Search

Search Results

• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Computers and their Programs Anecdotes and advice about owning a laptop at MIT

  

  Windows. Unfortunately if you’re course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) you ... your computer, once you buy your computer: A padded laptop bag with an extra division for your notebooks and things. I’ve seen people stow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  world may seem fast-paced, but don't be in a rush. You're allowed to be ... don't have to become your closest (or only) friends. Keep exploring ... make you smile on your worst days. 3) College isn't a magical place

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  150 years of MIT course catalogs the mit history you want to know

  

  take lecture notes, for example, and if you failed your final exams you ... in the very first catalog. Historical context, if you're as clueless as ... you're a second year". Things that feel notable to me. "Algebra

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  Question #12 on your 18.03 problem set, which happens to use a lot of ... pronunciations are the least of your worries right now. Another can of lingual ... was hard to deny that MIT does in fact wipe the hard drives of your high

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  is MIT: why bother doing a thing if you're not gonna be super extra ... &D, make your own sushi, paint canvases and people, and generally meet ... – which is to say, crazy, fast-paced, unbelievable, terrifying, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  wrap up entry that showed the end result of MIT's poll-bombing. Fast ... of 31 colleges and you could vote for yours. Whichever college had the ... your voting rate over 5 minutes: Start: 1,288,966 Finish: 1,344,741 = 11

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  easily with, "Don't worry! I can always help and I'm sure you're not bad at ... requests, where newest requests are stored at index 0 and the requests are ... the LCD is OFF (filled color of your choosing), the appropriately spaced

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  ME FIRST REMEMBER ME FAST The hand wilts. You pick up your stylish ... . The Stata Center has four towers. It is five AM and your PSET is done ... . It is three in the morning. All your muscles ache and there is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  . Especially if you’re a fast walker: when walking to class, don’t take the ... them. Example: “Sherlock Holmes, John’s Roommate.” This will improve your ... every state. Make friends with people outside of your living group. Sure

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  astronomy. Fast forward a few weeks, to the New House front desk, where I ... note. “Dear Anna,” it read. “Best of luck with all your adventures. Keep ... 'll find something that works for both of us. Yours, -APWBD” Before coming

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  sessions. When you choose a school, you're choosing the professors you'll listen to, but you're also choosing the atmosphere you will live in and the people you'll be friends with. Look for communities that you're excited to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  friends and family, and it went way too fast. I hate being schmoopy above ... not a great deal of fun*)... how's life in your corner of the world

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  corresponding with your number, at others everyone gets blacklight markers and ... the point of all this yammering (and I'd better get to it fast, Adam ... several things. 1. You get to choose your living group. Each living group

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  to do this. Unfortunately, I didn't finish this game fast enough for ... sections that you wind up with: Abstract: the tl;dr of your paper, where you try to squeeze why you're doing this study, what you found out, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  actually complete the project. However, sometimes, situations outside of your control can make getting out of bed to complete your final really hard, or ... , being bedridden for a month and your mom having to fly in to take care of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  rain cloud above your head persists. It's never enough to be unbearable, but it's always a nuisance. You can go for weeks, months, years of your ... you, you're stuck in a Catch-22. Because no one wants to help when you're

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  consumes your life during your senior fall of high school, applying to ... your resume is time-consuming. You have to make sure that literally every ... you get your resume down, the rest is completed on autopilot. You fill

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] a space for women at mit by Nandini Choudhury (WXGS Assistant Director)

  

  Cormick Hall: the first women's dormitory at MIT. Fast forward to 2023: MIT ... 1880s. WXGS welcomes you wholly as you are and encourages you to be your

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  had fun writing these! Short pieces fast and easy and a great way to ... post for more than a couple of days because you will change your mind and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  lie and say that was me. In real life, I am an opinionated, fast ... do you mean you’re waiting for your refund to hit?  What do you mean ... working person. It’s just hard to not feel disadvantaged when you’re

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022