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• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  for the ride, whether it be to try a new cafe or jam at a concert. Those ... most may take a quick glance, but soon after get caught back up in their own worlds. 3 More than all of this, solo adventures are a way to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  open the window by epsilon” Translation: “I’m going to open the window a ... , but rather numbered. Or that we introduce our majors by number (“I’m a ... . It gets much worse. However, as the token non-math person of a very

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  as a sophomore, and was the only girl in my class to make our school ... conveniently located next to the floor closet. And Carenina '03, a senior ... headed straight to Med. (Extracting DNA from mouse tails with a bladder

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  the year after that. So, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to try to get a ... was hard. We're talking miserable hard. It was a test of will, to be ... (Monday) I was heading to a lecture hall early to study all day and lo' and

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

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  . My dad handed me a fifty-peso bill and told my to get a haircut, saying ... honest observation about the person you're talking to is supposed to be a ... and bones", which is viewed as a sign of malnourishment. To eat food and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Nightmarket Two (unrelated) celebrations of low-priced office supplies and Asian culture. (~15 pictures)

  

  .) Unfortunately, one was a casualty of some rainy weather today. Anyway, back to ... bus back to MIT for Nightmarket. This event is co-sponsored by lots of ... each paid $2 to get in, and were handed 5 meal tickets. In addition to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  concentration. Think of it as a flexible version of MechE. I was hoping to do 2A ...  that person who gets a 99 and says they failed. 2.001 (Mechanics and Materials ... getting burnt by majoring in something I thought I might struggle in. Did I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  , and has heated the surrounding sidewalks up to a temperature of 138 deg ... . Let me try to catch up on a few questions (while I'm still backed up ... ." Often I'll get questions like, "If student A did thing Foo, and student B

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  three rounds, the rankings are combined to get a final score, calculated ... determined by the players; each player will submit a value from 50 to 300 with ... not determined by an objectively "correct" answer. Instead, a winning

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  updates cook or get cooked - summer boston edition

  

  amounts of data on a process we want to model, under certain assumptions ... : the mathematical knowhow to take a bunch of scary symbols and boil it ... ML papers a "physicist's mindset" to inference problems: learning how

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 30, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  precious time we spend after classes together twice a week to sing, setting ... several weeks ago, slowly adding to it by browsing bookstores on my birthday ... take a nap. i think i'm exhausted: i think i need a week to turn off my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  Science) at MIT, I am able to stay on to complete a Master's Degree. The M ... program because it offers a way to cap off a lot of theoretical learning ... nitty gritty of discipline, lesson planning, and how to get students

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  's something you've never tried before. It’s an amazing time to get a head start ... results of a semester, year, or life's worth of effort. It boiled down to a desperate attempt to see an online grade, a college decision, or how many

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  've come to recognize my podmates by their eyes and foreheads, despite having ... complain every time I have to walk to lab.) The dining hall serves a ... through a phase of eating ancient grains -- or I tried to, but they take

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  cliché but it meant a lot to me, especially considering where I had come ... question: “Are you afraid?” To my surprise, I responded with a serene sense ... ways life would be better if I could just find a cozy nook in the past to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  ,[/annotation] but here's a sneak preview while we're waiting for the event to start ... than the outside air *in a fancy voice* "very nice." – Kayode To summarize; Red Team made a product called Vortex, which is an alternative to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  a mission to serve and create a better world by providing universal ... Shape program. As a student—at MIT or anywhere else—it can be easy to lose ... Shape breaks you out of your daily routine and gives you a hard shake by the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  the situation all wrong. I tried to make a second story by lofting a ... -averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea ... I can’t bring my laptop or a book to bed unless I want it to fall out

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  get a good distribution of sizes and breakage points. To get the pieces ... "]abstract[/annotation] sometimes, so it might be hard to discern a storyline, but there indeed is one ... defeats Sachiel, the angel with a red orb, by releasing a magic rope from

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  left to shovel, but they shovel the slush anyway. Oh, and by slush, this ... may be hard to tell from the picture, but that's a minimum of two inches ... 's Ring Premiere to get an idea of what I'm talking about. There are some

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007