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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  that I hear about West Campus is that they don't do anything strange or ... residents about East Campus is that they don't realize East Campus has parties

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  Corner Theater?! I seriously don't think you get how exciting this is. I just have a feeling that you don't. So, I asked like 20 other people if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  , but when it doesn't, I don't hesitate to call a teacher or guidance ... ?" I don't know the answer to this question, but watch the comments

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  better. It’s weird to feel so connected to someone I don’t personally know ... largest impact on my worldview among any individual I don't know personally ... honestly don't think there are other people (besides my immediate family

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

  Lessons from Loomis and Whitney a math month post

  

  Unfortunately I don't think I will be talking about the duality ... inequality (none of which are particularly long, but that I don't want to write ... ^2$ so we don't have to carry the squareroot around everywhere. To do

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  ! Forget about it. Actually, why don't you just forget I exist altogether ... , i don’t think i left campus except to eat meals at [annotation note ... -stage relationships. in general, as a writer and a person, i don’t feel like i can say

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  ) position, which i wasn’t super excited about because i don’t think working in finance is particularly good for the world (i don’t think it’s bad either; i think it’s very neutral) and i also don’t think QR work is that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Becoming a better programmer and why i'm excited about software engineering

  

  existed in the first place. And now that I think about all the things I don't ... , we don't think about all those details. We don't think about moving our tongue, we don't recall the definition of each word. A conversation isn't a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  these introductory assignments and sequences don’t amount to a large share ... /presentation don’t affect your overall grade since they’re meant to be purely a ... “just don’t get left behind” over procedural and patient learning that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  joked, “I don’t want constructive criticism right now, Mum.” “It’s a good ... . My mom is a computer engineer, and while I don’t understand all the ... then says, 'I don't remember anything about classes, honestly. I’m pretty

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  animals don’t walk nearly as much as humans - there are animals that ... marathoners usually don’t use heels much when landing on the ground. (the reason ... step routine for them is, so i don’t really have specific suggestions

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  probable, and I’ll spell those out -- but if you do get murdered, don’t blame ... WWOOF (for example, hosts don't have to pledge to have max 20 hours per ... with families, and, as I haven't done this, I don't know which to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  mantra for me. Don’t be fooled, accepting that all was well and would ... encountered them. I don’t share this story to make you worried or afraid of travel, but I don’t think I adequately prepared myself for what I had to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  onto this blog, though. I don’t want to be *that* kind of college blogger ... revision history. For those of you who don’t use Google Docs, a. Start using ... Hampshire. Some people don't even know where New Hampshire is, let alone

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  , this is our first year blogging, so I don't quite know what to expect. I ... competition, "Cry if you win because you're happy, but don't cry if you lose ... hands on it. As for "the ugly" side of life here, I don't know too much

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  of going on my computer; even if I don't like the sticker that much, I ... the multiple stickers that I’ve found I don’t have room for on my laptop ... small ADT sticker (I unfortunately don't have any DT stickers, but dancing

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  I don’t get to make much during the semester, except on slow weeks or when I really, really don’t feel like p-setting. At the end there are ... ’re in class. Don’t cook the meat for too long or it will become tough

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  blinds do a terrible job at blocking the sunlight, but i don't mind, most ... appreciate my TA, though. "i don't want to make you feel obligated to ... , and afterwards, i take the T home because it's cold and dark and i don't

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  are a lot of elements to a residential experience that we don't think ... community. Conversely, if you don't have enough singles, then seniors and ... , but it's critical that things don't get too isolated. As a freshman, one

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  , the people who choose to go to school differ from those who don’t in ways beyond having a diploma or not. We don’t have a good “control” group ... seem to increase after the policy was implemented, we don’t know if this

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021