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• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  man fresh out of college would drive 90 miles each way to his new job as ... life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved ... just a mess for me to get back to the job from lunch. Eventually, I made

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  kind of defense is man-to-man defense, where each player on the defending ... try to ensure that no player on offense is left open, meaning for each ... efficiently to recover from the breakdown depending on the situation, defenses

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  ), since Bryan, our current GRT, is getting his PhD this spring and moving on ... our GRT told him how to talk to the counseling deans so he could get his ... prospective GRT candidates, and I think we get to interview all of them this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  drop date forced me to really reflect on my life. Today, I finally made ... new, but I just don't think it was the right thing for me to do in the ... semester has been going. It's been incredibly busy, almost to the point to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  , back to the point of this entry. Every year on 5th East, we repaint Black ... ...I think that's going to be a homemade moat/river. And here we get a more up-close look at the stadium and moat. If you're a new freshman and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  extracurricular activity, and I’m hoping to spend a lot of time on it, especially ... inability to focus on Zoom classes lasting longer than 50 minutes. So, 14 ... ="communication-intensive class in your major -- you need two to graduate, and they're usually lab

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  -minute lesson on it! Bring your wackiest topic suggestions, and watch us ... that I can't resist sharing. If you decide to get up and practice improvising 5-minute classes on these topics, I would love to know what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  . Somebody remarked that it was impossible to get by the Brandenburger Tor ... are supposed to be on vacation, but whatever. The exhibits were pretty ... recommend checking it out on your way into or out of Berlin, if nothing else

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  . James' books on "Living the Simple Life" by involving your kids in ... bookcase. I read Flirting 101: How to Charm your way to Love, Friendship, and ... useless to a fifteen-year-old girl who only crushed on teachers, gay boys

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  someone on Quora who claimed that 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. worked pretty well for ... that I am entirely sure what that does to your body other than that it ... , make coffee, try to get into a productive mindset. Think about blogging

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  hungrily gaze upon the little pieces on the screen as they hop from square to ... gets what, who ends up on top at the end of the day. I've been listening ... dedicated myself to the black and white pieces on the board and learned the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  , on to the TOP TEN: 10. LOST - ABC (only a few more weeks until the new ... most shows are taking holiday breaks, I've been able to catch up a bit on ... absolutely hate it when something gets spoiled for me (similar to most people

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with ... continue to learn and grow each day." and "The onus is on you to keep learning." "Get a PhD" in your field--even if you're not literally getting

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  (involving threats of physical violence to black students on campus), incidents ... LBGTQ+ student input on inclusion.   From left to right, Alberto ... Head) came up to shake my hand, saying, “Thank you for your leadership in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  , and passion. So, choose your activities wisely and try to maintain some ... for up to 15 activities. I get really miffed when I tell an admissions ... The beginning of a new term is always accompanied by a mix of anxiety

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  opportunities to focus on nanotechnology. The primary majors connected to ... movement is to get a UROP at one of the many laboratories conducting nanotech ... nanotechnology to develop new techniques for tissue repair and regeneration. The

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  manage to get a spot on an intermediate dance in Dance Troupe and thus ... least once, to join in on the dance line that seemed to move effortlessly ... move to the beat and the rest is history.   What’s your prior

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  ’t blagged since the fall semester started due to trying to get on top of ... , thanks for sticking around, and to new ones, I hope you’ve been enjoying ... impacts have you made on your community, how could you make your community

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  .01: Introduction to Hacking. A student's grade in 19.01 is based on three components ... about project classes? These tend to be more varied, depending on the ... you're taking one. Because everyone in MIT has to take them, it's more

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  stage to tell us about some of the environmental programs on campus. ESI ... up, Sam McGee, another judge, who hopes to get students more involved ... mattress parts (springs, foam, and polyester liners) to get people to think

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016