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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  wandering around trying to process the vast, VAST array of poster titles ... learned that you can stunt a poplar tree's growth by depriving it of copper ... I'm taking advantage of the Starbucks wireless network, at the Westin

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Product Design, MIT style Sometimes, lab is the best place for a dance party.

  

  are identified by color. (So there's Blue, Orange, Silver, Red, and of ... by the end of this semester. This feverish work is interrupted several ... ? Well, I have this folder on my desktop full of pictures and half written

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  neighborhood of $1500/month. Some folks have their dorm expenses covered by ... academic lives by handling many of the mundane details of building management ... of the list price of $59. I think I'll close this entry by saying that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  A few hours ago we finished processing the final segment of tens of thousands of documents which came to us by mail and fax. We digitized them and ... team has worked incredibly hard this year to process a record number of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  energy of it all, but I was hopeful I could get through 2 more days. Just 2 ... to pursue both skating and school — all of it flashed by in an instant ... and with less time and energy to focus on taking care of my body, I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  lectures are very engaging, and the process of solving the PSETs is really ... like, you know, processing things for at least a few of the 167 hours in ... . And lastly, that my life is insane. I think, in the process of nicely

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  right. In the process of helping build a very large fort, I picked up a ... are so many classes and resources here for us to take advantage of, and ... The end of the semester has come and gone, and although I meant to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  a substantial portion of the process and got photos of the end. House ... , speakers, and a slew of other things to help make the process as successful ... process of putting in the final pieces earlier tonight, I took the time to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of filing to be done. Doing all that filing reminded me of Being John ... with a doctor: Dr. Lester: Which of these two letters comes first, this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: A sneak peak at research @ MIT This new website is sure to change the way that the world thinks about MIT…

  

  class materials. He elaborated by calling it something along the lines of an innovative collection of online educational resources meant to help ... of a meat locker? What ever happened to energy conservation?), when I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  on your own). Take advantage of the resources your professors and TAs ... points by the end of your first two years. First Semester: Exploiting Pass ... ! There’s still a chance to get in if you come by all sections of the class

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  voice, stories, and dreams are going to be perceived by the committee of ... out by the mortifying ordeal of being known. Being vulnerable to a bunch ... throw together a sort of last minute grad app to one of MIT’s [annotation

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  The start of spring is an important time — not because summer is ... because the sun stays out past 6 pm. No, the start of spring means one thing ... games are staples of an MIT student-athlete’s spring. Those games are a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  says it's an annoying part of the healing process. i just think my hands ... only managed to attempt about 60 of the 100 points by tuesday midnight ... instead of next. i don't know what's with all this negative energy i feel

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  esteem by policymakers because we have the reputation of being credible ... . And I’m afraid that on Wednesday, I will find out that all of these ... . * * * Our training begins on Monday March 24. Around ten of us have arrived in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  how do you power up such a device? Shuli: By solving puzzles, of course ... disturbance caused by the presence of matter from our universe. As we solved ... my own."]by eecummings.[/annotation] The sheer glee, then, of reading

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  are wonderful resources, but it’s still hard to recoup after weeks of ... ;   This semester I will catch none of these lovely bugs, because I ... vaccinated almost 3,000 people in six hours. The process is remarkably

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  from the Bombers only by committing a lot of time to them, i'm worried ... wanted to meet new people; i was deprived of doing so in a pandemic and ... experience," so i was willing to sacrifice some personal agency for the sake of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  -Orientation programs for admitted students? Those are run by the Academic Resource Center (ARC) and not by Admissions, so I'm not really an expert on those ... -9 was CPW, followed by my first real vacation in over a year. A whole week

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  blue and white striped tent, rented round tables, brought out the outdoor ... made cold salads, ordered cake and hung decorations. And at the end of a ... celebration for all of MIT (and all of Cambridge practically) on Killian Court

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011