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• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  starvation, thanks to his unwillingness to get out of bed and buy groceries ... was to create an political statement about the troubled state of Random ... already doing this one for Halloween. After much deliberation, I came to a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  to blog about). Post intros began piling up, losing their relevance and ... two classes, 18.S097 Introduction to Mathematical Proofs and 20 ... , Elizabeth C. ‘13 (who also happens to be an alum blogger, and has written

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  countries and people need to give much more aid than we currently do. The ... book and annotate it because there is so much I can learn to grow as a ... encouraging readers to calculate how much time and thus money actually goes into

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  and the places that made you yourself. MIT wants to create a team (proof ... with. The traits that make you whole. Does that sound scary? To me it ... , 36. The Captain, President, Leader. The one dedicated to excellence and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  -Spring-semester writing slump, I decided to revisit the metaphorical graveyard and see if ... of them go to die, half fleshed out and half void. Occasionally, when I have something good, I’ll copy and paste it to a new document to organize

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  have the energy, I do try to focus and walk at a meaningful speed ... have been careful to not use my phone too much: the snowfall does not ... career path. There is much to be done in the near future, and I might just

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  ’s a great opportunity for you, it does make things much quieter on the ... ) because there are research opportunities year-round, and we get to meet ... the great summer blog posts. MIT encourages students to do research

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  correct. basketball is a complicated sport and there are many exceptions to ... players at once, since there is too much physical space between them ... rim). therefore, most defenders try to stay between the basket and the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  coaches. To Alex, Camilo, Chris, Devanei, Dave, and Neil: thank you so much ... pretty large issue to tackle and we weren't sure how to effectively create ... program to my teammates and coaches, I found I was having a much better time

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  your dorm—you’ll only have to cook once every week or two, and can ... transfer to later dates. Meals are all-you-can-eat once you enter the dining ... , I lost too many opportunities to bond with friends and neighbors. Cook

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  tastes sour and another friend whose chair is comfortable to sleep on. a ... notes. most are easy to intuit but difficult to remember and retrieve at the right times. right now i store pointers and not data--need to move

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  so much energy to each class, it was hard not to be excited. After the ... !) over perpetual rival Cornell” – stakes rise, and so does the pressure ... ) After 5 or so hours, we got to West Point. Besides MIT and Cornell in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  asked about what computer to buy for MIT. I swear, I was going to add that ... and fast, I suppose, but otherwise it's really up to your personal ... computer buying guide with links to purchase the computers shown at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  have a lot of energy, and that seems to really resonate with their ... "smart" and it would be a pity if I didn't get to use my brain as much as I ... Charter School, signing in to get a "VISITOR" sticker, and slipping into a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  here all along -- I just had a busy fall semester and decided to take a ... were graduating (and thus, had to move out), I realized I didn't want to ... obligation to leave my dorm. But when my friends started looking at houses and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wolfram Alpha Tonight!

  

  want to a ridiculous degree of accuracy and depth. I can't get into too much detail describing this now because I need to study for my final on ... aren't familiar with it at all and enlighten you. Wolfram makes a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  teeth that need to chew on something or you’ll grow wild and mad, and so ... was—not-thinking about MIT decisions, much like how a child does not ... felt that restless urge to study the lines of a ship and the blushes and

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  months, it felt really cool to have the tools to understand and analyze key ... normal to us now like motion graphics were completely new and magical at the time. I got to try out new frameworks like p5.js and paper.js and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  house to buy in my new town, go on a big adventurous trip to Asia, and ... learned how to keep going. That doesn’t sound like much (and frankly it ... now? Does anyone pretend to know? One of the few things that I know

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  general vibes and probably hold no truth to them whatsoever !   Plant ... time for you to drop some commitments and take some time to chill and ... energy for things you're passionate about. you're try to be a morning

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023