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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  1. Reply to random email asking for Tim volunteers. As soon as it ... how to properly care for and wear the suit. 4. Sign Tim out from the ... to feel just a wee bit hungry. Eager to make new friends!  

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center station, which is located next to the NIH and my house, I saw this advertisement. Seriously, it warmed my heart. An advertisement for Western

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  it got to the point that, by reading the first sentence of a practice ... MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The ... get a cannoli And if you get a cannoli, you must find a nearby park to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  encourage your child to attend CPW, to see if MIT is actually a good fit for ... that some others seem to be taking few lectures and still not getting it ... he was sometimes struggling to get some medieval poem in arcane english

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year of the Origami Dog A beautiful folded-paper version of Evie the dog.

  

  Following last week's Lunar New Year post, Joanne got a beautiful ... was created by Jason '09, one of MIT's terrific origami artists. Count me among the very impressed. MIT is a great place for origami

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  current roommate is also temporary, although you will get a chance to keep ... Hello world. I too am at the new Apple store at Boylston street ... black macbook to write my entry. I, of course, have to add MIT content to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  I like to think that people are defined by two things — the values ... importance because you might just pay attention to the little things and get ... order a bed from Amazon, IKEA, or Wayfair; I ended up deciding to get an

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  third choice for any student. 2. Megan '08 for introducing me to the song ... loved was born with roses in her eyes." 4. Joe '08, for inviting me to go ... something to blog about from the afterlife. 5. Ben, for treating Mitra and me

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  " new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came as Congress prepares to take up the president's budget, which calls for dedicating $150 billion over 10 years for a new clean energy R&D and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  living at Northwestern for the summer makes it difficult to also live at ... row and everything is really getting to me, so when I was taking a break ... temped in New House, and after REX I moved to Senior Haus, which I love so

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  absolutely hate it when something gets spoiled for me (similar to most people ... Happy holidays to all! I am writing this post for several reasons ... get spoiled for me in the comments. [Important sidenote: I watch almost

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

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  gratification isn't the single thing to strive for, but it sure is exciting. I ... learned a lot of new ways to see exactly where I went wrong. This also came ... [/annotation], where I have to debug every program and circuit I make for two

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  be nice to get a break from the institute for a little while. I Wrote ... marked our excitement by creating a new dorm for bexiles (people who were ... training coordinator for Medlinks for the upcoming year! I am so excited to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  May. the rules for adding to this playlist were very limited—i mainly ... them are meaningful.   let's get right to it! https ... Part by AJR — i listened to this a lot before going to see AJR. i really

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  , who I'll get to later. So clearly, you can tell Adam’s been ... rather how to solve "problems caused by the language". Sorry, that was too ... rather, Paul had the vision for a new service that would cause a paradigm

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  might be because I'm too overwhelmed to process new information. If I ... , unwilling to give up its secrets. Frustrated by the lack of cooperation from ... week, this is usually two hours or so, to make sure that I can get back

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  the line, and you learn quickly to take it in stride, get back on and ... 'll get better at finding balance day by day. Signing off, Allan   ... pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  post-semester paradise two weeks with no psets or exams in sight

  

  , i went shopping with my little since i had to buy new clothes for my ... finals to study for, i spent my time doing absolutely jack all with my ... friends. i never get time to watch TV during the semester, so it was wild to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  it's time for me to lighten the mood around here. So to all of you uber ... , you want to know the skinny on how to get into MIT. The more I try to ... checklist for the ages. 52 THINGS NOT TO DO IF YOU WANT TO BE ADMITTED TO MIT

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  the floor, asking for people to celebrate her last night as a humanities ... it was hilarious. I found it a little like that "How do you get to ... program I was applying to was looking for people who were passionate about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005