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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  wish I had a better justification than this, but in 9.00 (intro to ... you've figured out what you need to do in order to get that amount of ... thing, you're talking to someone who loves sleep. Sleep and food are two

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  ). Plus, I heard a certain Tim Beaver is planning on being there to get his rock on. He's been known to get a little crazy. See you there ... food than you'll know what to do with (hint: give it to a hungry

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Advising Folders! Lots of fun discoveries about advising and such. Also, how I managed to confuse MIT…

  

  students in a kind of mini-class on some random, fun topic. (You get a few ... , MAS.A17 (Designing Technologies for Kids). Basically I get to play with ... , which means excited little prefrosh like yours truly got to find out

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  opportunity to do a little spring cleaning. There are few things in life more ... , often necessitating a 10-minute walk in the cold and wind to warmth each ... . I got to hear stories about my UROP professor as a graduate student (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  to blogging propriety: "Imagine you are writing a letter to your ... going to be crazy, it had better be crazy in a good way. You don't have ... our tireless devotion to describing, in unnecessarily sordid detail, the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together ... intentionally by taking eight classes a semester so they can graduate in two years ... the CS/math majors I know are in this class, including a '14 down my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  besides, I hadn’t been to a good concert since the Rolling Stones were in ... at MIT whenever he is in town. This time I took him to see robots in ... walked around for three hours. Then, he was off to do soundchecks. A few

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  food. When you're not in a dining hall dorm breakfast becomes a luxury ... incredibly difficult in the face of a three midterm week but these simple steps ... How not to do it. (A dinner from last summer) This is probably the one

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  getting some free food, we sat in on a 8.02 class (Electricity and Magnetism ... suitemates were very nice. I even got to sleep in a bed instead of the floor I ... where I fit in. It was a great feeling to eat breakfast before leaving on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  . ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a professor out to a nice dinner on the town. And we'll pay for it. So, not only do you get a chance to interact closely with amazing teachers

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  activity. Okay, now you're challenging yourself in your coursework and activities -- make sure you convey that to us. When you describe your extra-curriculars, either in an essay or on the application form, try to make it more than a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike ... outside of your family who can help you to determine your need for a waiver

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  /17, we should know this. Please fill out this form, so we can add a note to ... 1. We will wait for your materials. We are not going to be mean to ... processed all materials. It may take us up to two more weeks for your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  's kind of fun to sit in your car while it wags around, a tractor's tail ... us? Woman: Oh, you're trying to get to the festival! Me: Yes! Woman: Oh ... watch out for the Mad Russian once you get to Floyd -- gives a lot of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  your advisor every semester to talk mano-a-mano about which classes to ... advisor to discuss some subject in a group of around 8 housemates in a ... meetings. It's a great way to start off the week. How are your Mondays? Mine

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part two) sophomore trinkets

  

  class ring early to wear as a demo in the months before Ring Delivery) A ... that says "MTA," used as a prop to recreate the intro of this video in a ... these things in a ceramic, mushroom-shaped container (which we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  * For me, it was really awesome getting the chance to work in a lab and to ... ’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... This post comes to you from my friend Iris Xu, '14, a longtime friend

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS: - Prioritizing sleep - Exercise - Taking Timur's money in Texas Hold 'Em THREE THINGS YOU NEED IN A ... : - Have one of my songs used in a major motion picture, or at least on The

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred ... of your body love what it loves. i emailed him a few weeks ago in a ... have made me think a lot about what it means to be and do good in spite

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  (To be serious for a moment here - I really love comments and emails, as long as they in some way have to do with MIT. If you're an '11, I ... 't know. This doesn't mean you're not totally awesome too! But if we get to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007