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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  finally back from Maine, where I managed to survive on only dialup AOL ... to Jamaica for a week sophomore year with my friends Rose '05 and Swapna '05, at least I had internet cafes. To all of you on dialup, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  , it's better to be able to set aside less time, and focus on ... good thing if what it creates for me is happiness. It does not need to be ... , to take up space in my life. I want it and love it for itself, not just

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  , it was time for me and Ann L. ‘26, two of the artists on RingComm, to ... for Premiere. Finally, at 7:05pm, lights dimmed to outrageous cheer ... short little video skits to play before each duo walked on stage to

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  Ave Bridge into Boston. I planned to run a quick errand on Newbury St to Niketown, to ask the resident experts what kind of cleats I should get for ... to 0, they sprinted back to the sidewalk, waited for traffic to stop

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Deferred A forum

  

  We'll have some advice and instructions for Deferred students shortly. In the meantime, please feel free to use this forum to chat.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  done during IAP? Feel free to discuss your new goals for 2010 - now that ... makes! & Finally, a search for “IAP” on the blogs homepage will pull ... where near comfortable on ice. Here’s a chance to change that. You might

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  try to look for an internship, although several of my friends did. I talked to a couple companies, asked about which ones had opportunities for ... impossible for me to get something to do over the summer. I remember thinking

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  so on. There's The Tech for that. But sometimes, the true stories of ... diagnosed with cancer before I came to MIT. I did not think for a moment that ... where he was in the hospital to spend time with him for a week. It was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  once to ask for advice – instead of focusing solely on homework problems ... Experiences to enjoy outside of this box. I also have some options for the way I ... I resorted back to work-as-a-coping-mechanism for the spring.  

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  are many other ambitions - for instance, to be the best possible ... now i mostly just want to learn a lot and work on meaningful technical ... really” and asking for clarification on what ambition means. i think that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get ... straightforward (tips 1-4). It's harder to nail the slight (emphasis on slight ... closed keeps my room scent-free. Similar to tip #2, while food smells good

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  ’m hoping to build a career on understanding fans and being fannish. So for ... seeing and doing on campus. They didn’t even register for the weekend ... fantastic way to fill up my free time. The studio called the challenge “31 in

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  at 10:30? Then quit your studying and come on over to Conner 2 for $15 ... . You know, Ben Jones, there's no category for "FREE FOOD!" in this vast ... OF KETCHUP PACKETS, 33-541!) I'm going to be getting free food five

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT ... joy; when others of them weren't, their sorrow was mine, too. And for ... 't "good enough," or that you won't go on to do something completely

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  general things to chew on to keep me going for a good long while. I even ... I was a freshman, which let me run for days on adrenaline ... along the streets back, conserving my energy. (I opened them to check for

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  to think.mit.edu for guidelines and more information. We’ll be hosting ... ="attachment_58237" align="aligncenter" width="300"] For more on the art of EC, Nisha D ... of mine, so my name was added to the list of salt crystal lickers

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  national consciousness of the responsibility for providing education to all ... initia-tive, to promote the spirit of free and objective inquiry, to ... emphasis on providing for unusual interests and aptitudes, for me, is the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 2 just another excuse for me to talk about how much i love music tracking software

  

  to this song on repeat for the entirety of IAP. i'm not sure why, it ... did last week and was on the 83rd percentile for new artists listened to ... add songs to this playlist. feel free to add some yourselves if you feel

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... for book lovers: MIT and the Greater Boston area have plenty to offer ... signing. And, MIT Press provided copies of Hidden Figures to students for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  to sleep. For those playing along at home, here is Pset 8 in all its ... :52am. I am really quite ashamed to say I've been working on this since 8 ... : Slight derailment due to people. Time is now 4:55am. I know, I know. On to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006