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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  ? Eternal freedom. No homework. Staying up past midnight every night. The dream life. Well, no! No! It’s not fine at all! The first few weeks of ... new experiences (examples: a growth from no-cooking-skills to hazardous

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  at home), no sword fern, no lady fern. The environment is not hostile ... ...the day I had no clean pants. On the hiking trip, I found those moments of ... here, because without my friends I thought there would be no reason. But

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  either (a) think I have no concept of temperature or (b) think I'm a liar ... . Basically: a star runs out of fuel, and can no longer prevent gravity from ... force is no longer *in charge* (get it? get it?) - atoms and nuclei are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  wash your hands. No exceptions. No amount of money, fame, or fortune is ... but no one knows it yet. The important thing is to know how to recognize ... difference and you'll be much happier. Don't call in to sports talk radio. No

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  necessity but out of enjoyment, and wakes up when it can no longer be considered morning. Summer is a time for pools, Pokemon, and playing in no ... wanted something to do.  MIT is no walk in the park and I wanted an

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  almost daily for my courses, I did no additional reading, no additional ... (which is still pass/no record), and to a lesser degree in your second semester (A/B/C/no record), but if you elect to take early sophomore standing

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  -sets and rarely have tests. Sweet, right? No homework sounds great! Aha! But ... Championships next weekend. The thing is, no matter how many times I told myself ... cheering squad, and MIT is no exception. I had the pleasure of being one of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  No, this entry is not about Kelly Clarkson. It's about FIRST Robotics ... application season will not go perfectly. No matter how good of a student you are, no matter how polished your application, some irreconcilable

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  teacher and by no one else. If you attend school outside the United States ... . Please note that there is no online recommendation system for MIT ... who has taught you in an academic class in high school (i.e. no middle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  absolutely no commitments. Last year I was overzealous and did the typical MIT ... semester! AHHHHHH!" No, this IAP I'm very much not busy, and it is wonderful ... ! $100! One of my charms is that I have absolutely no responsibility when

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  . Pass/No Record is not an excuse to slack off and not learn the basics ... interview with Eric Lander last year. The worst they can do is say no, and ... you forget to just enjoy the moment? Call your parents. No, really

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  entries is because I'm no longer a freshman, meaning all of my admissions ... . I always feel guilty putting up an entry with no pictures, so randomly ... . Now, in an ideal world, there would be no PSET due the week of a test

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  dealer: In the movie, Ben's major is "pre-med." Of course, there's no pre ... ? Well, as others have already noted, there is no class called 2.09 at MIT ... .09, though, 2.007 is an individual competition, and there's no judging -- only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  for no reason. Rar.) I was in the floor lounge to distract myself from ... be no Ruth or Sam around all the time to make Conner 2 the bastion of ... NO payoff whatsoever. I mean, the guy sat down next to her in the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  ages. even though i saw half of you today. wait, what? who said that? no ... much, then how can we say no? So seven of us met at the T stop in Kendall ... power being out for two weeks), along with 176 other girls. (I've no idea

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  yeah, THE CAKE. So no, I can't actually make you a white chocolate ... all the astroturf rubber in the house. Poker. I'm no Timur '10, but I ... card King; I'm no Ace at this game but I'm not bluffing - We'd make a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  things about MIT that you still can't replicate, no matter how many MIT ... open him. Sadly, there was no room for him in my luggage. 5. Cooking ... them. So, join marching band next year. No experience necessary. No

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  's Sam." Lynn: "SPAM? SPAM? Did you say your name is SPAM?" Sam: "No, I ... to do, and as a result I realized that there is no way in Hell that I ... apparently not. I digress. Oh no! I looked over and saw that the meanest

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  around the kitchen all the time, so no worries there. There's a small ... -opt her question :p, NO. Frosh don't even declare a major right away, there's no overarching organization to administer hazing-type activities to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  synthesizes graphene 24/7. (Graphene is actually quite hard to synthesize so I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025