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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  Do you know what it's like to only have two classes left to graduate ... classes in previous terms I could have graduated by now!" But I am not ... in three or three-and-a-half years, four years feels just right to me

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  I recently discovered that they also happen to be getting married on the same day. My comment to Mollie: "Wow, you guys are going to share ... aren't really looking for a precise answer; they're just trying to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  . It took me almost a full semester to get into the class, which is ... a modest tool collection and working on getting a space to put an ... pain to get to) to slave away on our projects for an entire Saturday. So

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  it 5.03 these days) ever get shortened to "Inorgo"? I hope not, because ... . Once you've done so, get all statistics-happy about it. -Learn to knit ... enough to get in before you checked online, and your friends and family all

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through face-to-face conversation, but via email. I get email from my dorm, from ... another day. Will I ever get around to writing it? Time will tell!

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  by 1 or 2, you'll be able to get plenty of sleep. 2. Anthony, who is ... in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a ... to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Motivation Finals are FUN!

  

  . (Now if only I thought that way.) Back to studying. Followed by: Various ... AM to 12 PM 20.430: Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems ... originally wanted to take the undergrad version of this class, but last

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  class I instead have to be at work by 7:30 AM. I work in Rhode Island, meaning I have to catch the 6:25 AM commuter rail to get there. Of course, the commuter rail leaves from South Station so I need to get there first

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  hard to get caught up in this experience and miss the whole takeoff. I ... [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  advice for how to get stuff to us generally. Thanks for applying to MIT ... is the more important one for us. Please fax them to 1-617-687-9184 by ... send them to us as soon as they’re available. Don’t worry; they’ll get

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  help from other Course 6's and 2's to build out the circuitry piece by ... enjoyed getting to know them and showing them around campus, our school, our ... read our inaugural Deep Fried Taste of Kenmore Square event hosted by my

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  , now is a good time to be in touch, whether by email, phone, or whatever ... The Class of 2010 is beginning to take shape. We know some replies ... 'll provide some data about the Mittens (MIT-Tens, as coined by Stephanie in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  . 5. Do your homework! If you're going to an event sponsored by a ... attended an etiquette seminar taught by Jodi Smith last week. For an hour and ... appropriate for the situation, like you wouldn't walk up to the CEO of GE and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  enough to them to comfort them just by being there. i mean, i’m not saying ... leave or i stay long enough to mirror what they do, sitting side by ... academic environment, you most often turn to the people around you for

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  , so students usually get there by the T, Uber, or even bike. Thankfully ... On Friday, I went to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University for ... North America, and is home to over 1.3 million trees, shrubs, and woody

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  I gained by moving to MIT is so much richer in a lot of ways than the ... As I’m starting to write this, I’m sitting on an airplane, my rear ... Los Angeles, and I can’t wait to spend Thanksgiving with my family. At

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  denizens, is that we get up to such interesting things! For example, a few ... obvious reasons, such not wanting to get in trouble for indecency, I didn't take any pictures to post of the happily swimming people. After getting

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  blog would never get written - so here goes. I'm also going to stray ... important for you to get your Calc GIR out of the way as soon as possible ... .01 when others are taking 18.02 - you'll all get to where you want to be in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  of which you get in May after you matriculate) and you're taken to your ... &T has step-by-step instructions here. Lesser known is how to use Gmail to host your MIT mail. To do this you get to use a nifty little tool called

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  desire to rock out, so we get 6 units of credit per term - just to bang on ... hours early to get ready, try out the acoustics in our new digs, and get ... -raising ability (read: badassness) to get more people to come to the show. One of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010