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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  time to get stuff done. I'm just glad I'm a freshman- I feel no pressure ... to get in for another few months. I guess I just got lucky. (*How did I ... decided to stop by Edgerton instead. (FSAE has its own shop way...way out in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host ... hear from your CPW hosts tonight or tomorrow. Even if for some reason you ... approporiate for him to censor himself when delivering his famous line from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  world with the same eyes. Mine work just like yours do. My sun is yellow just like yours is. However, we come to different conclusions because we ... a couple times a week. I won't try to recruit anyone, but if you're

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  North Conway, New Hampshire, until someone suggested a visit to Diana ... the reasons I should stay One by one they all just fade away But I love ... for reasons to stay, all I found was emptiness. A yearning for somewhere

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  World: MIT Speaks, that showcases 25 undergraduates' responses to the ... , and what should the United States do to solve it?" Two fellow bloggers ... that you can get a sneak preview: Next, a hearty round of

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  get a summer break -- or have the opportunity to do internships, MISTI ... 'm already returning back to the US end of next week. This week is also the ... doesn't wrap up until the 31st of August. You're probably thinking, what

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  Now, I know I’ve had a tendency to bury the lede a bit, (although I’d argue the sample size, n=2, is too small to draw conclusions from), so today I’m going to shake things up and show you what I’ve got up front

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  integrate the freshmen girls onto the floor is getting dressed up and going to ... of bed at 8:45 am, briefly consider shirking my duties to get more sleep, and then reluctantly clamber out of my bed to start getting ready

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  to the AeroAstro Centennial (which closed with an Elon Musk Q+A). We get access to our own machine shop, laboratory, and lounge in the ... biggest building in the world by volume. It's perhaps difficult to visualize

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  community can get a free flu shot by appointment with MIT Medical. There will ... endemic to birds, humans, and pigs. The 2009 strain was officially a pandemic from June 2009 to August 2010; the CDC estimates that between 43 and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  , followed by ice cream at the famous Mike's Pastries. We tried to walk off the ... , but that's enough to get me excited. f. Cambridge Side Galleria ... get bored in Boston! It's such an amazing city, with so many things to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Every square is a rectangle A brief look at every student activity at MIT.

  

  every time somebody rings the intercom to get in the main entrance. The ... Okay, first off, I have to tell you that Erica '07 is a superhero ... payoff being that you get free summer housing plus a stipend in exchange

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Heck yeah, democracy. PSET Extension!!

  

  /classmates can answer them - a.k.a. a way to get instantaneous answers to questions ... this pset, so it is unnecessarily demanding to finish the pset by this ... the past 4 days working on 6.005. Our assignment is to create a Sudoku

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  get on with the “Who is Cydnie” business… I am commonly referred to as ... blog EVER! * waits for the “Welcome to the Blogging World” song * I am extremely excited to share my MIT world with the blogosphere and to heighten

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  behavior and human foibles just by observing people in relation to their cars ... of people in hundreds of different professions from hair dressers to Hollywood directors to auto mechanics and constructor workers and teachers

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  sounds weird. Trust me, I remember coming to campus for CPW and taking ... and get money for all these cool projects and we have a study break ... breaking abilities. But now I know. =) I first learned to appreciate the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  and part 2 to get up to speed if you haven’t already. We spent most of ... an hour. The rehearsal stretched on for so long that we didn’t get to ... sad), so a few MITWE members tried to get Ken Amis (our assistant

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  sculpture that lives in the East Campus courtyard. We tried really hard to get ... ring around the barrel. Of course, it was not going to stay forever, and I'd heard rumors of Caltech coming to claim it. The Monday after CPW

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  for this one. It's unfortunate that I won't actually get to visit Russia, but here's to the new semester!   ... Yes, you read that title right. I'm going to be studying abroad this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  patiently since Pi Day to tell them that, unfortunately, we will not be able to admit any students from our wait list this year. I am writing this blog post to announce that and explain why.  As you may know, the wait

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020