Search

Search Results

• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  hearkens to the etymology of the word amateur—someone who does something out ... shame in sharing your work. Leave the pursuit of excellence to those who ... of fun you can have. That's the kind of fun I want to have. So that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  , and everything in my mind exists in a battle-to-the-death style list of ... rankings of 2024-things.   Movies I simultaneously love going to the ... of people are saying this movie is disappointing?? And to that I say

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  't always open. Everybody wears masks. Many of my friends are gone, off to new ... visit the computer science office to discuss my prospects of double ... back to my living group. It's the end of my last first day of undergrad

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  . Being in the middle of nowhere also means there is relatively little to do ... Quick, what does an atom bomb, the plural form of a famous Texas battle, and hiking have to do with each other? hmmm... If you guessed

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  event going and provides some of the most dedicated students to make the ... helping him to revise some of his 18.310 notes. Living groups: I had a one ... reluctant to leave, and of course I'll miss walking into Matt's office just to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  It's finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness.  The cats are taking the hit from it the most - we've spent a lot of time

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  ... next weekend is going to be SUPER exciting! One of my best friends is ... I am a PRO at stick figures. Just wanted to show you some of my handywork :) art is ... DANCE A few more of my friends love to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  of us to have at least a shelf of our own personal stuff. Two of my ... Costco and perhaps my most go-to snack of all. Because of that, there may ... probably won't go back to TJ's for most of the semester, it might be a short

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  a weird sense of nostalgia every time I walk past Flour on my way to ... summer and head off to MIT bright-eyed and full of dreams and ready to dive ... -year-old me dreamt of doing, even if it takes me a semester or two to glue

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  October. I spent this past week trying to get all of my work done before ... family from 4 to 7 pm so I could *HAPPILY* take care of the 6.01 makeup and ... of tries, my lab partner and I got our proto board circuit to work. It

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  Guillen taking advantage of chance to attend MIT, play football By ... to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is located in ... Wednesday. "I'm going to try to make the best of it." The 5-foot-10, 180-pound

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  happy to introduce you to MacGregor, MIT's only dorm composed of all ... and a nice chunk of money to do with it what they wish. My entry, for ... 't have much of a unifying theme to its culture -- you end up being really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  midwestern genes. and it's really cool to look at a basket of fruit and be like ... describe my courseload to people their eyes kind of widen and they're like ... -hour lecture on wednesdays with back-to-back classes beforehand seemed sort of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  is, or how to go about acquiring it. The other type of depression is ... simple anhedonia state; of being able to merely not feel happiness rather ... of what happened there, but I know the way Ruth came to be at my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!

  

  (s) to all of us, or to specific bloggers. After April 19 at 11:59 PM ... of people based on a specific topic. It has its roots from the r/IAmA subreddit."]AMA ("Ask Me Anything")[/annotation] on April 18 (9 AM EST) to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  [annotation note="this email came on monday, and i had time to kill ... aspects of their academic and student life. The survey is essential in helping us to better understand your experience at MIT---and more important

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  committee. More likely though, it is due to my sluggish 40-something metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and to use my personal trainer to help me start burning up some calories

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  provide some snapshots of MIT: 3/26/07: MIT models interdisciplinary supply chain In the near future, the presence of human colonies on the moon will require frequent missions to deliver fuel, food, and spare parts. Two MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  of you probably know what it's like to work on large projects like ... Llama to make what we like to call: The Equalizer. -Cue awesome sound ... blasters connected to a backpack which served as a massive ammo hopper

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  of my soon-to-be home: Simmons. Let's talk a bit about this lovable ... end of the building, then walk up back to the same level. For my FPOP ... MIT Logo on it. Next to my birthday cake were two robotic arms (the ones

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016