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• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  have taken a while for the mess to present itself (perspective and all ... about how crazy everyone was studying for finals? They're over! Let's talk ... dinner," which is so named really just for the fun of it, since it comes

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at ... studying for swe interviews because of my explorations as a novice electrical ... campus and internships for not having enough background. And while that has

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  on for miles with no interruptions. The path is secluded from the road ... believe this was a Christmas Eve hike. We’re Jewish, so Christmas for me ... unpleasant for them but never long enough to wipe them out. When I run or bike

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…

  

  I’m fast asleep, probably snoring lightly and elegantly. My body ... lose a life for each such word. I’m supposed to meet up with my advisor ... things where MIT tries to compensate for beating the crap out of everyone

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  - I prefer my classes the way I prefer local fire departments: fast ... ) takes the proverbial cake for hopscotching around my criteria for likable ... history who learned the Li√©nard–Wiechert formulation of potentials for a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  've been in Germany for a little over a week now and I've already climbed 509 ... , for the low, low price of 1,50 euro per hour. However, the upper room ... . 2. My job. However, the computer is supposed to only be used for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  without regard for identity, income, or location. Ever dreamed of getting a ... for all who desire it. Opened in the 1960s to improve education access for people from lower income groups, the OU was the world’s first

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  glasses cleaner and wax for my braces. While other kids did their fifth ... to enter the 6th grade, my mom got a flier for something called the Talent Development Institute, or TDI. TDI was supposed to be a camp for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  survived!   For EnergyHack, I was on a team with my friend Josephine R ... — a green alternative material for an established company that was ... was to craft an advertising schema for a company which was in the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  ? For the website, include a URL; we can't guarantee that we will visit ... significant name recognition for the event at MIT, both in the LBGT and allies ... last Friday for early action?" And Andrea wrote, "For the standardized

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  really, for how quickly it was dredged up again, like the structure of a ... exchanged and the coffee poured into a ceramic cup for me to sip at the window ... out and hold up their babies, hoping for more. Underneath the Pantheon

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  the softest and calmest dusk I had ever seen. I watched it in awe for ... : 09/21/2022[/caption] I was dormant for over ten minutes, watching the ... jumpscare made my hands tremble and my heart pound tremendously fast. I had to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  .00, 6.009, and 6.031 for. And was it worth it? Definitely! In this class ... pages of the comic here, but sign up for their newsletter to get the full thing. I think it's worth it for the read! Overall this class has been a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  for four days straight (and therefore, not in class, lab, or recitation). I’ve only really caught up in 6.042 (Math for Computer Science), I ... grateful for, even if I forgot it occasionally while in the frenzy of trying

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  Vagina Monologues. For the week following the show, I attempted to put into ... talking about vaginas in front of a large audience. For an audience member ... was having those very conversations. Fast forward about 8 months to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  few times with some friends for various excursions, but it wasn't that ... of fun. (SPOILER: It was). Fast forward to the end of the PE class ... research project for a class on the effects of knot geometry on the tensile

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  plumbing for the water screen all still works. It has wheels for easy ... before. In fact, I know the guy who made it, so it made for a great story ... awesome it truly was, so it was time for a field trip. I asked if anybody

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  ) website here: Designing a First Year at MIT First year MIT students are ... advisor several times a semester; advising seminars (for credit), which ... are currently four options for learning communities: Terrascope

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  had nothing else planned for the day, and decided to try something new ... can scramble the puzzles for me. I can do it for a minute or for hours ... . averting morning brain drain This routine has been especially helpful for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rekindling and how mit is actually going to save my art career

  

  For most of my life before coming to MIT, I had been really into ... elementary school, and for a long while I would draw things by hand on paper ... written about the glorious iPad and even did an unboxing video for the fancy

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 7, 2020