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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  support systems, and I want to curl up in a ball and demand "why don't I get ... grades, and calculate whether I might be able to scrape a passing grade in ... , with about twenty minutes left and a blank exam in front of me, and then

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  a non-stop grind to get everything finished in time for competition ... everyone gets to know everyone really closely. Our work-a-hullic nights are ... school year, we competed in RoboBoat 2022, and we’re excited to take on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to act like you're in elementary school again. You wanna become Doctor Who? Go ahead. You wanna go to class as a princess? No problem. Go trick

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  rounds on hall to check in with friends. How was your day? Good luck on ... percolates through the autumn leaves in the Yard. I’m listening to Stevie ... double check myself every time I speak in this class. It’s a new experience

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  experience; there’s a little more active work I have to get done in the next ... up to form a larger train in Chicago; today, they’ve got just one coach ... …it’s certainly a lot. Not much to talk about at the moment, since we’re still in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  orientation, each MIT freshman has the option to take part in a freshman pre ... living before you get to campus. Personally, I had taken a special liking ... thought to myself: easy! If I was able to get 5s on my APs and As in my

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  goin’ gets rough, you should suddenly hear a wonderful voice in your mind ... as a freshman in high school. She is me at the core. She is enough to ... of a life to live. And then after a blink or two, in my case, anyway

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  are on campus to see a lecture upstairs by Nobel Prize winner Ted Hänsch ... can't join in, because I really need to be reading applications. As I ... Condry, an MIT Professor in Japanese Cultural Studies, is giving a talk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  get the first half down. We practiced in a courtyard with two giant ... . Here are 10 things I remember: 1. Taking a good two minutse to cram four ... in the drill, and then taking large bows. I tried to remember slow

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to ... there any point to thinking? putting too much importance in what other ... hard, but you ain't gonna need it. you're not focusing on what matters to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  Child was a cook, not a chef. She grew up in Pasadena, CA, went to Smith ... in front of a crowd. To my surprise, I received a fair amount of ... , with a second place in audience choice, I began to realize I had a real

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  look up a youtube tutorial on how to change a spare tire. winter in the ... more places to buy cds. in central square, boomerangs was a beloved ... a cd player -- though i hope to get the latter soon. physicality has

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  place to explore! So you can discover your interests!” But I have grown to ... least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I ... even learned to sow at the Metropolis Makerspace and made a reversible

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  advice is to make a list of the classes that you're interested in finishing ... ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight ... FOOD in bright red text. To be fair these posters are targeted to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  I graduate and don't get to be a rockstar blogger anymore. Ack!) So ... that and I had to share. Tensor! Ha! Get it? Don't worry if you don't, a ... -Spain) but she was in a meeting. On my way to my advisor's office I waved to a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... So I guess telling you my name would be a good place to start: Bryan. I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  you might expect a typical freshman to take at MIT, in subjective order ... , and I haven't been to 6.0001 lecture in two weeks. Actually, most of ... of time management. For me to put in the maximum amount of work into

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  beach was made of SAND. I even managed to get a lady to watch our stuff ... a catenary curve, which is the shape that a string hangs in when you ... ocean. And the third day was not supposed to exist, but I had a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  's apartment in Karlsruhe at around 7:30 PM, expecting to take a train back to ... , authorities have set up a row of big-screen projectors in Berlin spanning an ... all ready to write an entry last night on how some cities in Germany are

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  thing I did when I came to MacGregor? Get a rice cooker, because I haven't had a rice cooker in forever. And oh man was it a great decision to get ... to get your own, you don't need much. Consider: Grimgrains, a blog

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021