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• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  'm also UROPing (I do need to pay for housing), but that's less interesting ... what you set them to be by opening an associated valve, much like a ... downstream. So you need to control the whole system together, at a higher level

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  least one of us knew left and right--students going to London, Iceland, Geneva. It seems everyone on campus was trying to get away from the Institute for a bit if they could, some of us at least to the refuge of sleep

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  Boston to Frankfurt, and then Frankfurt to Almaty, the cultural and educational (but not political) capital of Kazakhstan, en route to the 27th ... IOI convenes delegations of students from all over the world to compete

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  changed SO much since then. at MIT, you don't really get time to read unless ... ; Self-Care disclaimer: i need to do this myself this time is rough for ... rooms. most public places are shut down, so there's nowhere to go anyway

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  decisions from colleges, but I don't think a few months is too much to ask for ... closely to your desired major will suffice? Also, how long does it take to ... 're beginning to think ahead about college, but there's no need to have such

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  wanted to skate, I needed to do it early before work, ubering to the ... qualify for the US Championships in January, I needed to fully commit. I needed to get back in shape. With the desire to end my career on a better

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  the [annotation note="CJ: I feel the need to make the ‘wow, café with an ... was circled too, so that was confirmation. That meant we needed to go ... other way we know how to write a joint post. Alan: …ok. So, anyways, what

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  what needed to get done, who was doing each task, who wasn't doing each ... . Most importantly, we needed each other to stay sane and focused and happy ... as much as necessary to work on the book. The book is divided into

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared ... 's Spectrum newsletter that goes out to "friends and supporters" of MIT. I agree ... closer to finishing than I was a few hours earlier. On his way through the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  11 / senior spring almost there

  

  outside and soak in some much-needed vitamin d just one more exam ... to set the mood: episodes - mishegas here are some photos I ... semester rainy, cold days made it more bearable to hole up in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 23, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  demonstrated it once and encouraged her to just play with it. Daymé says that his ... needed to “stop entertaining other options.” The fact that multiple ... really didn’t think she was going to like it. Once she got to MIT, WISE was

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  that much of the world yet. how am i supposed to know how much i actually ... doesn’t necessarily provide much value to other people). this isn ... to push the world in, and once i thought about it in those terms i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  stretch to meet the lens. I once saw a woman squint a Saturn, and without ... . Knowing that I needed to get in touch with someone named "Ricky" (I didn ... (does anyone actually know what an Irish Pub is?) to teach Carl about

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  little arguing I could do to change her mind. Clearly, I needed a ... (right) does not have. This dip is due to an oxygen-hydrogen bond ... Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  , I need to supplement my diet with human food. So I took a picture of ... for the rest of the day; I didn’t have much to do. For dinner, I eat ... meal swipes he needed to use. So we eat. I forget to take a picture until

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  done this a couple times). We need each other to survive at MIT. 4. Exams ... season 5? I still need to catch up....) ... ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  depends on your needs, and I'm not looking to start a flamewar here.  I will ... I like to pack light. Maybe it's some combination of old hiking ... once in a while I get questions about what you should pack before heading

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  parkinson's law asserts that work expands to fill the time allotted to it, like a gas does. so i'm telling myself that i need to get this ... requirement of being on an f1 visa. in theory, i should have less work to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  ), and in order to set up breeding pairs, the postdocs needed to know which macaques were closely related to others. I don't think I got paid much ... - August 2006 I'm sure I don't need to say anything about this job (duh), but

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  have ideas for posts that are going to be great!! So great! I just need ... does it make sense when you say you have ‘nothing to wear’. Sometimes it ... have to prioritize. As Professor Peter Fisher once said to me, “Bill

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017