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• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  to make all of our 6am flights, despite battling some severe winter ... is a good D-lab intro that links to more D-labbers. + ??? mi Make your ... 27,960 miles flown. $0 spent (by me). How? Through purely anecdotal

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  go to lecture, and having a good lecturer is basically what makes or ... think that’s going to make the class a lot easier for me. 6.0001 - Intro ... You know you’re hosed when it takes you a week after classes start to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  -humored kvetchfest by remarking that I have nothing to complain about and that it took ... easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my daily agenda, or even sources of Vitamin C. To start with a simple example

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  shares it. He cares deeply about the world and takes action to help make it ... really hard time not wanting to try to make things that are like the things ... that, and I hopefully would have figured out a way to make that work. Do

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  the pertinence of writing to science. The answer was: writing is an ... facilities are open to anybody, and some only open to certain communities (universities, etc) -- some have a particular amount of time allotted to X

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... organization, and we needed his help to keep Voldemort from getting in because the blue paint on our walls wasn’t magic enough. And then I had to blog

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  more classes of computer science jargon and decided to just make the leap ... blogpost in an attempt to talk about it. What is 21E? I am not the first blogger to major in 21E, nor will I be the last. I actually decided to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  'll get to experience a small slice of life at MIT to help make your ... of things that the female is supposed to do - that was written by ... I hear Early Action decisions went out. Congrats to those of you who

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  So I was going to draft this entry last night (I went as far as typing "hosed" into the title bar), but then I decided to finish exporting ... (which was very exciting, by the way - I have never been in a country with

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  “Other duties as assigned” is a concept well-known to admissions officers; it’s a catch-call term used by employers to encompass all the ... lighting cues? Has the playback music been reviewed to make sure the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  , running a quick setup test for a UROP, filling out a when-to-meet, things ... nothing in particular except think about all the things I need to do. They ... of being reasonable and going to sleep, I’m going to write this in one

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  these things up to make way for a summer subletter, and I spent a week ... -related junk to sort through, and the old posters. Worn down by time and the ... on family vacations. I am trying to make this room mine again while I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  15). Mail Services sorts the mail and brings it by the bucketload to ... of hard work by the records office staff to get it that way. Admissions ... , does it take so long? Well, think about everything that needs to happen

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  Campus, what do you eat?” My answers have varied, from “Free food!” to “A lot of things,” to “Uhh… I mean… I certainly did. I actually have no idea what.” At one point I turned to a friend and said, bro, what did I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  with the caveat that memories are believed to be strongly modified by ... them -- I was the only kid in my year to make the play and the musical all four years of high school, the only girl to make the competitive

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  honestly will not turn out to make that big of a difference in the long run ... sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and ... you ask "SO HOW DID IT GO???" and you have to break the news, when

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  to making and eating food. Unfortunately, it was too good to be true ... Previously on the blogs, I’ve written about MIT’s commitment to ... other institutions to do the same (more here). I’ve also blogged about the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  . We went to PetCo by the CambridgeSide Galleria. (The Galleria is the closest mall to campus; a free shuttle leaves from Kendall square about ... able to replace it overnight. Back at home, we have a Rottweiler

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  the place, but by the end of the night, I was comfortably making it all ... planning and lots of dedication, I was able to keep making progress on my ... growth. Blogging was hard — it was challenging to figure out how to start

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  , shameful tale only to communicate how good these ribs are. They will make ... , do you know how to make ribs?” Now pause and try to help me understand ... scheduling app. OK, BBQ at Burton Connor. Walk out of Kresge. Have to pass

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011