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• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  closer to the all important yet elusive conviction that I'm doing right by ... themselves doing the things only men were supposed to do. Here's hoping

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  pretty-like (in color!). Before you look at that though, let's do a quick ... a lot like we can use energy. There's nothing but gravity doing work ... inertia for each of the 6 spokes. How do we find the spokes' moments of

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  time do you have of making new friends and getting to know new acquaintances when HUNDREDS of froshies are running around, trying to do precisely that? What better time do you have of joining new clubs, exploring new

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  yourself in a nice room and do nothing but work. That's my plan for the day ... can't do this anymore. I'm heading back to the dorm. I'll be updating throughout the course of the day so come check in on me and see how I'm doing.

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  these into paragraph form, let me do a quick rundown of what I'm doing and ... everything else necessary to restore my computer to its original state. Do I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  well-being. Now the question is, which do I enjoy more, blogging or 18 ... basis. =p 8:10 Zach: Do we have a Mastering Physics assignment due today ... more minutes! What do you still have? Zach: The reading question and the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  here you really have to pick and choose what is important to you. I do ... Verde's. (In fact, the only time I even ever use TechCash is to do laundry. I ... sure to enjoy them! I know I do... *Thanks to the Glorious Gloria Yang

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Some languages do not effectively distinguish between ... , MIT now gets Comedy Central! Do you know what that means? I can watch ... wonder what that means. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  I first came to MIT, I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but who ... rest of my life. So why not try to hedge my bets and try to do everything ... very easily and was running out of time to do the other things that

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  , because their desserts are pretty great), but if you do live in any of them ... full meal will set you back about $5. You do, however, have to eat at the dining halls pretty often (about 50-60 meals/term should do it) in order to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  your EC, you should still do so! Your EC will still conduct an interview ... , you do have another option. If you will be visiting campus sometime this ... contacted your EC - whether you are applying early or regular - you should do

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  a room full of people doing origami (turns out I was an hour early ... , Brian’s shrimp is on the left and Jason’s is on the right. Who do you think wins? (Granted…these pictures don’t really do them justice

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  I've been unbelievably hosed the past few days doing a combination of ... to organize everything properly so that my postdoc can do a few final ... spend the rest of my life doing it; MIT is a pretty great place to be if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  're about to head off to college, and you're thinking to yourself, do I need a ... equipment to keep track of LAPTOP The Pros: - Mobile - Lightweight - Can do ... primary mode of computing my freshman year kept me in my room to do work

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  Scottish band, beating even Franz Ferdinand. Now, you know I don't like to do ... up. I really do appreciate all your comments; they not only illuminate ... .02) or accelerated single-variable (18.01A) and see how you do; if you find

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  recklessly complaining, but here goes: Today I had a to-do list of 23 things to do before Spring Break. Right now, I'm working on number 22: "Blog." And what am I doing for Spring Break? Well, I'm not heading east like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  pressure to work hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to ... 't get a good sense of proportion there, you do get an excellent sense of ... element of all of us doing it to ourselves -- we're here because we secretly

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  fourth most emailed story of the day -- maybe people really do care about ... Times makes for a great gift. Even in this Age of the Internet, I do enjoy ... really do get what you pay for. My agenda for tomorrow: mostly reading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  're googling themselves -- hi professors, I really do like you!) So my big news ... me to no end. Plus, while he's writing the paper, I'm doing his laundry. The things I do for that boy! You bet your bottom dollar he's being

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  pset all by myself. Doing psets alone is torture. For me, anyway. I know some people who hate doing the work in groups, which is fine for them. But I have no idea how they do it. Anyway, I had just reached the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005