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• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  alternately hosted by Marsha Bolton from the President's Office and myself. To ... A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It includes a nice piece on MIT athletics as well as a Thanksgiving story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  annoying because I have to get out of bed for a morning meeting >< The ... I'm given to understand that at other colleges, students actually get ... , but we still call it Dead Week, and I'd say we manage to cram about a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  classes. A good way to study for them is by using the materials (lectures ... admirably ambitious - it was a pleasure to meet you :) The RA telethon will continue on Thursday, so if you didn't get a call yesterday, don't worry; we

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  spent a lot of time and effort preaching to you about your high school ... devote an entire entry to a class I'm not even in anymore: Physics ... . Each group has a computer to enable the learning process. Most of the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  "] SDS [/annotation] suggests that it’s “not expected to present a ... , so it would take a lot less milli-Q water (as compared to tap water) to give you water poisoning. Other notes: Don’t try to make tea by heating

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... , writing. it took me a bunch of bad drafts to get here (nobody wants to see ... facilitated this. good thing i’ve now placed myself in a job where i get to

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  behind my home in Texas to make a new one here. In these past fourteen days ... , your portable devices should be fully charged to avoid getting lost on ... collaboration. We highly recommend that you get to know the other passengers on

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  to stay up really late studying and didn’t get much sleep, but I took a ... , you definitely don’t want to know. A few times, I sit on the floor and ... a while, but yes, it feels like temporary freedom, to just take a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  honest answer was that I had ceased to be pleasantly exhausted by the ... from being able to really enjoy the semester in a variety of ways: I ... is almost as if it is impossible for me to last a week without creating

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  hack “refers to a clever, benign, and 'ethical' prank or practical joke ... Once upon a late October, MIT hosted its annual Family Weekend ... MIT hacking culture. (If the term sounds unfamiliar, make sure to check

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  on my poetry. I think that, once I get back to a real laptop, I will be ... , ultimately, it doesn’t mean much. It allowed me to get a break, see some new ... train: #5, two hours and 51 minutes late listening to: Do By Friday It

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  In response to my latest entry on being in a fraternity: Leo asked ... )? 2. Is it a expensive activity to pursue? My response: 1. While I can ... that being in a fraternity gives you access to a lot of upperclassmen who

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  periods--it’s a nice way to get started, take a break, and finish up. Crash ... (this job is so convenient!). I decided to create this post as a practical guide to preparing (or at least a guide to how I prepare) in the hope that

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  ’s a green house, inspired by the one across the street from my parent ... ’ve been thinking a lot recently about making art.  Painting used to be an ... changing. I’m a messy painter, or at least… I used to be. The last time I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  holiday festivities, from a couple of pop-up shops to a performance of ... DECEMBER to go to a tree lighting ceremony?? Instead of putting those elves ... ", which to my chagrin was a glorified excuse for MIT to give everyone a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  various fraternity brothers coming to serenade you as a musically delightful way of getting to know them. Let simmer overnight. In the day time ... . Weekend 5 Fun fact: I am a dancing machine. Does MIT offer outlets to my

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  getting used to. An RAship is more like having a job and less like being a ... I saw going to college as a rebirth. I really disliked high school. College was a chance to both remake myself in a friendlier mold and to build

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  people tend to overestimate their unhappiness about not getting a job, as ... engaging in a behavior to get an external reward or to avoid punishment, and ... course hosted by Yale on the online learning platform Coursera. A friend

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  willing to bet this is what happened in your case. Transfer Student had a few questions, including: "1. Any luck getting a guest blogger to speak ... . That isn't a common situation (most students prefer to "upgrade" their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  . As a professional photographer himself, Graham convinced me to take his ... following week. If you’re interested, you only have to drop by ... , but if you don’t want to buy film it’s a good deal

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008