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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  use of PNR in various ways, where you'll often hear phrases like "It ... recommendations. Some of these movies on the "To Watch" list include, but are not ...  all of us are there, since it's very much a good movie to watch with your

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  being the inverse of how much work you do on weekends. Frankly, some of ... . Instead of just barrelling ahead blindly on the momentum of high school ... . It's a crappy way to learn a set of skills that will eventually go

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  atmosphere of a new film or the wide variety of fan-produced content ranging ... pasted on the side of a bus. Having a dedicated 5+ hours/week to really ... good economic reason, why and how viral content goes viral, and so on

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  person today has potentially more impact on society than the President of ... . Lou proposes a new system that takes advantage of modern technology, a ... . We need to become conscious of our environment and potential impact on

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  new advisor and my new lab is pretty good, I have a lot of freedom to ... friends has increased tenfold. I can’t just bump into them on the way to the ... recently, both of whom have moved on from MIT. It’s always nice catching up

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  Have you ever heard of The Game? I've referenced it several times in my other entries, so hopefully many of you are avid players by now, if ... succinct description (borrowed from the official Lose The Game website

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The ... build a digital library so people could have the Library of Congress on ... campus. I guess these blogs are another good example of MIT's openness. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  -13 minutes prior to that, so be on the lookout. Good luck, pre-congrats to ... admitted students. Things don't always work out the way we want, but I ... shooting stuff out of air cannons, doing a ridiculous physics problem, or

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  take helps me interact with more people; I pass four suites on the way to ... everyone on your hall, it's harder to initiate new conversations. On the flip ... based on their mutual interests. Because of this, the culture is more

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  that headband thing on because he…" "Yes…"). It was a good way to start ... of a pset), the situation isn’t any different. It’s a brand new, red ... four staples later I was in a taxi (my first!) on my way back to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  loosely based on Taming of the Shrew. I remember the school most from the ... tomorrow. You may wonder what Admissions Officers do when they're on the road on a non-working day. Well, for me, I decided I'd go catch the film

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  people you're in awe of, people you follow on Twitter, people you hold as ... of their new music, t-shirts, posters, bracelets, branded water bottles ... and a good fraction of the freshman class from going to check it out

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  New England clam chowder Walk the Freedom Trail Go on a Boston Harbor Cruise Check out the New England Aquarium Visit the top of the Prudential Center See a show at the Museum of Science Ice skate on Frog Pond Go

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  on my way to Hollywood, but found Christopher Columbus, who pointed me ... , while I was on the road, there were a number of really interesting ... preperations, and on top of ALL of THAT, you are applying to college. Whewww

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  ;1/3 of my music listening. It’s mostly to discover new songs ... audiobooks, including most popular new releases FREE OF CHARGE! In all ... for me to understand while multitasking and good for my general state of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  had already been a couple of hours since landing. I said I was on my way ... focused on a smaller number of things, and it feels good. I feel calm. I ... "]GTL,[/annotation] like so many of my friends had, but my desire to spend time working on my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  , Maine; Washington, D.C.; and New York City. I’ve taken hundreds of photos ... immense sense of satisfaction. I did this on my own. I can feed myself ... Harvard Bridge, getting a good view of the Boston skyline. I think about how

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  decided to go with the good old standby: duct tape. Of course, once I ... grocery shopping before. My roommate April wasted a good amount of money the ... exactly what it sounds like. I personally had no intention of going, but I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  year knowing three new ways to juggle and talking about how I was being ... of a scientist or engineer is what makes artists at MIT so good at ... hours happily coding on a Saturday night instead of partying, people

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  Science) sorts of things. It's almost like MIT made these fields overlap on ... constraints on the typology of human language. In particular, our latest project ... project - but a good two weeks in, I found myself getting a refresher on

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011