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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  : Everything you just said is wrong. People are just people. The end. And now I ... making sure the ambulance is fully stocked, so I did the super long one to ... .... I'm the newest member of the IS&T (Information Services and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  so up until the very end. i know this is a foolish endeavor from a ... life doing stem, but it’s not so different from the realization i had a ... made me sad. at the same time, i know this is a futile quest anyway; even

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  that I've picked up on that I realize are not quite the norm. Being home ... there is...a lot about the school that a lot of people don't know about ... the fun things about going to college is having to relearn and adapt to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  . (the most plausible explanation for why they did better on the tasks is that the altered appearance increased their confidence, not that it made ... -deprived). the idea in this paper is that we can trigger oscillations to target and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  , it's time to accept the fact that another class is about to start ... with prospies and tell them how cool MIT is. I'd been on the tour for, oh ... stood there awkwardly, not quite sure what to do with myself. The tour

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  lead the Keynote. Messud is famous for her New York Times-bestselling The ... person's story not more valuable than the other. Every character real ... . What a wonderful skill it is to speak like a beautiful novel! After the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  [annotation note="the Kirkland Signature brand is named for Kirkland, WA, where ... [annotation note="in library and information science, which is not offered at ... /blogs/entry/queer-at-mit-but-not-on-the-blogs/">blog post

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  the time is nigh for a “what is ankita doing this semester?!?!” post ... everything together the day the pset is due (ish) and then rinse and repeat!! i ... math problems, which most of the time is trying random shit until it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  contradiction, MIT is profoundly global. Like the United States, and thanks to the ... Liberty is the “Mother of Exiles”; how can we slam the door on desperate ... \     Protests erupted all over the country yesterday

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  IAP trip to the natural history museum! turns out nature's history is pretty cool

  

  "sure, why not?" In fact, I was labouring under the very mistaken ... have been!) If you haven't heard of the glass flowers (which is what everyone calls them), their official name is the "Ware Collection of Blaschka

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  fourth folder: The Pinkdex is so named because it was originally ... questions and working hard - even though the weekend is normally a chance to ... between p-sets last November. In short, a writer may not be the first thing

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  fruit, what kind of fruit would it be? 3) What is the most appropriate ... internet into your brain? Why or why not? 5) What's the most drastic change ... yesterday or the day after tomorrow? Is born even appropriate?” How will a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  on campus too! Just the general gestalt of the place is very cool ... antiques, books, and CDs. Cambridge is a hip, progressive city with the feel ... that your personality, not just your achievements, shows through in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  recognize that my smile is independent of my bank account or the label on my ... . Although I am determined not to write much on the subject of MIT’s difficulty ... understand why I do these things. The ‘MIT experience’ is different for every

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  the evening, and each week there is a different theme for our poetry, but we’re not obligated to make it fit the theme so long as we ... proof of MIT students and poetry: "MIT is the place in which we learn

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  – not so bad, right? Wrong. The thing with this carrier is that it is ... there is a line. A LONG line. Just to get to the Self Check-In counters ... particular airline. I don’t think the problem is the self check-in machine or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  entire student, not *just* the academics, and the college experience is not ... ... and I'm a bit worried that I'm not as bright and shiny as the others ... shows and movies, playing video games... Not all the time, but most of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  reality, this is my fault, so I try not to glare at the attendants as I wait ... forgot to carry the actual cards. This is why I live in a dorm that’s close ... -minute walk to my friend’s dorm, and since the weather is wonderful, I don

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  Image Processing. This class is probably the class we enjoy the least, out ... Photography This was one of the two classes (the second is 6.837 Computer ... happens in the this Michael Jackson Music Video)! Coding is now fun

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

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  ). [annotation note="and this is the point that i admit that i have not gone ... "]thanksgiving was a few days ago, and in the world of this post it is still ... hoarder.  anyway— the point is mostly that i have a lot of random shit that

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024