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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  and was immediately confronted by a colossal display for the Twilight series. A thirtysomething dad was scrutinizing a copy of the fourth book ... could give to a teenage girl." (I do not think the series is well

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  and all that certainly helped. There are just a few things I learned this semester that make me wish I had paid a bit more attention when I ... consider Stanford a little bit more seriously so they could visit me in a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... junior physics lab with a bit of preparation. By the end of the first 2 ... data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  of some less-than-important recent events, I decided to put up a short ... that this happened quite a while ago. My days have been filled with RA ... twelve different authority figures telling us not to kill the kids and a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  schools that sent you a "fat packet". Regardless of where you were admitted ... . I am giving you a hall pass for this blog entry. This entry is for the ... it is you need a shoe horn to get their heads through the door) This

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  is one of the most crucial parts of flying a spacecraft, which is why ... might get sick during finals week. You might have a midterm and 3 psets ... you going after you bomb a midterm, what keeps you hitting the books

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two answers on a Saturday night Because SNL's a rerun and we just finished our movie from Netflix

  

  've heard about MIT--I thought, as you say, that it was a really collaborative ... no idea what I'm going to do, but medicine is definitely a possibility ... school. Two of her close friends from MIT and a number of other students

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  Here’s a picture of (almost) all the paper I’ve used at MIT so far ... temporary) state of having a lot of work to do at the moment"]Hosed™[/annotation] to put effort into a blog post, so here’s what you get instead. Me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  not having a meal plan but having a schedule that doesn't allow for time to cook breakfast or lunch each day unless i bring a sack breakfast and ... .[/annotation]I'm not really a ~meal prep king~ like certain other bloggers, but I go

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover ... post is from a never-published draft about from my freshman fall 2014 ... . __________________________________  Part 1: Freshman Fall I’ve only been here for a semester, but things have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  where I feel like a lot of my STEM background amounted to nothing, since ... , after I watched like one episode of [annotation note="I also had a brief ... intelligence instead. I went to a coding camp over the summer that I really liked

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  A real entry is coming soon! I promise! In the meantime, more ... I am an international student (although I do have a good profile ... Carr wrote: "When reviewing applicants, obviously there is a certain

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  /reforms/goings-on in the Middle East, a Japanese student group to hear about the ... my past two summers were spent in a variety of locales (take advantage ... in the future. I am spending the summer in Bend, OR, a small city of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  Senate. It was a good, good night. MIT had some event to celebrate the ... ! And I hear Ankur was even there! I could have gotten to meet a reality show contestant! Oh dear, this has been a lifelong dream of mine. So, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  of, "Go to Garment District," "go to a BSO concert," "pull an all ... think it'll end up being a little more important than making yet another ... , but hey, hey look at this: Booya. As most of you know, I'm a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  , and a stay at a luxury hotel that looks like the one from The Shining ... slowing him down a whole lot. Skate skis are a lot easier to learn since ... also a lot more annoying in the beginning because it felt like I was

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  , manner of articulation, and their voicing. A consonant is voiced if the vocal cords vibrate when producing it. A consonant is unvoiced if the vocal cords do not vibrate when producing it. Here is a diagram that might

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  during the school year with Spanish House, in a big cooking rotation. I ... often that it becomes work. But it also presents a creative challenge ... many other dishes. I am a "weekday vegetarian", and there's always both a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  weather machine, and even got a very melty dusting a couple days ago. Fortunately, however, snow with staying power chose a weekend to finally arrive ... -themed floormal party. With a giant beach poster covering one wall, tropical imagery

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  process, we must also be careful to provide a broad spectrum of the MIT ... decided to add an Early Action (EA) round for a couple of reasons - first ... looking to hire almost exclusively freshmen to maintain a balance between

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006