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• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  Lobby 7 to commemorate the moment, making sure to take a few in front of ... I celebrated by popping into Spooky Skate and skating (read: falling ... that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

  ’s the rest that make no sense to me. Miles are bad. Yards are worse. And ... isn’t what makes me feel like I’m not in the Philippines anymore ... . The leaves changing color? Happens too quickly. Really, so much of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  average final grade of 17%) and am about to be thrown into another. Finals ... . How does one go about studying? The general recipe is to just lock ... , studying 2.001 for my final on Tuesday. For that final we get 4 pages of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  the last thread, as of this writing. Thanks to everyone who understood ... admitted. I've responded to each email with a slightly different version of the same answer, because it's the only answer I have to offer. And here

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  everyday physical objects, starting with "How To Make (almost) Anything" (aka ... Gershenfeld. The class "How To Make (almost) Anything" (also "How To Make" or ... week we cover a different fabrication technique on our quest to make

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sam Videos Hurry, read this entry before Sam comes back from Maine and forces me to delete…

  

  will, to be frank, make you laugh, make you cry, make you look up what ... by showing what you're about to see.) Video 1: Ozone Video 2: Joke ... Allow me to combine Bryan's impressive video posting initiative with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  attending. That escalated quickly, so let me restate it: I stopped going to ... length before sunrise. If I had to do it, I would make it happen. Otherwise ... -planning, promise-making, and more personal resolutions than all of my New Years

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  Today I will tell you how to get into MIT. You get into MIT by wearing thick, waterproof shoes, because the road to MIT is paved with slush ... sandals is an acceptable solution to hard weather. (By “hard,” I mean

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  website is an attempt to talk about the thought and intent behind many ... from time to time.) I’m hoping that this blog and website can serve as a ... , and nothing else. It seems almost inevitable that this is going to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Five Years of Admitted Student Gatherings MIT community is getting bigger

  

  note: I found a fun little website I'd like to share with everyone. I ... branded balloons are tied to the mailbox. There is a poster of the Dome on the front door. Inside, we are welcomed into the MIT community by alums

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 29, 2017
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  official Hunt website, and they call you to check your answer. As the ... 't have right answers to those! Anyway, I'm only posting just now, because ... hunting remotely, instead of from on campus. Smaller teams can coordinate by

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

  Video games I’ve played this semester trimps, mother 3, hades, and vampire survivors

  

  game I've played to Mother 3 was Undertale, which itself was inspired by ... mechanic is diegetic, with pages of lore and rich worldbuilding available to ... rate than adding them to my to-play list. Oops! Trimps Trimps is an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  makes sense. As we continued grinding through math we got to something ... building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day). After working for 3 hours I decided to study for my 18.03 test that I had

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  gets, I can always go home on breaks to an amazing meal cooked by my mom ... understand now that she raised me almost by herself. She drove me to school ... Today I wanted to thank a very special person in my life, someone who

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  essay?!? Oh man, you have to complete it so quickly. You kept putting it ... interning or working for the fam (which, by the way, adds up to 40 hours a ... choice, do I? Me: No, you don’t. Now what can I do to make you feel better

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  to be. It's also a really dangerous place to be. No, no, don't freak ... . Every once in a while you walk by a door with a sign on it and you wonder "What could possible be in that room?!" Some are pretty easy to figure

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  impossible to think, or to make any useful decisions at all. I wake up and feel ... reason to motivate me to expend a little more emotional energy to make sure ... little better, and wasn't that always the goal in the first place? To make

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  . So, I decided to make a blogpost of things-I've-had-to-explain-to ... infinite MIT mailing lists to communicate quickly with certain groups of ... for when I do make good things. Independent Living Groups In addition to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a ... take up a quarter of the page, and to be printed in full color. Also ... you will be in college, where you'll have the opportunity to really make

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  expectation, waiting to see and be seen by somene. This expectation weighs on ... ) converge on a key research problem to focus on and make progress on it (focus ... Isola lab I’ve been trying to investigate certain claims, for example by

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025