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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  see him in the "Valjeans of the World" medley at the end. It always ... the song for this medley, since that's pretty much the one song in the entire show that Valjean never sings at all. I was Javert in my high

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  , machine elements, design for manufacturing, basic electronics, and ... at the beginning and the end of the course so students can assess their ... perhaps the most famous class at MIT, and Prof. Slocum is one of the best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  at Tangerine. Not cheap, but I'd been eating junk for a week so I ... day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My ... counselors, I drove around Jersey a little bit, ending up at Chili's where I

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  preparing for Rush. Each dorm has its own. At EC, we consider Rush a big deal ... about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... was really supportive and helpful to me back when I was running for UAVP

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  line clear. For a single that’s 40 points, for a Tetris– four lines at ... I Love Tetris.  I think it was the first videogame I ever played at ... -to game to avoid doing work, and I go pretty good at the tetris.com version

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  stay flexible and look for places that would be reasonable for between five and seven people, but that was harder than it seemed. For one, 5-bed places in the area are scarce, and those that were good contenders had at

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  very difficult. At least for someone who is doing algebra for the first ... I originally registered for 60 units of classes this semester: 18 ... Listener. I registered full time for all four, half convinced I would drop

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  as people shout at each other and scramble for laptops, papers, and ... 'm sitting at my kitchen table, eating leftover baked ziti I just heated up. I ... to explain that they needed some maps for a puzzle. This sort of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  endure as a woman. The way at age 8 I was criticized for the way my body ... on a near-cosmic level, like soulmates for friends. That was until we ... drips of the night, chatting away. I remember sitting there and looking at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  ."]Yesterday,[/annotation]after turning in my last assignment for the semester and celebrating my freedom ... — Forget that. There'll be time for that later. It's the first day after the end of classes! Time to have some fun. Fun? How do you have fun at MIT

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  them. In the meantime, I did an Instagram Live for MIT Admissions with Shuli answering questions about life at MIT. It was a surprisingly ... a significant amount of sitting in coffee shops (rip) and studying for

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  right fit for everyone, there was something so undeniable at MIT ... actual good fucking food. But at the same time, MIT has stolen my heart for ... In this past semester, the definition of "home" changed a lot for me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of ... working at MIT are like playing Elden Ring. When I started working here 15 ... income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  if I ever encountered a stormy sea at MIT, which I often do, I could ... behind it. I don't like the blog at all. I take some pride in saying this because it means I am a different person than I was in September. For many

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  back at home instead of my new place in Cambridge. I think it's ironic ... figured that I'd inevitably gotten it from him. That night, I danced for ... fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  talked to the lady at the front, saying we were here for the early ... chat this: HELL. FUCKING. YES. For those of you who don't know me ... movie on Netflix at least 14 times over, if not more, and read the first

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  easy to measure my life at MIT by courseload units, GPA, hours slept ... with quantifiable successes—exam scores, for example. And sometimes this ... quantitative measures of growth. I first realized my tendency to quantify at the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... feared the finality of it, all at the same time. I find the act of ... into a deep thought spiral. Then, sitting at the coffee counter, I start

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  the deputy editor for MIT news and also helps manage MIT’s social media accounts, so if you ever find yourself laughing at a funny MIT tweet, you can ... South America, but she managed to squeeze in some time for an interview

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  for lunch and just wait for dinner. -Minutes later- I was walkin ... little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... fresh quinoa. There were at least five tables full of food and drinks. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016