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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  of my friends graduating, I get to take care of your heat strokes and I ... my room, I get to come back to it finally after the summer is over and ... I'm happy to be here again for the summer. So I did this once my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there has been one and only one answer to every question. The reason to do a problem was to get the answer. What about the answer? Why does it even

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  a month. I was barely reading the blogs, just trying to get two ... means it's exactly one year to the day when I discovered I got in. In honor of that anniversary, I'd like to hear your stories. I know you all

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a ... joined in and made my earth-shattering waffles), and then went back to ... ?" "On a picnic. Do you want to come?" "...Where?" "Killian Court. We have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  first voyage of sorts was to find food which is probably one of the hallmarks of our entire trip. Walking around the city trying to find a ... much looking around, and to my surprise, the place was great. A little

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  I am done with finals and very excited about that; you may be able to ... commented on Laura's blog about getting cheat sheets for exams... you may ask ... back, for 5.07: Biological Chemistry. There's something to be said for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  Before we get to the subject of this entry, we have a question! Xin ... contributor's copy of How to Get Around MIT (frosh should use it, it's a good ... probably lead her to shoot me, and she might get me before I got her (in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  i could get x to like me or life would be much better if i were dating ... which i’ve listened to a lot over the past few weeks. i’m getting into ... , used to get 'em Now you're getting fucking sick of looking at 'em.” such

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  "mcgregor" get it tell your local prefrosh to go tomorrow/today (8/26) at 9 pm ... Republic (Plato). Third person to reply gets them for $0. With love and ... tomorrow when I get to flip the ring around. [caption id="attachment_53537

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  to refract certain types of light to get not one rainbow - or even ... foil. Rutherford, of course, did it to get a clearer picture of atomic ... glasses to wear for the upcoming experience. You pass through another

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  able to enjoy things without getting obsessed the way I used to felt like ... to talk about my favorite characters without getting embarrassed or ... taught him how to get it on his Mac, which might have been a mistake

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  people you care about. How to get around MIT I guess I’ll end the post with ... completely, but I guess I’m decent at it now—it’s how to get around MIT. I ... classes. How to use a bandsaw A bandsaw is this machine with a thin metal

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was ... getting into top colleges meant i would have a harder time doing so myself, and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  euphoria as a southbound train. There ain’t nothing like slowing down to ride ... Mississippi. Among all the Amtrak trains I’ve experienced, three stand out to ... ’d like to look in particular at the cultural role of passenger trains in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  it gets better, and allowing yourself to accept that is important as ... offer my congratulations, and a warm welcome to the MIT community. For the rejected, I offer my condolences, and the best of luck as you apply to other

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  get to choose whether or not they’re going to be the person they are, or ... ’s beloved sky bison, which he could have used as bait to capture Aang ... years. The act of showing mercy to the avatar challenges the very core of

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  , my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day ... with. So I am allowed to go to senior ball, senior week, and any other ... matter before I apply to graduate school. I am taking five classes for the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  that make me happy. (Props to you if you get all the references. A couple ... process to being on campus, when you are starstruck. Starstruck by the ... the slight urge to huddle under a blanket with a warm cup of tea and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play ... saltines for a meal, hoping to recreate Chicken in a Biskit to slowly ... reminder of how easy it is to pass a day without making the most of it. I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I ... and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say ... cold, but still!) Then I took a train to London at 6am and another train

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012