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• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  , hang on to the handlebars, and meet the blast of wind in your face head ... class, and tardiness+absences will kill your grade) 10:47 Am: Gets ready ... Next is). 11:02 AM: Gets to the first floor of Building 16, all the way

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  Lavery, posted to YouTube by Team 801: To read more about the game, you ... founded by inventor Dean Kamen and MIT professor Woodie Flowers back in 1989, before most students now applying to MIT were even born. The goal of FIRST

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  event that allows you- at absolutely no charge- to showcase your ability to gracefully flail on the ice rink, while dressed up as your favorite ... , by learning the choreography you’re performing with your sisters. Do

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  light, is definitely by far the fewest number of units I've stood to ... a pretty cool place to hang out. Especially in february. What you're ... emitted by gases in distant parts of the galaxy to derive a rotation curve

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  get to choose. My relatives are spread out across the world and the love ... need to set a lot of standards and find your balance multiple times. ew ... this your sole focus, leads to empty and confusing times I promise

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  means for me; trying to get seven hours of sleep, eat at least two healthy ... ’m glad I hung on to the end. After finals, surrounded by my friends who had ... It’s been a hot second since I last blogged- about ten weeks, to be

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Anatomy of a Late Night There are some problems caffeine can't solve. But only a few.

  

  2 liters of Mountain Dew: $2.75 Mint Milanos: $3.39 Artichoke Spinach Hummus: $2.99 Wheat Thins: $2.29 Getting all your work done... priceless And now, I sleep, perchance to dream...

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  By: get a head start on 6.006 (Intro to Algorithms), applied to daily ... . I remember when I was in your shoes. Back in the day, I had to do it ... terrible happened to them and they’re in the hospital and…you get the point

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT recruit athletes?

  your sport by completing a recruitment form. Depending on your potential contribution to MIT's varsity athletics, they may choose to advocate for you in ... undergraduates play at least one varsity sport. If you're a prospective student
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  that night as well, it took over an hour (and $100) to get to the ice arena in Indian Trail. Lucikly, I was able to get there just in time for ... . She told me to come stop by tomorrow if I have a chance to let her know

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... high school (duh), and most people had to fight to get the opportunities ... everybody could get a 100% or something, so people take it upon themselves to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  get CPR certified, or learn to take blood pressures, or not pass out ... 49 hours a semester, but if you want to be really good at your job you ... to gain experience by working as much as possible, especially before

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  . You’ll work hard, really hard, but you can get used to it; you’ll strike ... problem set on Tuesday afternoon and get done by midnight with a few breaks ... . I was reluctant to get up from bed—I always am, really—but I managed

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  exotic to a city girl) his aunt took me to a fashion show, organized by one ... researcher, you can get obsessed with and trapped in your little specialty ... decided to have some fun with it: she got together a bunch of the residents

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  chair, which means I get to plan things that I always wanted to do and ... , offering advice on how to get tickets, which games would be best, and other ... minutes. And I wonder, don't the players ever get distracted by this when

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  well. So sometimes I sit in a cubicle 9-5 by myself without speaking to ... ? A few things: 1. I get to learn about so many things everyday ... of your life - these are all meant to be temporally-finite experiences

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  on your ceiling just to keep things from getting too crazy and then ... your friends start getting engaged and married and moving into real ... anyway, I'm off to the bookstore- I'm getting my Harry Potter book at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  , and get to know them and understand them and not burn them out. if you're ... : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  escapes from the tennis courts to a vast Briggs Field trademarked by the ... ? (Carved by Andrew Hoy '10) Do you see what's in here? To no surprise ... in the wee hours is hard to come by around here. -- 3 Days before the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009