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• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  , that's so hardcore, I'd never be able to figure out how to do that." And ... audacity and egotism to say that something isn't hard to learn, and that they can learn it, and that the best way to learn it is to do it without

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  want to improve into a few goals. Like, I haven't been eating well and ... ? Especially since I'm still in undergrad and so much of my life is ahead of me and like, if I had Greg's attitude of "it's hard for me to see how I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  When I was younger and went to Disneyland [annotation note="Yes, weekly. My family had an annual pass since we lived close to Anaheim and it was cheap at the time so to entertain my three year old self and my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  imagination. There are two parts to this: (1) being technically excellent and (2 ... excellence.  You need to care deeply about getting something right and also have the work ethic and stamina to actually get there.  This often means

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  just had was to write something along these lines and send it to the CEO ... back to your interviews and repeat, "We need to take excellent care of ... and made the connection, we decided to give your seat away... Oops, I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  Two years ago (wow time flies), I went to CPW, and I came away ... mystical fog of technological magic and innovation. I still decided to come ... intensity. I wanted to address some of the fears and concerns I struggled

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  , children once carried stealthily across the border are taking action and ... , subject to renewal every two years and only in effect for the duration of ... legislative fight for the expansion and permanent implementation of DACA. To

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  the student to develop mastery of the craft and rhetoric of writing ... to the public understanding of science and technology. It is also ... think and comment publicly on science and technology, i.e. to be a public

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  last concert

  

  sets of mics, mixers, and speakers so the safe bet was to acquire as much ... concert, and four days isn’t enough notice to book another company so we ... mixer to the amp to the speakers, and it worked! it was cool to actually

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  to do is shift your point of view, and things will feel much better ... so much to be done. That drive to achieve and make the most of any ... to some fixed point on Earth, you're all moving - and fast. It's all

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  around 20 minutes total a day to cook dinner and clean dishes.  That means ... 's pan (I prefer it to a regular frying pan because it's deeper and can ... food.  Rice takes longer and is harder to get right on the stovetop

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  (Guest Post) esolangs oh man

  

  LOLCODE-to-Python interpreter (when I'm motivated to do so/not hosed), and ... /memory) and has 8 commands:  + adds 1 to the memory at the current position ... /command set, brainf*** can be used to create even more esolangs. One that I like

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  imagine that they all convened at one place to throw a huge concert, and ... . And they don't just want to meet you--they're looking for people to go and work for them. People are dressing to the nines and lining up around

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  Hollywood directors to auto mechanics and constructor workers and teachers ... human factors in what we bring to and need from our work. The one story ... behavior and human foibles just by observing people in relation to their cars

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  courses and talk to more people, so I would suggest don't take too much of ... isn't that so much cooler and less lame than "FIRST!!11 ... tend to get more and more depressed the longer I spend in my dorm room

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waiting (is the hardest part)

  

  pressures to apply early are too high, and don't want to further contribute to ... were deferred, and I expect those students to be competitive during the ... defer letter and the deny letter each come in a standard #10 window

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  painting is by Thomas Gainsborough, and the description written next to it ... girl sleeping next to her terrier, and enjoys a wistful moment to gaze at ... and the blogger fam for the great study break, and here's to many more!

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  you have to stop and lose that heat and start all over. But then, when I set my alarm for seven am yesterday and stumbled up to snooze it ... our dorms except to eat, use the bathroom, and exercise alone outside

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  -in-their-pants jitteriness they felt - we (and by "we" I mean "I") try to maintain the little ... competition on pi day and didn't get to check my MyMIT account until several ... the fact that I hadn't gotten in and only checked my account to confirm

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  Winter break is finally over and I'm back at MIT. As much as most ... miss being here just the same. There was so much I wanted to tell you ... silly to go back and try to write posts about that stuff now, so this post

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008