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• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  . My two passions were basketball and programming. I was on the Varsity ... freshman fall.  And now? I am not on the team anymore, and I have no idea ... on top of being an active member of East Campus Exec. And on paper I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  increased by 1.1°C (2.0°F), and 16 of the 17 warmest years on record occurred ... impact on the environment than any other food we eat, and some scientists ... land on earth is now estimated to be used for livestock and feed

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  -up to the hack entry and answer some questions about it if I can. (Plus I ... . Exit 114. =) Now, on to the hack: After like an hour and a half of ... usually involves climbing around high places (like the Great Dome), being on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  .01 exam. So on the back of my index card, after writing in all the last ... TA or professor would notice ink on my palm and think that I was trying ... week (I believe it was while planning for CPW last year, and around the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  be fair, the dining halls are all-you-can-eat (and ... ,” which includes all three meals during the week with brunch and dinner on ... stress on long days and avoids the temptation to skip meals, which is very

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  write on the walls and doors this semester, since they are being repainted ... in the writer's room every time a joke lands on stage, and you can see ... I: Just One Look and I Can Hear a Bell Ring I live on a fairly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  lead on the project i'm working on knows how to cad and do physics and ... had all the time, and now it feels so depleted. i'm gonna be the hall ... with me. being alone on a bus for six hours isn't the best thing in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  . in that I always used to be hungry for books, and I like the image of ... far, reflections on the authors and genres, and why I chose the books on ... particularly centered on the ethics of research, and I think it’s just as

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  fewer solar cells for the same energy output. They can be mounted on ... , fluorescent, and high-intensity lamps) can be doubled or even tripled with the ... blowing and power is needed; and can also be used for mooring a floating

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  . i've worn myself down talking about esp again and again on the blogs ... on a post about the class for three weeks now, and i'm really hoping to ... the few people i interact with these days. and finally, on the topic of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  can think of anything else, let me know. The article goes on to mention ... on the academic ladder, more women than men leave science and ... balancing work with family, and thus I have confidence that I can do the same

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  colleges, the U.S. military, international universities, and other non ... coursework, as well as co- and extra-curricular opportunities in your areas of interest. In other words, you should choose a college that will be a good fit
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  to finish, and skip steps 3 and 4. Craft your scenes on the fly. 7 ... more modern feature length films. Simultaneously, we also learned the ins-and-outs of making a film—from the very beginning of storyboarding and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  millions of other people around the world, and Be comfortable with, or ... -Yale-MIT trip to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, driving all the way through. A blog, with pictures, forthcoming on that one.  and last

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  upperclassmen being dunked in water. I remember hugging Tim the Beaver and pulling ... hugged me on sight, and I remember the utter feeling of overwhelming joy as ... ’s going to be here over the next few days for CPW, I can promise you that

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  highly amused by my get-up and probably hopped up on the mere anticipation ... can’t help but be impressed all over again. This is the sight that ... the usual business of walking up long driveways and knocking on doors

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  ="1000"] On the website, you can search for and then reach out to language ... fluent Spanish and is looking to practice English. You can then meet up on ... started the firehose turned on and I was slammed with work and I totally

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  kind of works on my phone, and since I have the VPN I can access ... ) was MIT’s graduation and I was looking at all the pictures on Facebook ... Seoul faster and more conveniently on the train than by driving, if you

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  I'm not so reliant on them. I gave up shaving for IAP and now I can go ... seasoning is nice and they use a wide variety of vegetables, the turnaround on ... something to write about on my blog someday. Kind of. Over the past year, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  take up a quarter of the page, and to be printed in full color. Also unluckily for me, everyone seemed to be holding a copy of The Tech on Tuesday ... . And it may or may not be your dream school, but at the end of the day

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006