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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  Okay, I haven't blogged all week... the last week of term here is ... the next morning. Wednesday: 10.302 exam. That is all ye on earth know ... it at 55.5, not 55 mL/min. The test was actually the hardest thing I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  realizing this is rarely the case this became really clear to me around a ... . that was the first time i understood that my life is extremely aligned ... that most people do not fall into those categories, that my life is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  next day, and the rest, as they say, is history. I'm actually really ... infection is a poor choice, just in case you're ever faced with the decision ... pick the direction it goes in. It might not even get published if I don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  . I quote: "My job is to convince you that the SINGLE MOST INTERESTING THING you could do upon leaving lecture is the problem set." I also quote ... majors. The professor is John McGreevy, who has a toy unicorn in his office

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  fairs. One nice part about this year's career fair is that we do get the ... /interest, and awards. SIDE NOTE: just do not dump a laundry list of all the ... the fair or during an interview. The way I like to think of it is, if a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  'm going to NR 8.01L. The final is tomorrow. I've touched a little bit of the materials but have not been consistently studying. This class truly is the ... 's a feeling of too much and not enough going on. During the days where I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  traditions. Across many cultures, the cherished drink is more than just liquid ... they fell in love with while growing up in Vietnam. The team is always ... “good vibes start from the inside,” which is reflected in their menu

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  , to be clear, is a vanity metric and not indicative of much, but it ... —it’s like I’m claiming there’s something about me or what I have that is so ... emotions? So I’ll give an example where the other person openly admitted

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This one goes out to the parent Fire! (she's comin' down on her own, now)

  

  weekend and remember the final report is due very soon!! Cheers Greg Last ... the future of coal research at MIT, because Professor McRae is kind of a ... live in Next House. Anyway, the moral of the entry is that you shouldn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21M.712: Choreography — Making Dances theater arts classes >>>

  

  academic pressure of MIT, even if the pressure is significantly reduced now ... appreciate a lot. the instructor is a choreographer, dance filmmaker, and ... create a piece, except maybe "is this too repetitive/boring??" keeping the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  to determine the structure of organic compounds. This is about as ... 1936, MIT was not quite as awesome as it is now, so it wasn't very easy ... . Undaunted, RB enrolled in the requisite 15 and one-half classes. Not only did

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  -mail list, which is really cool (although half of the messages are like, LOTS ... give out. Basically, all you have to do is go up while the ... that it's such an important part of MIT undergrad culture that the site

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  . but our bosses sometimes buy us boba so it's okay here is the title ... hours working on it starting from last fall, throughout IAP, and all the way until the day it came out. We (the exact same crew) also created

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  higher educational institutions? The short and easy answer is no. But since ... this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group(s) (check all that apply)”. At least for myself, this is an easy question to

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  for 21M.303: Writing in Tonal Forms 1. The class is traditionally taught ... the time of that statement, this would correspond to Wilt having slept ... , although he may not have actually scored 20,000 women, Wilt did score 100

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  for a tubular products company, TMK IPSCO. What I did not mention is ... Galveston, which is the Island south of Houston. We went to Moody Gardens and ... family and old friends. Sang did not want to leave me alone in the rural

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  , like unicorns or people that don’t like Taylor Swift. What’s not to like? >:( The backstory explaining this is relatively simple. A friend and I were taking the same Intro to Java class this IAP, and spent

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  already now is definitely the time to get a new one on Amazon.com if your ... is horrendous for Boston students. I think. ...and I do live by the ... phone number even if you're changing your carrier. The whole business is a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  "]UROP,[/annotation] taking cool classes or traveling. The freedom to do whatever you want is ... general existentialism.[annotation note="he is also taking the Chinese ... firsthand what it is like to Screw Up (the get

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  One of my favorite places on campus is the Metropolis makerspace. It ... similarly operate under the idea that everyone is a maker. [caption id ... the intense welding arc with naked eyes would not be fun. I point out

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024