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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  to fly. I'll admit, I googled "get cape wear cap fly" to find this ... seemed like we tried everything to get the reaction to happen on both sides ... of advice:  smile :) I wrote this entry a few weeks ago, but wanted to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful ... was a no-brainer. My anticipation was compounded by the fact that I had a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is ... that just walking to Next is the faster option. I have a skateboard, but it's not as convenient as I think when I have to lug it around between

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  ideas to Google Docs when I collaborate with someone else. Last week I ... to Google Calendar” button to block off time in my day to sit down and ... bloggers. I usually have to wait for inspiration to hit before I'm able to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  might need more than the incredibly awesome How to Get Around MIT guide ... our medical facility on campus.  Maybe you need a checkup, or to get a ... call gets answered by the MIT police, who have the advantage of being

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  the colors around you to paint on a screen. Kids get to run around and ... 's pretty cool, since you get to be on the news-writers email list, where ... Lab website, I decided to check out their press links. I was making my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  describes it, they expected to get back to campus and continue on with life ... . It has to be an idea you really like. Drew: Start early, and get a ... . *The phone number to EatOn is listed on their website, but it’s no longer

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I ... get quite a lot of things, if you know where to look. Like... Free food ... groups or one of MIT's many offices should be enough to get you started

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  to still set up a meeting, perhaps by each agreeing to drive a distance ... frustrating. When you contact your EC give them a little time to get back to ... can do to help you get in contact with them. Don’t be afraid to ask for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  , somewhat neurodiverse, and very non-scary; we used to be dominated by math ... Kenny, Death By Google-Streetview-Car-Actuated-Nuclear-Weapon, Death by ... , and it looks something like [annotation note="to prevent bonfire erasure

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  ” is this:   2nd photo on Google Images   But for me, inline ... until I got to MIT my freshman year. I got a pair for $25 with kneepads, elbowpads, and wristguards at Goodwill. I had always wanted to learn, but

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for high school. Sometimes it's possible to get extensions or have ... Boston has to offer. Get started soon. Sometimes, you should just T it ... - whether it's because you have a question about lecture, you're hoping to get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  project to be whisked away by a full timer the moment I get stuck, that I ... get rid of a stolen bike wouldn’t encourage someone to take their time ... . It’s nice that the commuter rail exists for getting to suburbs outside

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  with that beanie. I kind of want the weather to get colder just so I can ... these companies, from Apple to Google to Facebook to the NSA, falling over ... thing I currently have to a job, and expecting me to have any deep

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  makeup, and then I had to get to school early so I could get in extra math ... mailing list for MIT students to get help with all sorts of conundrums. I ... , "Rona, you used to dress better in high school. Then you went to MIT." It

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  students are vaguely expected to understand by this point can be used in much ... ="in particular, this is given by the Euclidean distance from a point a to the ... and 43rd. Reasonably, I cannot walk through walls to get to my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  This post is intended to [annotation note="consider viewing them side-by ... walking at 9 and finish the marathon by 5, which requires me to walk at a ... to pass by [annotation note="notable because I texted my podmate from

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  highest suicide rate? The answer to that question is: No, this is not true ... . Most people who come to MIT are happy, well-adjusted people, and leave MIT as happy, well-adjusted people. That's not to say that MIT is never

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  a long weekend in which to get away from MIT! (Something that all you ... local: I can go home to get things. Sometimes that means I can go home and ... 've been to the Cape a number of times, so I was confident that we could get

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  Crunch afterparty. But my main reason for being there was to get more into virtual ... ; New York: On our way back from DC, we stopped by in NYC to hang out with ... At CES, my friends and I went to some free concerts by Lil Jon

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017