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• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  , my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day ... matter before I apply to graduate school. I am taking five classes for the ... pushing to do well on the four finals I will have next week. However, The

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  this isn't a bad way to find a starting point: ask me anything in the ... more interesting than I expected, but I didn't get to devote quite as much time to the projects as I wanted because I was busy with other

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  had to name one aspect of myself that has changed the most in the last year, it has to be the volume of hair on my head. Although I always ... a Gibson and get the girl (Angelina Jolie). He started off simple

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I figured it would be cool to take ... spoiler, think again. I've been given permission by admissions to deny or ... home where I finished the book the next morning by 1 pm ... if you'd like

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  was passed to get an ice cream machine for Simmons, but the plumbing to ... ). My dad tells all of us to take a turn doing something cool for the ... discuss changes and events at Simmons, as well as allow anyone the chance to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  comes to you in 4 parts. Part 1: The menu I write from ye olden days of ... 11 man-hours. Nevertheless, we did it! By the day before Thanksgiving ... , we had to hit several locations–Whole Foods for the pre-cooked turkey

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  outside the MIT bubble. Sounds crazy, right? Well, do you want to leave home ... comfortable there? The answer to that is usually no, especially when your home ... and tell myself that everything’s going to be alright. How the class

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  generally hanging out with friends. On the other hand, I didn't get much ... your friends, on your professors, on the random people you sit next to in ... This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  To celebrate the spirit of All Hallow's Eve, MIT hackers left a special treat (or perhaps a trick) near the Great Dome. I saw the hack this morning on my way to class and it absolutely made my day - although

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  So over the past couple of days, our FPOP has done some pretty cool ... Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad Institute where they sequenced part of the human genome. - we walked

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  fully intend to have the time of my life too. But I need your help! What ... something to say about all the awesome things you're doing (and that I ... backstroke.) Learning to play the harmonica.  Not bad, but it could

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  the Z-Center (no, really) and I'm so disheartened by this that a ... the other night, I was about to go whitewater rafting in Maine with my ... happened to be in Cambridge for the weekend, called me up and invited me down

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is the February Updates & Notes form. You'll use the FUN form to tell us your midyear ... can send via fax (617-687-9184) or mail. The FUN form is due by February

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  . Let me get this out of the way, first: I think this cover isn't great. I ... to forget. It feels all the more easy in places like MIT, where ... hearkens to the etymology of the word amateur—someone who does something out

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  To make up for the apparently unlucky (but ultimately normal) Friday the 13th, fate decided to rain upon Sam and me loads of good luck last ... Sam detests sushi) two front-row tickets to Avenue Q!!! (which was the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  -notch engineering and science programs, this school actually has the resources to ... the MIT community and meets weekly to review those submissions for ... the mellowness - that way, it's easier to avoid bureaucracy, value each

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  To understand most of the e-mails sent to the French House mailing ... -mail, you're encouraged to write the body in both English and French. Now, you are equipped to understand the flurry of e-mails I have received

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way, let's move on to the pictures... John '11 gets serious with the ... '12 tries to become one with the igloo Steve '12 tries in his own way

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  amphitheater, a little blinded by the brightness of sun and snow. In searching for a place to sit, I named the following constraints: that I must sit ... cold to type, but hey, that’s the outside for you. The class I took over

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  occupied with the crutches to hold an umbrella. So, by the time I hobbled ... was about to start playing Ultimate Frisbee. The teams stretched ... pulled. I sprinted ahead, ready to receive the first pass. My team

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010