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• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down ... year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little ... these blogs. This is going to be my official "Mind Dump" entry. Whenever

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  What is a scientific/engineering topic that you find most difficult to understand? I'm going to try to doodle explain it the best I can (I ... limited understanding of it, so I'll have to ask some Course 6-ers for help

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  , And if we’ve no place to go, Let it snow, let is snow, let is snow! The ... Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive ... that it took her to walk across the Harvard Bridge (which ironically

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  going to get Red Mango.  Sadly, the closest Red Mango to MIT is kind of far away.  That is, it is about a mile and a half down Massachusetts ... beautiful day and the sun is shining, so I really REALLY wanted to go to Red

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  things and am quite alright leaving it to the experts. I feel really bad ... Monologues. I'd never seen it, but it's pretty famous so I was excited to do ... that work to stop violence against women. MIT's production of it It was

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It ... . Zigzag is produced by Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) and is alternately hosted by Marsha Bolton from the President's Office and myself. To

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in ... nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to ... to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. MIT is
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  The more I try to push it I realize gonna let go of control In my AP ... ; specifically what comes to mind is the Schachter-Singer theory, where the ... identify them. It feels a lot like trying to untangle jewelry; I try to undo

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  tendency to overwork myself and push myself to the limit, and is it really so ... entirely new to me. And yet it’s a completely different feeling knowing that ... . One of the greatest joys, I think, is to have the mundane turn beautiful

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  + Events. There is now a whole guest blog post about it! Learn how to have a ... matches visitors to hosts definitely works. Now, for us, CPW is a familiar ... backpack is the max reasonable load, especially if you don’t need to bring a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  it is impossible for us to know what it actually says.) Others worry ... people are talking about it. There is an article in The Tech regarding its ... -mail looks drastic. Sixty percent 4-year graduation? This is pretty low, and it

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  , neither is it the most "valid" path. Perfectionism wants you to believe that ... is required for my major, so I had to retake it. I failed not just one ... " is a common buzzword nowadays, but it's a good way to describe how I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  MIT is a 168-acre playground for the world’s brightest undergrads, and nowhere is that more apparent than at Simmons Hall – my beautiful ... ! Not with paint (as students used to do in East Campus and Burton Conner

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Doing well??? Uh, sure... I guess

  

  've changed! As for my UROP, my schedule is making it hard to get some hours in ... (6.009) UROP And it's a struggle! Real analysis is still kicking my ... ;   But that's ok! While this schedule is a struggle, it actually fits

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  it's not just me) are staying up way too late to finish projects and do ... have not read the series, but I am aware that this movie is supposed to be really great and that it was going to be out in theaters sometime

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  number is 6.186 -- MASlab is a course 6 class, but it is also listed in ... ; it's tricky to program autonomous robots. To roughly (and hopefully ... is (traditionally -- some teams decide to go above and beyond

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  , this class is a great time to sit down, eat ice cream and discuss what it ... semester is going to be class heavy because I'm doubling up on HASS classes ... end of last semester, it's a nice change of pace. 6.006 Introduction To

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  for it, so it is going to take me more time than most. Hmm. Do I have ...  love the class? Somewhat. The material is interesting, but I'm not sure I enjoy it ... seminars to attend. It all takes time. That's part of the reason I dropped 6

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  afterwards i think this is actually a pretty common bias. it’s closely related ... is to say, if you’re a curious person with an open mind, you can ... abstractions, which are usually pretty enjoyable to reason about; it’s only much

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  Ξp is what it sounds like: a week dedicated to working on the house.  t ... there is great value in giving twenty-something-year-olds the right to ... , that it's kind of a wonder that this house is still upright." "That

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023