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• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  ) to 10 (Always). The first number is my result from the beginning of ... phenomenon by which we return to stable levels of happiness in spite of major ... intriguing; they ranged from a delicious cup of dalgona coffee to a song that I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  discovers that he has multiple forms of cancer and at best one month to live ... difficult to get out of it. We are literally fighting an algorithm designed to ... distraction. It’s so easy to take the path of least resistance to get

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  lot of things,” to “Uhh… I mean… I certainly did. I actually have no ... ’all can take each other to events only one of you has access to, such as ... early to volunteer. I froze a handful of meals to save for later. Rating

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  , and, of course, score free tickets to movies that people shouldn't really be paying to see. After a quick "coming attractions" replay of the ... to stage a coup of the vampire empire, which may actually be evil and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  Pooch or McMutt? Feel free to answer any or all of these questions ... As you know, we are hunkered down reviewing all of the MIT Regular Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  vaccine. (Open up the images in a new browser to see larger versions of ... modeled this sort of behavior. Basically, vaccines have positive ... . Read on, grasshopper. Here's a simple derivation of the private demand

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  any coding experience to speak of, and my current data science project ... detergent, Persil. I’ve had to switch back to saying ‘serviettes’ instead of ... -away instead of to-go. But even as things are almost back to normal, they are

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  recently read words absorbed by my brain

  

  . This sketched trajectory of their relationship bore so little resemblance to ... . That sense of resignation—not even attempting to cross the abyss—Rooney is ... ’ll be able to process everything I did read. She articulates so much of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  hadn't been collected yet) and dashed to 10-250 (one of our big lecture ... , picked up a piece of chalk, and turned to the chalkboard. Those of us ... done a lot of very strange things to society. It was kind of fascinating

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  was okay to start my e-mails with "Dear Alan" instead of "Dear Professor ... at the idea of having to discuss that academic disaster with the recent ... the Virgo galaxy cluster, of which the Milky Way is a member. We, of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  ’ve gone to office hours in my best pair of pajamas. I’ve turned 30 minute ... , day to day, I find myself in a constant cycle of never-ending work. But ... of these things, MIT has managed to become one more thing: my home away

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

   combination of classes, psets, UROPs, sports, and trying to maintain a healthy ... of experience to go back on, and I can't reassure you about the next 3 ... 200 words for snow, here at MIT we sure do have a lot of words relating

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT ... meetings and also inviting them to RSVP. If you received one of these letters ... helpful? What hasn't been helpful at all? And for those of you planning to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  painfully large stacks of notes to review. I'm feeling slightly panicked at ... this morning, I compared myself to a photo of Kermit the Frog drinking ... This is going to be an interesting week. For early action applicants

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  top of that, you can’t use the same utensils to cook the two, either ... half of these have to be Kosher. The result is a weekend extravaganza of ... So I live in Burton Conner, like some other people, but I happen to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  "]clone[/annotation] something new every day. steven introduces me to the rest of the team, which ... interns wait for someone to pick us up and take us to a welcome and ... clip of godaddy's CEO sincerely welcoming us. then a real person goes

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  related to the series. It went along the lines of: the reason that it's ... there are other ways to live. Language is tied to that. Staying aware of ... indirectly the cultural diversity of the entire world to be of greater value

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  clients -- from Tour de France stage winners to some of North America ... significance of each new data set to the Specialized team. One of the company ... shave his head bald to get rid of aerodynamic drag before the 2004 Tour de

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  which I cheered and Sam trumpeted -- and, due to a malicious ball of ... to me "all", but probably not) of Random residents about MIT life; I talked with a bunch of ESG kids about choosing MIT over a full ride to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  than 130,000 ft2 of build/hobby space, about 2.5 football fields, to ... Sunday, or tomorrow, or whenever, to check out any of the MIT things going on. Hope to see some of you there!

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016