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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  that I would have had to wait half an hour to get in. Seeing a smaller ... : pretty to look at and nice to listen to (the tagline says it all), 5 out of 5 stars! The whole shebang: I had originally intended to write this

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group(s) (check all that apply)”. At least for myself, this is an easy question to ... mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  to MIT I spent working full time and trying to get ready for life on ... when I walked out of my dorm to head to Physics I noticed something ... would be there, and what I needed to take to my dorm. I was discussing

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  's something to be said for watching people do really random, stupid, amusing things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room for countless hours solving really hard puzzles on little to no sleep

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  me. I don't register my money situation until I get to the cash ... can't pay for my food. "I, uh... I'll be back.. I just have to.. get ... maybe like the end of IAP. I'll get back to you on that.) Day 9. The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  in Boston is a nightmare, so it took us over an hour to get to her ... 't bother trying to venture out into Boston very often. over the summer ... few weekend trips to New York. these helped me realize how feasible

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  company names). Now, I’m a junior, so the Career Fair is starting to get a ... whether I want to continue in school and get an advanced degree after my ... this past week’s MIT Career Fair, I set out to discover what industry

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  happy ending, she was able to get back to sleep later and woke up at a ... So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and, realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  get to glimpse my innermost(ish) thoughts. And by you, I mean the entire ... to sacrifice a few other things to get there) or manage to finish the ... things changed - but definitely by mid-February or so, I wanted to get into

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot ... use each machine, we get to learn by making a spiffy Stirling engine ... to get the creative juices flowing, and in the real world it's really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  ones in which I get to dispense laughs or in which I get a chance to ... Happy New Year to everyone! As you may have noticed I've been absent from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply. Often, phone calls about this to the Office will be routed to me, since I ... to get there? [Continue reading "Outside the Norm"]

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  loved getting to know over the course of IAP! Maya and I worked together ... restaurant. It was challenging to get onboarded, learn background information ... IAP for short. It's an excellent chance to do whatever you want! If you

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  swimming on my stomach, I'm getting there. I won't have to worry about ... get paid for your work! I'm really lucky in that I get paid to have fun ... Engineering and Computer Science Over IAP, I'm trying to get out of debt. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  ’m trying to help them out too, you know? Q: I get that Danielle. I really do ... of the things that you may NEED to get out of a college experience are ... in the morning, and I’ve got to get some sleep. D: Okay, old

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  get in? tick I’m just going to shut up, put my nose to the grindstone ... students to get through it.  … They made me feel like everything was going to ... head, a whirring that keeps my mind thinking about what I need to do next

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  Raymond and others to get through my coding assignments and I wonder if I ... As CPW comes to a close and I watch eager beaver high schoolers drag ... regret wash over me. New waves of kiddos are coming in to make MIT their

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  time getting the hang of simple things that were easy to make and tasted ... allow me to actually get groceries regularly. So, I told myself that I ... I'm not a particularly good cook. I once managed to set spaghetti on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... floor. The rest of B entry had gone out to Memorial Drive to watch the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  me off guard. To me, this was fun. I get to spend every waking hour ... . As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to ... carrying on a conversation with my friends who are desperately trying not to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010