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• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  write, a pset, and a research poster to work on, and my thesis work is ... -person local, in-person far away, in-person fly-to-CA-on-short-notice), and type ... , but still managing to get through the questions with varying degrees of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out ... ? That’s okay. I think I saw a sign with your picture on the way in. Let ... [/annotation] this semester? It truly is the best place to live on campus.) Edit: My

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  to get your own, you don't need much. Consider: Grimgrains, a blog ... thing I did when I came to MacGregor? Get a rice cooker, because I haven't had a rice cooker in forever. And oh man was it a great decision to get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  . I still feel like when I wake up tomorrow morning to start a new day ... more closing thoughts to share on graduating and leaving MIT. But until ... moment I finally decide to roll out of bed? As a college student with a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  show up and they all potentially want to give you jobs. That is, if you are a senior. (If you're younger, they may or may not want to give you ... ; (Fun fact: if you air this grievance on Facebook, you will get a couple

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  when I’m hosed. If nothing else, hopefully it will add to your brain ... prefrosh. I’m curious to see how your view of me changes once I start talking ... math textbook: The sum of three cats is a dog. It only works on female

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  professor left the room, she turned to Danny and said, "Did you get the email ... posters. On our way to the tents, Karen randomly decided to jump on ... semester, we were loosing a lot of motivation to work on our final projects

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  . Basically, if you try to do everything on your own one hour before it's due ... be much easier. You will probably still get 20% on your first chem exam ... mention that if you're good enough to get into MIT grad school, well

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  wheels on them so you can roll them out into the lobby for visitors to see ... Wave/Outrun" playlist on Spotify. Prompt: "How many people live in your hometown?" My ... the fact that it was going to get erased eventually. Really shows how

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  a harsh mistress. But I'd like to use this post to get back into the ... . After my abysmal performance in ICE back in the fall, I decided to put my ... grade hasn't posted to WebSIS yet, but I'm pretty sure it's an A. I can

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Everybody’s Reading Applications!

  

  , back to reading your applications... ... (hence the low post count this week... luckily Mitra has a couple new entries recently to keep folks entertained and informed). While I was busily

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  the eye, signal detection theory, and more, and we get to look at lots of cool optical illusions. I get to remember how to do convolutions, a ... There are two or three backlogged entries that I want/need to write

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  is everyone growing up without me? we're only getting older

  

  potential wedding dresses. She recently got engaged to her boyfriend on their ... later than us get engaged already. What happened to my Facebook feed? It ... someone my age getting a new promotion, moving up in the world, and have a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  our tempers and egos to get the better of us. But one way or another, we always worked through those conflicts, and we went on to achieve some ... initiated together as eleven new brothers, the way it was meant to be. Beyond

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  quantity to crowd out interest in the common good. Because when you get to ... goal for a student should not be trying to get into a specific college ... helping others, or are they doing things simply to look good on the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  available. ECs typically use the email address you provided on your application to contact you, so please monitor your inbox and respond promptly ... not able to offer interviews to all applicants. If your interview is
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  objects attached to them. Here are the things on and around my desk and also ... grow into my answer to problem 2-3a of the new 6.046/18.410 (algorithms ... trained as a yoga teacher. I’m hoping to get trained as a yoga teacher, too

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  's strange to me to be considered an East-Coaster-- a city-dweller, an on ... bind, I've been known to identify myself "Boston", sometimes, "New Haven ... would get to work "if it rained". "So, what if it rained?", they said

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  undergrads are destined to get short shrift. Apparently undergrads are less fun ... graduate student in physical chemistry. It's good to get different ... about professors you're close to is that they make you call them by their

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in ... (many) graduation requirements is to get a “concentration” in the ... Introduction to Technical Communication (21W.732) class that focused on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007