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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How ... be turned in on that same day. If I start sounding unintelligible, it ... ...) But luckily for me, I began procrastinating hardcore turned last week

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  interminably for the bus, wrapped beseechingly in our coats. As I silently wept ... little thing called small talk that people substitute for awkward silence in social situations with acquaintances. Two women waiting next to me

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  called in for a little help. Enter the DAO (Director of Ambulance ... , is something I greatly miss in college. I'm all for cardio and exercise ... a driver's ed student once again and for the second time in my life

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  I've always been excited about finding new rec’ stuff to try out in college. Besides, as in the good ol' childhood times, it’s always fun to ... not an athletic giant – for one, Briggs Field conspicuously lacks a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  -desk-things that are perfect for setting up shop and spending several hours buried in ... in here. Not a day goes by when I am not absorbed by a mass of tourists ... 'm all for taking pictures, even having taken many stupid ones myself

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It ... took place in the Boston Sheraton hotel and MIT's admission's office ... it. I was really excited for the conference for a couple of reasons

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  consulting (?). These are pictures for a how-to on board assembly. In ... johnston who took publicity pictures for the team) So every ridiculous thing ... . And for this project, they got it. (Google "Dance Floor") But they also

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  , so before PetCo we stopped in at Borders for smoothies. They had Magic ... what they were getting ready for) Now I've had pets in the past, but ... roam free for hours upon hours. When I lived in Florida, this pet was

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our friends

  

  about the other people at MIT who shape the lives in our community: the ... I think I have ever had and told me to go make sandwiches for myself ... , but as I was getting ready for bed I heard the sound I will forever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself

  

  in google calendar. (toons has rehearsal 2x a week) check in with my ... applies to watching a terrible movie for my film class. tell my friends ... myself in my room. if they're nearby they'll swing by and say hi, and it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  Hi. I'm in Reno, Nevada, right now with my grandparents visiting my ... were plenty of people I could root for as they walked down the aisle proudly holding their diplomas for the rest of the undergrads to envy

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  to Python (6.S189), and it's actually a really fun class.  In the first ... coming to MIT, I had never cooked before in my life.  Nada.  Zip.  (okay ... decided immediately to live in a non-meal-plan dorm and cook all my meals

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

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  Today. I. Joined. Quidditch. The awesomeness is still sinking in ... for a while. I bike year-round, but today was the first time since fall that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  its very own radio station, run by the students for the students (and for the rest of Cambridge/Boston to enjoy!). It's located in the cozy ... . Ever since I stepped foot in the station during CPW, I knew that I wanted

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  processed more than enough thoughts to fill five entries. But let’s start in ... , in MIT lingo, is “accelerated” Calculus I, meaning we get a whirlwind tour of the second half of Calculus I in six insane weeks. Now it’s the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  What’s This Mystery Hunt Thing?

  

  heads against the wall so hard their brains are going to fall out. In addition, the Operator is responsible for "calling in" answers. When you ... operator, I take other people's answers and call them in, so I also get to

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  through until 9 AM Monday, when I have to get up to get ready for my first class of the week, and in so doing I would catch up on all of the sleep ... rolls for breakfast. As I'm sure you know, these go very well with milk

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary). Well, as far as MIT goes, I don't think that's true. For one thing, we ... recitation is not the person lecturing. For instance, I have 5.60 lecture three

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  Sometime in the last four years, between graduation and, oh, a week ... introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a ... ’ve been spending my summer writing essay after essay for twenty

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  At MIT, I've taught for two Splashes, three Sparks, and two HSSPs. My ... that weekend and are still interested in traveling" - and on Friday April ... afternoon: a pulsar class for parents, and a pulsar class for middle school

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013