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• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  images and digitize its public image. (Grapevines for the curious: Polaroid ... instant Polaroids just like Grandma used to do for her scrapbook. I still submit that the slogan of the company's reincarnation should be, “Polaroid

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  for 18.02 (multivariable calculus), which is one of the freshman GIRs ... Stokes' Theorem on my psets. No hard feelings?), I submitted my name as a ... ) problem sets I'm responsible for grading every Friday, and where I bring

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  .  And while that's nice for the ego, it's not so helpful in terms of ... for me was the culture. I didn't realize this until I started visiting ... buildings are always open. You can easily find an open classroom for students

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  deadline came and went. For those that submitted EA applications, good job ... -ish. :) Before the weather turned cold, Allen and I went sailing for the last time ... officially closed for the year. Every student that graduates from MIT is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  decisions for me and suddenly I miss the innocence my parents had wrapped me ... road trip to take for a three day weekend? What makes a good partner ... are taxes? How do I even do my taxes? Do I have to submit those? Am I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  on the back, which you’ve wanted for like two years. take the extra ... for the first time, because you know questions will come up over and ... instructor note - it’s a snow day announcement. endorse an answer for the first

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  class website for information and deadlines. I hear a lot about this class ... understand, and ready for change. Topics include specifications and invariants ... representation independence; design patterns for object-oriented programming

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy ... . Why would schools do this? For the money, mostly, because if you make ... “development cases,” will argue that this makes the school a better place for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Think Pink 2011 [By Cory Hernandez, '14] G@MIT, the SAO, and Residential Life present a guide to living…

  

  . For more information, be sure to check out other posts from regular admissions bloggers, or visit MIT's official site for LGBT issues. I remember doing the Housing Lottery—reading and watching i3s, visiting dorm websites

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  chemistry. I came across the lab's website last year when I was looking for a ... occasionally go "OMG SCIENCE!" about things.) I just shared that with you for ... one involves what I do all this pipetting for: let's talk about my UROP

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  the Thalys website for "summer offers"--you could get fast connections between Cologne, Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam in first class for the low, low ... world. Next, it was time for some real Belgian chocolate, which we

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  all, I checked my exam grade for 18.01 on-line. Then I started running ... most of it for her. We hurried back from dinner in order to make it to ... Stuart, who, aside from having a great name, works for MITMedical and is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  Choice of Major website. Sara wrote, "For the next Omnibus: - Is it ok to ... Viji wrote, "Hello, How do I RSVP for the info session? Your links ... ://mit-admissions.org/rsvp/session_link.asp. At the Sacramento meeting, say hi to Stu for me! Vivek asked, "is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  lightning snaps Boston in two. Most people had already run for their Back Bay ... like nightingales. Content with staying dry but wistful for adventure, I ... problems fill me with doubt; I think, I’m not built for this. I’m not built

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mad scientist? “Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to…

  

  systems are actually all around you (and even in you! For example, your ... , proceeded to forget her name, and then called her “Lauren” for the next hour ... hopefully this seminar will give me a good feel for whether this is something

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  around the world - a Habitat for Humanity event, this year they built walls ... , Long Jacket, but neither made it =( ) They ended up playing for about an ... event and all proceeds went to the Cambridge YWCA, a shelter for abused

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  what I would have done without you. This situation sucked for all of us ... they will be asked for very specific information about you to make sure ... avoiding this question for months, but you deserve an answer, so I will give

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  about serious science; it's also an opportunity for the MTL community to ... for the conference. It was just that I had to wake up at 6 AM ... 'm currently sitting in the lobby writing this post while I wait for the opening

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  given a monthly allowance from my parents that was plenty for groceries ... , the account would decrease more rapidly too. I'd check the amount ... start budgeting" as he covered lunch for us again and my IOU tab grew. My

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  took a special version of 8.02 known as 8.021, specifically designed for ... remember correctly). The tiny class size allows for quick response during ... tune with students' needs this semester. I remember for our first pset

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020