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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  spoke with the last agent. There is no hope for you." "Oh, you can standby ... -offer discounted hotel room when this whole mess is your fault. (And don't blame the ... delayed indefinitely. Even in the rare event that the airline is giving out

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  Speeches, etc) - but also feel free to stray a little bit. The point is to ... MITriculate centered around the workload here at MIT and whether or not I could ... - despite the rampant stereotypes, MIT students are not extreme nerds who sit

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  Talks With Shallow People." the event is hard to describe, but involves ... ="seriously y'all, hyping up performers is essential. nothing kills the vibe more ... 's weird that DTYD is over; I feel like it was the last huge landmark of the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  the piano as someone else pulled out a mahjong set. Mahjong is kind of ... Currently drinking: Odwalla Superfood Currently feeling: warm and cozy in the ... to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  , this conference is dedicated to the study of human vision—figuring out ... is. Titles are also most effective when they contain the main message of the visualization—but if that message is biased or one-sided, it can

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  ’ll table it for another post. Moral of the story: chromatin is a lot like me ... post is that Prof. Reddien allowed me to interview him the other day, and ... ’ll be the first to admit that this semester is probably the hardest one I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  perhaps to come from the verb alo, to feed, nourish, and develop. This is ... good thing, since there is not a lot else enjoyable to think about right ... out, the part that's removed is the part with all the yeast that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a ... your questions" posts, where he would just harvest questions from the comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  Bosnian refugee is going to the nation's number one engineering school on a ... Bosnia. While he's proud of his scholarship, he says it's not his biggest ... 's education at MIT is worth nearly $200,000. He's considering a double major in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss ...und mein Leben ein Ziel hat.

  

  old. The semester is winding down, like someone's demented yo ... 'll give you a topic. The peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. Discuss. ... assignments for most of my classes are due this week. That means that while the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  A few quick notes for the Class of 2010... The deadline for registering for Campus Preview Weekend is tomorrow (Tuesday). I really hope you can make it! CPW registration is available from your MyMIT portal, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Just 5 Days Left! Mystery Hunt begins in 5 days.

  

  . Note: They are not allowed to talk to one another once the hats are on ... doling-out begins. So the question is: How can the group guarantee that 99 ... cannibals and put to the following challenge: Each shall get one hat of either

  • by Bryan
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Dance ‘Til You Drop 53rd planning a 53-year old party i've never even been to

  

  .[/annotation] The party is open to the entire MIT campus and features a hack and a ... since 2019 due to the pandemic. DTYD is traditionally held in Burton Conner's Porter Room, but since the dorm is closed for renovations, it took

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  - and the safety net that is Pass/No Record :( Part IV: Winter Break ... most enjoyable class this past semester. Not the least because there was ... really wishes I were still a freshman and not a sophomore. It feels strange

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  weren't able to put your name down before they start!) The first night is ... of 75 C. Because I'm twelve (years old, not the course), I did enjoy ... concentrate unless I shared with you guys the most exciting e-mail I've received

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  Internet, the American public's #1 fear is of public speaking. I couldn ... certain way, there is a lot less to forget. All that said, the idea of ... 's the speaker's job, in my opinion, to be interesting - not the audience

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  laptop cases? this is not that post. this is a post about my desk, which ... id="attachment_48651" align="alignnone" width="3670"] ~not sponsored ... Katie Zhao’s new novel, [annotation note = "Katie and I have the same

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  celebrate! If not, I hope this blog, the same virtual mug of tea, and a ... ’s experience so oddly relatable — not to the crime part, but to the going insane ... checking your spam inbox for an interview request is NOT one of them.  So

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  , dear. Me: ... Woman: Be careful. Me: ... Man: This is the road right here ... , the what? Other woman: You're not her mother! Okay. Time to go. I ... car cheered us on and gathered behind the car to heave, not worried

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  more conceptual questions. The bulk of my lab work is typically completed ... is okay because there is beauty in the struggle and locking in extra ... the class is usually composed of a couple of readings and the occasional

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025