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• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  and I told him that for once in my time at MIT, I want to be good at ... it frustrates me that I still feel this way, but it's tiring being the ... as smart as you choose to be. I then take a deep breath and close my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  Nearly two weeks ago, I promised you a Post of Substance™ to be put ... being eaten by second-order ordinary differential equations instead of ... something that wants to be substance one day when it grows up. It's April

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  on their way to 3.091, professor of which is reportedly "The Man". The ... anana", so quickly shut door and resolve to check time more often. 11 ... to the extent of being late to class. (It really was an amazing

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do ... sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision ... 're enrolling this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2014!), that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  job to be able to say that I got a job. Here are some ways in which ... to be honest, I don't think I ever really learned healthy ways to deal ... return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  lengths of everything had to be to make it look like the ones I had seen ... how to actually cut the wood that way. And then I gave up on doing the ... mental space working on the loft! And to be honest, it was really hard. Of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

  Meeting about Amazingly-small Rocks and Computers), and I get to be there ... computers, better ways to power those computers, and even new ways to save ... 's almost time to start the actual meeting. And I will be back soon. January

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  by here whenever I’m in Boston. Whole Foods Way too expensive ... backpack or in a basket when riding a bike. However, you may not be able to ... times tend to be inaccurate. I sometimes take the grocery shuttle when

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  arrow goes from the nucleophile to the electrophile. Enantiomers can't be ... -life appear to be well, not that different. The last question of an Orgo exam ... creates a product that calls for yet another decision to be made. And that

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  to get ready, dashing across campus as quickly as possible to arrive at ... morning further of whatever charms it used to have. By every account, this class should be a terrible experience, but by the end of every rehearsal

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  . Take it from me: for any school, simply being on campus is a great way to ... the summer, I had ample opportunity to compile what may (someday) be the ... the list, though, I do have a few quick things to say. For starters, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  am about to be an alumnus. What’s Goodie! I’m Andre Hamelberg, I’m a ... always finds a way, so I was still drinking from a firehose trying to ... undertaking, but I will forever be grateful to have been elected and able to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  permissible, but MIT was pushing hard for people to be gone by Sunday. It ... crisis it is today. I want to preface this post by saying that it is ... my words. The only way to know what it was like to get kicked out of

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things You Shouldn’t Do And something I did

  

  I quick e-mailed the SysAdmins here and they kindly directed me to a ... somebody to take over his job and while nobody permanent has been decided upon, Winnie has agreed to take over for now and help all of bloggers

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  , it's actually really hard to answer, for two reasons. First, MIT is ... interests, it's really hard to classify anything as "typical." Academically, I ... have drastically different ways of spending their precious "spare" time

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  apps to read - so do me a favor. Be yourself. I don't want to read your ... through my hair, never to be reacquired." (This isn't real, I just totally ... said I wanted you to be yourself. See you later, Labs

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  would our hopes and dreams be dashed by a failure to launch? Before we ... in real time, but if my team mates are to be believed, the rocket went ... with one person’s perspective on it that might be of use to anyone

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  one way to go throughout the whole process. The table groups were ... it in the most efficient way possible, to as many people as possible ... reluctant to get the flu shot, because needles and injections terrify me, you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  won, probably due to our unfair advantage from being sneakier. So ... . On the way, I passed the Dome. I looked for Ben to say goodbye, but ... By Karen Sittig '12 If you were ever skeptical about MIT, read this

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  movies make it so easy to fold up a life and sew up a problem? Quickly and ... comedy classics. Judging the characters but slightly hoping to be in their place. Hours of writing and introspection, the only way to rekindle

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015