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• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  are good questions, and the jury is still out. I’m committed to this ... much at all. I didn’t have enough time. That’s what this post is about ... asleep during class. Everything carries an associated cost, and the key to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... !! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to ... online at http://vagina.mit.edu ...and to help you get in the V-Day spirit

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  travel the single mile to Harvard. I guess this is standard in American ... , and the sum of parts is always greater than the whole. I gained a much ... of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  . i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 in imperial college london. i spent a few days thinking about the decision, and talking to people, and declined in the end, because i "didn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take ... blog seems to really resonate with many in cyberspace. It is hard to ... , many of you went out of your way to remind us that mutual respect is the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  the class, I had barely stepped foot in a proper gym. To me, the ... the most rewarding part about my PE class is that I found a form of ... , pretty much the only thing I knew how to do was fall over and gawk at the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  as JKim, but this is because by the time you have gone to MIT for three ... 're going to be important for the rest of the class. In 5.12: Organic ... worried that I might not end up in the most advanced section, as I was in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  I had trained myself to overcome last year. Instead, I sat in the ... touch it, my defense mechanisms kicked in, reacting to the stressful ... to shed the weight of psychological debris created, most notably, by

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just a Yellow Lemon Tree… I wrote a rap song for you.

  

  went completely in the other direction and is taking on an Anthropology ... indigenous populations in countries around the world. -Applied to some exciting ... dominate the classes that I'm in now...(spent too much time on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long ... 12, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It will last until the coin is found, usually sometime Sunday. To give you a flavor of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  repercussions turned out to bite me in the proverbial butt. Thus is the beginning ... rude awakening. 18.01 is much harder than BC Calc. Much much harder in ... know (which, admit it, is what most high school homework is), the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  tech was going to be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Expo in Las ... kicking in. It's one thing to follow the news on the Internet and tweet at the companies at CES. It's another thing entirely to be there in person

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  about ancient in terms of repairs. The first shop I went to didn’t have a ... -offs, might think to take my phone off the floor. Maybe I should invest in pants ... big crack in the bottom of my drawer, waiting for inadvertent hands to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  Sports Innovation, whose mission is to involve undergraduates in the ... 's national championship. ''It's good to see that being a geek works out in the ... college: Hopes to find a job in sports engineering. Most memorable wind

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I ... there's nothing in the water that is white, how does it suddenly turn ... 't have much to talk about. So aside from answering all of the questions

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  , experts in their field. One area that seems to be taking off right now is ... in the MIT 100K competition in 2006. We got to the semi-finals and then ... hacks?) What is your preferred way to the get the tour: on your smartphone

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  science and media. But, in waiting for the summer session to start, I ... weeks ago thanks to the technical Theater Arts faculty in Rinaldi, whom I ... -length musical in only two weeks. It’s definitely the closest I’ve ever come to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  leading to the Bachelor of Science in Art and Design degree ... So, there are pretty much five schools at MIT. From most popular ... the entire School of Architecture+Planning is pretty small. The school

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  students don't have enough holidays, so they added some to the academic calendar, to guarantee each month has at least one three-day weekend. On most years, we get two student holidays in the fall, in accordance to Rules and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  locked in to the dining hall meals. Further still, with so many events ... to go out to eat on the weekend, it is extremely rare that one eats at ... their opposition to the plan (not, of course, to suggest two thirds are in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010