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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  easy to be sold that story, especially at MIT—to be told that your job, your mission, is to solve the world's great challenges, and that nothing ... , something I feel ultimately to be true."]slowly, but surely, things get better

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  the eye, signal detection theory, and more, and we get to look at lots of cool optical illusions. I get to remember how to do convolutions, a ... There are two or three backlogged entries that I want/need to write

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  to ask how you're doing. I certainly can't speak for all of them since ... lecture, ask. The moment you start to get behind, ask for help. The instant ... to accomodate your curiousity. Of course you might be able to do it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  sweat* I know you are counting down (consciously or unconsciously) to the hour of the decision release. Many of you will be glued to your computer on Wednesday or do things to distract yourself from your computer. I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  managed to get a shot of the frenzy over the final few paces. Now, I’m not going to tell you how to spend your weekends, but do be sure to spend at ... ’m referring to the Boston Marathon (won by Kenyan runner Geoffrey Mutai in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  hello, after six years

  

  i find harder to talk about, have changed me and my relationship to writing. this is not possible to stop, how change continues to happen. i think i am learning to accept this. i have learned other things as well

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  bother you, but can I please borrow your window for a moment to take a ... , where I seemed to be getting closer... ..but not quite what I wanted. I ... , elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  bikini. You see Stephanie get the message, clap her hand to her face in panic, yell something back to her friend, and drive off, just as you get ... concept here) to another young guy who's getting the text message. Then he

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  . When you get your decisions it could be that the last thing you'd ever want to do is sit still and go online (at least it was for me) but if that's the kind of thing that tickles your fancy, then I have a nice

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

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

  

  those looking to get into startups and the entrepreneurial side of product ... everyone gets to know everyone really closely. Our work-a-hullic nights are ... a non-stop grind to get everything finished in time for competition

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  , so who knows why.) There was a lot of “ooh, that place is hard to get ... in particular was, “Sweetie, you’re going to be so disappointed when ... even would say “it’s because you’re so Asian!” in response to finding out

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  exactly the way we are is not what brings us to MIT. Pushing to find your ... 't forget to be happy. Don't make time your enemy. Sure, take 8 classes, but ... favorite TV show (no, really). If you're here, don't miss out on Boston. Get

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  everything to get you laughing at me I'm still a believer but I don't know why ... which is so heartbreaking. All this time I never learned to read your ... still miss me in your bones And I still talk to you (when I'm screaming

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  them on your own, or get a teacher to possibly tutor you - because I know ... during your senior year to prepare for college? I am trying to get ready ... mean, I think I will end up getting one but I just want to make sure I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  the hard way that proving you're right rarely ever proves anything to ... should, carry your valuables with you, and bring a phone to bathrooms for ... ’t try to work in a fog. I know how to say “May I pet your dog?” in 5

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend

  

  'll try to get back to you ASAP! In the meantime...get pumped. ... CPW IS ABOUT TO BEGIN and it's going to be AWESOME. It snowed today...but the snow is now safely out of the way and hopefully the MIT weather

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  So this week, each day of Orientation, the students have been getting a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  this, but your flight has been cancelled." I didn't want to believe it ... hope. The next morning I managed to get a flight out, and I was off to ... getting our fill of food, we went to the Cincinnati Reds game where they

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to procrastinate an assignment that you organize your life, clean your room, get a job, exercise, drink 8 cups of water, consult your doctor, and resurrect

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016