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• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  on making yummy food, and making a lot of it. Cooking is a social event ... kitchen makes people stop on the way to their room and chat about their day ... all. There are 6 dorms on campus that don’t have a dining hall and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  fulfilled every point on the mental checklist that made up my housing choices ... windows and shining on scattered notes and chalk drawings on curved ... campus and visit the last one on her list: Senior House. I hadn’t been to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  concept might appear on a test. Once lecture notes have been copied down, I ... and formulas on their limited sheet of paper that they have condensed ... my lecture notes on my cheat sheets, the exams can be difficult. Exams

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  On an extra-long Wednesday a week ago, when spring break has come and ... day soon get your art on again. (Maybe when you graduate, the cynic in your head suggests.) Or maybe sooner. I'm never short on inspiration

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  it while procrastinating on something far more important. I clean my ... moment, I’m supposed to be preparing for a 6.01 exam on circuits tomorrow ... 's presentations on Nikola Tesla and Deception, which are stunning and well worth

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  ’ve only just begun this IAP, I feel like I missed out on the period when ... to look back on all that happened and express to you a bigger picture ... out and growing up and being on your own. Academically, first semester

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  'll be well on your way to staying warm on a budget. Maybe you'll even ... staying warm on a budget is that it's all about layering. Not only does this let you adjust to different temperatures (by putting on/off layers), but

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  the Beaver (as seen on the collaborative blackboards of Stata Center ... .112 Principles of Chemistry lecture on the formation of stars by Professor Anna ... thinking about these topics, check out 24.118 on OpenCourseWare or Professor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  at East Campus now, and not Next House, I'm spending a lot more time on ... group of friends who understand me. I'm continuing on with the Design ... Astro department canceled classes on Thursday and Friday for the AeroAstro Centennial

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  from your rank list because if you do not match with any school on ...  you'd like to add. Note your full name and "QuestBridge" on ... , some will accept late interviews on a case-by-case basis. Completing an

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  to me was: What do you want to work on during junior year? Junior Year ... . And so one of my goals this year is to work on decision making. As the ... relies on resources - time and people - as fuel for information. I’m always

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  carefully select survey on a stratified sampling of the population of MIT ... . So when you're cutting down on the things you're bringing, make sure to ... even just be your unleashed artistic creativity on an unsuspecting wall

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  entire blog post without periodically saving it (I like to live on the edge ... the problem sets. Which brings me to why I'm back on the blogs. See ... working on the eloquence aspect of adulthood. We just launched the first 3

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  spread our help across campus. More on that some other time, it's CPW! CPW ... got to play the role of Miley Cyrus this weekend, on a wrecking ball ... Campus' CPW this year is "The Great Depression." On Thursday we celebrated

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  because our hostel doesn't serve breakfast on Sundays and apparently neither ... TelefériQo takes passengers on a 2.5 km (~8000 ft) journey to the Cruz Loma ... girls were lying on their backs, refusing to get up - and the guy from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  , it really doesn't take much to make me laugh hysterically). On the off ... sense of humor: 1) This article. 2) My bff Sam B. '14's post on my ... me: From: [email protected] [[email protected]] Subject: on line course

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  . Inhale, raise arm. Exhale a little, press gently on the trigger until you meet resistance, lower arm to target. Focus on the front sight. Without ... BANG!, pull the trigger all the way back and keep sight on target even

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  Opportunities Program), which means I get to have an on-campus job doing cool ... develop a docking port for little satellites on the International Space ... develop hands-on experience. For some reason I never got into building

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  treatise on how to gain weight and never let it go, 2) a poem of seemingly sub-par metaphors that, upon deeper analysis, actually expound on the ... underlying theme of lost love. On the other hand, I would reply that it simply

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  depending on traffic and wait time between connecting busses. I usually prefer ... up early from a field trip at the Pittsburgh Zoo to go on a road trip ... just discretely cut three people. That was very sneaky but I’m on to you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013