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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  Concert Band because I didn’t think I was good enough to get into anything by audition, they told me to audition anyway. Despite not having ... Chorallaries audition. Sure enough, by the time I got to the Chorallaries, I was

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  said to me many times last year by half-hearted well-intentioners who ... , I have to get at least 6 hours of sleep the night before. If I get 5 or fewer hours of sleep, I have to get 7+ hours the next night. I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  to Physics. She also had to state that her book had been reviewed by a ... get involved, but the following Romantic period was not as welcoming to ... think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  to get good competitions (all by my own effort) to follow my passions ... million things to get into college. You just have to do a few things that ... topic post but I think its more important to get the message across. On

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  here so it looks like we get to skip the Intl admissions part of the ... learning how to actively learn, pursue topics, and be inspired by the ... undergraduates because it allows a chance for young students to get research under

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  : Stop by the Balfour booth to get my ring resized. All the running this ... begins to buzz. Play hide and go seek with my alarm clock for twenty ... : Respond to emails and decide whether or not flip flops are appropriate given

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  operator, I take other people's answers and call them in, so I also get to ... . It's awesome. It's lots of fun. You should do it when you get here. Or ... 't have right answers to those! Anyway, I'm only posting just now, because

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  else to do while walking around campus by myself. Now, I'm not exactly ... .) Yesterday Amanda '08 from my floor stopped by to tell me that our GRT ... finally managed to get to the point where the wireless card detected a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  clothes. Instead, rinse them out by hand first to get toothpaste and marker ... whiteboard is definitely dirty by the end) intended to be used on new ... eraser. Basically, you’re trying to get out as many surface stains as you

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  , and full of vigor, began to climb. However, soon he was defeated by the ... learning from his past mistakes, he was able to get up nearly halfway, when ... truly wise will recognize that there are alternative ways to get to the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  with it and assented to its claims. 5. Notes of a Native Son by James ... wide in the sun; oaks in forests grow tall and thin to get what they can. It is eerie to see an open-grown oak surrounded and shadowed by firs

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  haven't been able to build up strength, but I feel I'll get it by mid next ... resolutions I couldn't accomplish due to the pandemic, but since the world has adapted since then, I was able to do them! I'll be including the 2020

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  MIT almost exclusively refer to their majors by number unless they are ... 'm doing the IB course with HL Math, Chem ang Bio. Say if I get admitted to ... sounds silly, but I'm first afraid that if I try to get a position, no one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  that night as well, it took over an hour (and $100) to get to the ice arena in Indian Trail. Lucikly, I was able to get there just in time for ... . She told me to come stop by tomorrow if I have a chance to let her know

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  Sudan, etc. While reading an article, I happened to sit up straight, so that my line of sight was no longer perpendicular to the laptop screen; I ... :26pm: four minutes before the rover was due to land. Whoops. Good call

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  the not-so-intact sweep needs to be replaced. This is done by taking out ... power drill. Apparently one way to get out a stripped screw is to dremel a ... use a flathead screwdriver to get the screw out. The rationale is that

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  , and I finished. Now I get to go home for ten days. I get to prepare for the feeling of yet another fresh start. I get to feel whatever this ... does somehow. Song: Burned Out by dodie. The camera cuts once more to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  what you want to research. And then, perhaps completely by accident, you ... and I will probably get to work with another language - R, a statistical ... chocolate science). So if you've ever wanted a chance to get some in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  freestyle though, because sometimes you manage to get a line, or a verse, or a ... post. I just had a laptop, phone, and the microphone on some earbuds to ... , ranging from absolute flaming garbage to (at least in your opinion) pretty

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  , and he was able to get a really great vantage point to take photos the ... best measure would be to get some sleep and just watch the fireworks from ... to go down and get as many free tickets as possible for anybody

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005