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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  for that. What do I really want to do? Shhhhhh I have two more years. A ... difference from the .5-1.5 hour commute from Lexington I had to do over the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  went to go do some yoga at a great (and affordable!) place on Newbury ... in your head). I forgot to do this at first out of excitement, but was ... recommend just doing everything right then, though, because then everything is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  , and do UROP research or preferred assignments. Occasionally, there are ... trying to improve the latter. Every weekend, I also resolve to do ... something to do outside of work. Somewhere to go, someone to join. Boston

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  Conservation of Sleep, I would probably do my research there. A given glance ... besides Course 8 students tend to know about because most people do not ... ’s office, so while you’re doing your 8.01/8.02 (Freshman Physics) homework

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  asking me if I got a tattoo. Why do so many people thing you're supposed to ... that's what people do. I don't have any tattoos, so I wouldn't know ... on a trip, so we just have lots of homework to do for the class. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  , while also working two UROPs! Am I not doing enough? Maybe I should add a ... , really easy to fall into this trap of "Oh well I'm not doing as much right now so I should also try to do X as well", and then you

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  for free like I always do. When I first came to MIT I was terrified of ... adventure, get off here. (If you do live in Random but you prefer the scenic ... be able to do it, easily. You are then likely to be stopped and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  , in between classes and p-sets, it seems to be all I want to do, and at ... of that inspirational outpour, and I hope I do write more.These are ... his right hand, its light pointed at Andy’s chest. “What do you want

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  actually do form a coherent unit. Concentration Advisor: "I'll be back ... some country of my choice to do astronomy research in a new cultural environment. So, I've been doing my homework, having interviews with research

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  a giant playground for grownups where people could swing and do these ... things I could potentially do during future summers!  I really thought that ... .  Additionally, I learned more about what I want to do when I grow up - travel.

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  .  All you have to do is put a banana in a freezer for about a day and ... bread crumbs. Do not overfill the pan (find another pan if that one is ... can’t fit anything else Sprinkle minced onion over top - if you do not

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  the rain fly." I thought: "Why do my feet feel wet?" We didn't tighten ... 're actually doing okay; I dumped them in the bathtub when I got home. Definitely ... car's CD player, opened it up, cut two of its wires ("these don't do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  real MIT students doing their own differential equations homework. Very exciting. My advice to you— If you brought homework, don’t do it. Meet people ... Saturday Morning Breakfast Cartoons Do you want to Catch Them All? Have you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  doing a few dishes we went to sleep in the staff room: a room just wide ... someone who really knows what he's doing, you can look like you really know what you're doing. Sometimes, even if a song was strictly speaking *not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  -it-or-lose-it ; that means that if you skip breakfast (which you inevitably will do over ... 't cover. You can do better than that.  Cook for yourself, eat tastier (and ... skillet.  Toss. 5. Add basil to be fancy. 6. Attempt and fail to do

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  be on the top right.” “I don’t see it. All I see is the sun. Do you see ... suddenly authorized to do big things. This epiphany is especially relevant to ... ’t need an MIT education to start doing amazing, world-changing things

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  show that engineers can communicate through words as well as they do ... ’s house. I’ve been meaning to do this all of IAP; what better time to do so

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  way too much studying to do. And regretted it, as I sat in my room for ... was soothing to get outside - to talk with an old friend, to do things ... them elsewhere, doing the things you would have done if you were here

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  good crosswalks, the safest way for me to do this is by going into the ... what rate do his X and Y velocities reduce as a result of the impact, and ... dude. Do you need anything? Me: ...just keep an eye out for cyclists. He

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  virtually sing, showing their passion for what they do. It's part of the ... idea that someone who was doing so well academically could turn around ... nature of the procedure. Rarely do adolescents, especially adolescent males

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011