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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  lists. It's impossible to avoid getting added to many MANY mailing lists during your time at MIT. By the end of my four year stint I believe I was ... of MIT life is the mailing list. Mailing lists are powerful tools that

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  without saying that A- is the best grade to get, since it's the same as ... located strategically to get maximal sunshine exposure in the afternoon =p ... the way there, I also visited MIssion Dolores, which is probably the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  can hurt me--and they do. (8) You're the best man I'll ever know. There's no way I can ever go. (9) Nothing can be altered, there is nothing to ... stifling. We just couldn't wait to get out of the place. (13) Enjoy!

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  Square in Cambridge on the Red Line; you can get to the airport by subway ... to your preferences. Many of the folks I met during Campus Preview ... monitors with a baseball bat. First East is home to the famous Disco Dance

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  is the career office, who I made an appointment with to get help with ... problem-solve on your own is important, equally important is the ability to ... “Help!” by the Beatles. Relevant verse reproduced at the bottom, for your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  MIT, you might be left wondering just what it is you've managed to get ... academic way of saying "homework", and the answer to what you'll be doing on ... and got cracking. Hours flew by. Page after page of paper fell to the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  think your job sucks. Just fyi. Ben: My job is 11.6% best-job-in-the ... your plans to stay on the waitlist rather than return the postcard ... should arrive very soon! In the meantime, please don't forget to register

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  truly is. You have no idea what you're missing out on.) Anyway, after the ... . Until now. I had been skeptical before, but now is clearly THE time to ... way, in the completely surreal event that anyone actually...wants to pay

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  schedule means that school (and the accompanying work) is about to begin ... is where I continue to work on ElectroPlushies and get them up and ... Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  , which is the second-best time of the semester. mit has several a capella ... best time of the semester, as the best time of the semester is the ... classes will have one or the other, so everyone is busy in some way. on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  college counselor to give the same advice I loved to give on the blogs. Each ... they will bring to any college they choose to attend. However, the more I acclimated to my new community, the louder the whispers in my head became

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happiness ...can now be found on a website

  

  . It gives people all over the world a chance to submit stories about ... posts at the moment, since the website was launched just two days ago. But ... could! Yayy. (2) I know many of you are at the point in your school year

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

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  spiraling.  One of those ways is to remember how the restaurant has helped me ... that the time I lost to the restaurant is wasted time. But, I know that ... me the importance of consistent work. The same way that speaking to

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  order to not to hurt my eyes so, in a way, the new hobby is a rebellion ... to different stores for different foods to get the best deals, a ... Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  lab. The main application of this effect (as far as I know) is to make better interferometers by exploiting the photons' entanglement to make more ... magnetic fields” to “pigeons can smell the way home”. Although these theories

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Events

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

  

  managed to get one percent higher than what I needed to get an A for the ... to the speed of light. 32. Discovery is learning that you will burn ... is figuring out that you're supposed to tip your barber. 49. Discovery

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  had to apply to them with all the terms of getting a second major. So ...  about what it is like to not be well at the end of a semester, and it is not fun ... long and then I wouldn't be able to get the writing major anymore because

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  not going to be able to work your best anyways. So if you're tired, don ... time. You're not alone! During the thick of things, it's easy to fall behind. But the important thing to remember is don't be afraid to ask for

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  living with your friends, being able to just walk down the hall, knock on ... by the Chord as i go from building 4 to 34 for my classes (i have done ... the past month (classes here start early January) and will return to MIT

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  way to meet some of your new classmates. What's the deal with the meal ... somewhere on or around campus, you get your card swiped and the amount is ... ! Get fit. Cheerleading practice is over for the year (and, I mean

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006