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• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  on that later), so I need to get some experiments finished up before ... means that I get to wander around and run errands and do fun stuff (like ... curl my hair before class, but today I had to bust my rump to get into

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  was thoughtfully written. I would especially draw your attention to ... , you can download the plan, or read the recommendations on the website ... to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  LMC (Live Music Connection). To be brief, the MIT LMC is basically a ... various other events. They have a (FREE!) CD out that's available on their website, as well as iTunes. Kevin gave me a copy of the CD, titled Like

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  school applications (particularly in getting into my perfect program) to my ... applying to my programs. (I got a better score on the GRE than I did on the ... junior year. I was on the varsity quiz team, which went to the state

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  only virtual REX at Next House, not to mention the UROP I was working on ... my internship to end on August 27th, which would be the day before REX ... experience; I remember organizing folks in the kitchen, trying to get as much

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  . You're about to walk, drive, pogo stick, fly or boat to Cambridge, MA ... interest you. You're no longer trying to impress anybody. Cleaning the banks of the Charles River versus a trip to New Hampshire to try indoor

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  going on, and I’m still trying to get a deep sense of what this semester ... at the front seat Ninjas. Somehow, I didn’t get hit too much. I had to ... . And if you ever want to a chuckle, find a way to get the list of 101

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

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  waking up to ensure your day   gets off on the right foot? What happened ... obscenely full from time to time though.  Your dorm is on fire. Grab five ... respite from a very busy IAP (which I'll hopefully get to blogging about

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  groups, and the first year is graded on a pass/no record system. While your ... how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  semester), but now I have a brand new batch of internship origami for your ... -by-step folding instructions on a single sheet of paper. But when I came to MIT, I ... for getting to the final product. Learning to interpret and work from

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  Wales (the obvious thing to name a new country). Apparently, on the way ... 't going to come find you when you're struggling and ask you what's going on ... "advice you can give me on how to move forward from here." I thanked them

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  results even refer to? And don’t even get me started on the lack of units. I ... important life decisions based on this questionable data. And to think that ... desperate to get some numerical data, so I attributed these disappointing

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  'm trying to get over this feeling). The feeling that I shouldn't blog until I have responded to all of your comments and emails (this time, I ... time writing/researching. So, from here on out, I'll try to post more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  doodles that I drew during class today. Nay – today… we get down to BUSINESS ... , write a review of a performance and post it on your blog if you have one ... getting a glimpse into the humanities here. So here we are, about to embark

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  new and scary. On the flip side, the transition to the fall climate has ... adapting to the hot and muggy New England summers, it suddenly became cold and dry. Yay. So on Saturday, to prepare for the worst, I went winter

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  stuck in your head for days on end, returned to conducted the BSO (he was ... began packing to move into my new apartment, for which we've already paid ... from Shaw's on the way back to the retirement home. Even then, nothing

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  Reno, and took a drive downtown: I drove on to my meeting with the ... , members of the MIT Varsity Football Team have gone on to such accolades as ... ) had to say about it: I've had to get used to people saying in disbelief

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  in the dock, my wandering thoughts continued to hang on each new sight ... classes. As I was on that ferry, my thoughts shifted to what I could conquer ... that just falls into your lap. As Block Island began to fade into view

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  . You don't get something for nothing. In addition to rerouting your life, making you rethink your values, and so on, MIT can do interesting things to ... 't intend to take any computer-related classes, any engineering classes (hands-on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  now regret that I even bothered to spend money on that, haha. I really ... pool, and all have your own very special accomplishments to be proud of ... all post-CPW, to share what you've experienced this CPW from YOUR point

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010