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• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  know it is, try not to obsess over your pending decision. Do spend time ... Joonho K. '20 (2019) it’s okay to be nervous, anxious, excited, whatever ... kind of situation) is to make lots of plans, so I had ’em ready in spades

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  many kinds of awesome, your grade is going to be 1/4 of it for 4 years ... ). CPW is a chance for you to meet people in your grade and go to once ... perspective! Go out, see it all. Your host tell you East Campus is weird and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  mean learn to optimize. Is it worth an all nighter to turn in a pset that ... health just for a "P" to show up? It's learning to look at how the grade is ... in spring, I said fuck it and decided to rush. It is one of the best

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  different. It seems almost hard to imagine that this time last week, I was ... . Discovery is finding out that I needed to draft a study plan for my courses at ... school. 7. Discovery is learning to manage a SAT preparation program with

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  How not to do it. (A dinner from last summer) This is probably the one ... psets all night it becomes much too easy to skip meals and rely on fast ... made the largest difference in terms of my day to day happiness it's not

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happiness ...can now be found on a website

  

  . It gives people all over the world a chance to submit stories about ... , haha) could have been used to describe me. Thanks to one of my friends ... entry coming soon!) counselor - I've had a chance to spend a little more

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  …or is it Seattle? Anyway, grab your umbrella just in case. While the ... pretty much the pivotal element to many Orientation events. Believe it or not, Orientation is also a great opportunity to learn about internships

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  about to start happening. As much as it will hurt, people who won't be ... now it's time to start getting ready for the class of 2013. I've created ... such, It's time for me to shift my writing a bit. You'll notice fewer and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  regardless of what you call it, there are many, many ways to acquire sustenance ... $4133, which averages to just under $10 per meal. The Full 19 is a little ... stress on long days and avoids the temptation to skip meals, which is very

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  , is all around us. Its fruits are bore on every billboard, every cereal ... essay assignment is particularly interesting to me. Professor Levine has ... labor incessantly to transition away from it. In my Rhetoric class at MIT

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  , I managed to pull slightly ahead of Gloria. It's probably because I ... ="This song only has like 13k streams to begin with, so it's very possible that ... to Spotify. Hang in there – the semester is almost over. [caption id

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  this much. This week, to my academic detriment, I'm proof that energy ... 't do that. It's like planning to bake a crisp and hoarding fruit months ... make something, do it--or decide to do it--right then. That's my advice

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  , 12 to go. That sounds a lot better. Exam week is a busy time at MIT; a ... last-minute answers. It's fashionable here to loudly announce your impending doom -- you know, it's bad luck to say good luck on opening night

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  from Charlestown, which is home to the Bunker Hill Memorial and USS ... : Breakfast with a friend from high school. So, clearly, there is no excuse to get bored in Boston! It's such an amazing city, with so many things to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  ’s going to sink fastest because of it?” I couldn’t argue ... has more energy when he claims to be tired than most people have when ... it) to make his ideas happen. Zahir’s currently implementing

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  . Once said novelty is firmly affixed to said vacuum attachment, the lid ... accessible and become quite useful when you want to avoid various above ... amazing snack. You next realize that it's well into the small hours, and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  , and a few places to buy food."]Stud[/annotation] because it’s too busy ... hour? A friend asks me if I’m going to [annotation note="8.01 is ... lives halfway across the country. Every moment we get to talk is a treat

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  thing about MIT, #262, is that you quickly learn to not take surveys ... to my misery. It was rhythmic. I woke up every morning at 7 am dressed ... -acclaimed street photographer in the meantime. The first step to a Pulitzer is to set

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  album that I started really listening to and liking last summer. It is ... thought about it like that before.  New Year’s Day is such a mellow end to ... am right where you left me to it’s time to go is so witty.  Favorite

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  a pot, grind it up, heat it up to 250 C and 40 atmospheres, dehydrate it, then heat it up to about 500 C, and BAM! distill off some usable ... it to other animals), but you get a clean biologically-derived fuel out

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005