapeze, where

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  I've always been a little bit of a hypochondriac, and while that is probably connected to a lot of deeper things than this blog can go into, there is one clear trend: I hate being sick. I hate the idea of not being

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  upcoming fall. And this is true: most of the classes I am taking are just ... Laboratory in Mathematics 18.966: Geometry of Manifolds II 24 ... 's kind of tiring. But when I look at the list above, I can't imagine

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT full-time during fall 2020, since I knew I wouldn't get that much out of Zoom University. Instead, I chose to work. Unfortunately, nobody was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  uk, for the first half of 2022. wouldn't that be exciting? except ... to study somewhere else, but this isn't it. in a stroke of overcommitment i am now a build lead. this means i'm one of the people in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  clip of godaddy's CEO sincerely welcoming us. then a real person goes ... "]clone[/annotation] something new every day. steven introduces me to the rest of the team, which ... .UAT with me last semester. [annotation note="around six of us

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  sooner. David D. '17 You're coming to MIT, one of the best universities in ... the Class of 2021 will gather and President Reif will give a welcoming address. At that time, the Class of 2021 will officially be freshmen.  

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  the start of Independent Activities Period (IAP). *Cue “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without ... do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  Does the smell of latex make you smile? Think Grey's Anatomy is the ... -thorasic surgeon like Dr. Burke or Chief of Surgery like Dr. Webber? (do NOT, I ... out with McDreamy...there are plenty of Patrick Dempseys in the business

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  researcher at the MIT Center for Sports Innovation, has an impressive list of clients -- from Tour de France stage winners to some of North America ... development of improved sports equipment. Kim Blair, the center's director

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  of the company, university, research institute (if you will be UROPing ... singles from the same album (courtesy Mitra). You all left a lot of lovely ... all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  the Harvard Kennedy School) -- Myisha Cherry, Harvard University Dept of ... academics in general. In the descriptions of 6.00 and 17.803, I talk about MIT ... summary: I am taking 6 classes for a total of 69 units of credit (courses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  perspective to help you make sense of the decision that, though it won't make or ... universities really be? This time, that extra perspective is not mine, but that of Qiaochu, a critically acclaimed math blogger (yes, blogs can be

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  of time. I've also grown an "idgaf if you think I'm stupid, I'm just ... improved my state of mind. And honestly, there isn't a single class that I ... Computational Photography [6.8371] Art of Comic Book Writing [21W.744] Intro

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  contemplative lately. In my first few weeks here I had tons of questions, but they were “easy” ones: how do I register for classes? If I use the last of the ... , apparently, is a lot of much bigger questions. Questions like, “what does it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  The month of January felt like a whirlwind this year – it was filled ... of video. I was definitely busy, filling up most hours of my days with ... to take advantage of the fact that New York is a cheap bus ride away

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • February 7, 2016