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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short walk from the ... Nickel Plate." Anybody at MIT can join right in, even freshmen, and get ... incredible detail in the Club layout, from tall buildings all the way down to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  ." Unfortunately, there is only one way to become a master at MIT and it's in only ... , rounds the corner from a hallway orthogonal to the one I'm in and sprints ... hall, and slams down into a couch next to Eric. I stand in the doorway

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  watched a series of videos (x, x, x) to help me get more acquainted with i3 ... . Honestly, I don't know if I'll get to these goals in time, since I know that ... I want to do in CS. I'm just really happy I have a place to put all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  .007? Leaving space in your schedule to pursue personal projects, such as through ... poster) 4.140 OR 2.008, not both — 4.140 is harder to get in to, harder ... get in to the Diaz class, and drop Sustainable Energy or whatever else

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  . After getting a little bit of experience in it, they seem pretty handy to ... clubs, extracurriculars, and other opportunities to get involved as a ‘24 ... a bit. In a hurry to clean up this problem, I CADded a simple object

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  . If you do use your new teachers, I would give them a bit of time to get ... can press hope to get to university in U.S.The list you have supplied ... asked (in response to this article), "That's a cute story. Is 17 really

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  've been in a bit of writing rut but, as I was reading through an email I sent out to my friends, I thought: oh! this would be a cute blog so that ... for a little bit. Watch me eat my words in a few months time. I love

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  straightforwardness of New York. In a subway station en route to Ben's house in West ... . I was feverishly tempted to step in and have a 3-course lunch that ... indulgent enough to make bacon look like celery. Engrossed in a transcendent

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  to MIT. Not in a trapped way. I just thought I'd want to get as far ... ways it forced me to grow up, and how to pick a healthier path in the ... from MIT and the East Coast to start a new chapter. Well, it's July now

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  useful.  If you’re planning to forgo a mealplan, I’d recommend that you actually learn how to cook a few filling, [annotation note="eat your veggies, get your fiber. constipation sucks."]nutritious[/annotation] dishes and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  answer. A) and B) are somewhat in tension, but we try to balance them as ... response which we then evaluate, akin to the soft rubber hammer which a doctor uses to test your reflexes.  Over the years we've asked

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... side of the row of flats, where he introduced me to a couple in their 30 ... I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  . Have to store all of your luggage in the overhead bins, annoying if you ... serenade you with the song of flight. Have to wait a bit to get off of ... in front of you to recline and steal you of your precious leg room

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  In response to my latest entry on being in a fraternity: Leo asked: 1. How large are the individual rooms in a frat house(or in your case ... that being in a fraternity gives you access to a lot of upperclassmen who

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  't be afraid to take a nap (they'll become your new favorite pastime). If ... thinking of them. In fact, I even wrote a little outline of this blog down on a napkin... I just haven't had a good chunk of time to sit down and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  get used to it after a couple of sessions. She asked whether anyone had ... continuing to move her hips, began tapping her feet in a rhythm that magically ... original story, so I decided to write a post with both stories and hold off

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  typical) but as someone (maybe a child) who knows how to get places ... declaring course 6. You're not going to change it, though. Convince a ... this I do not want to be your friend"]write a script[/annotation] to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  of getting in based on your test scores ... emails. Just to see what happens. Learn to cook. Even if you're on a ... 's over a week for you to flail, refresh College Confidential repeatedly

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Varsity Pistol Team Wins National Championship

  

  program's history, with previous victories occurring in 1971 and 1972. As a ... -America accolades, the most in the program's history. Schannon was a First-Team selection in both the free and air events. Michael Horvath was named to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  that it would be a bad way to get where I'm going in transportation, but ... want to make that my minor, with a major in management, but I'm going to ... 's limited to 100 students in a lottery. So, we'll see if I can do it. I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006