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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  decides to grab a healthy patient who shows up for a checkup. He takes the ... Introduction: Keeping up with political news this month has ... being rationed) and will argue for how to resolve the life allocation

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  gut thing. I showed up for CPW, loved it. I also had been reading the ... fast pace we've been going at has been a struggle for me to keep up with ... Hey all! Time for another round of Q&A. A few general comments: 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  for the second short essay: can you tell me (at least three days before ... a bit outdated... Also, I have two possible responses for the world we ... HST, and they seem to think it's great. As for your second question, yes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  for this year's edition of Technique (the yearbook of MIT, since 1885), it was my duty not only to come up with a concept, design the book, and ... ask for an extra week), I am proud to say that we are completely on time

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  're already be— cj: okay, shut up. the two of you, shut up. dan: … alan ... keep my head up and be realistic. how bad could things possibly get? cj ... woke up in the morning. dan: you know, most people who were sixteen

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  . For most students, college will be their first experience largely ... adjusting to prices and scrounging for the best deals, I've found a way to ... than I expected! but still kinda sad). I asked for the average estimated

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  for Battlecode with two of my friends. In junior year, I worked on a ... every weekday, and a lengthy pset each week. I’m keeping up with the ... knowledge, since the class goes at a rapid pace that doesn’t allow for much

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  burning sun will, some day, rise So what am I gonna be doin' for a while ... myself. Suspiciously chill these days, for the most part. Dancing in the ... for a little bit. Watch me eat my words in a few months time. I love

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  well for me—I like focusing on fewer things at any given time, and in ... at a company in exchange for that company funding your degree. I TA an ... , attending staff meeting, etc. It takes up about twenty hours each week. I get

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  field. For so long, I had put off taking any initiative outside of class ... around with it for 10 minutes and finding it horribly disgusting. But with ... of myself for doing these things, and even though it seems kind of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  "exercise once a semester" but that's just setting myself up for ... unafraid. I want to get better at speaking up, asking for favors, and being ... Happy New Year! Even though I'm nearsighted, this is the year for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  keeps a person warm after falling into freezing water for up to 12 hours ... for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to ... 's hard enough to come up with a brand-new product idea. It's even harder to

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  has the benefit of being in the middle of the week for those of us who ... , November 22nd Waking up on Fridays involves quite a few glassy-eyed stares ... essay writing fun for an entire semester! Because it is a writing based

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  decision for me and I might have hunted for wifi at intersections. When we ... didn’t, carried my laptop up to my room, checked either my MIT or Caltech ... still works. I felt that I had passed a crossroads. For about six years

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  lab everyday for over 4 weeks straight. I’d wake up every morning ... for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like ... of liking it. It’s like dress up. Only… with… your life. And this is

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  - that's 21F.704, 7.02, and 5.12 for all ye eager beavers) this week ... last 40 hours because of studying for the test). Sigh. Any hints on how ... don't know if you guys remember when you first learned Calculus. For me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  out what works best for you as you go. Sometimes you end up dropping a ... entered the lottery for advising seminars (and may apply for one of the ... designated time for you to explore MIT to its fullest, to test the boundaries

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  , he is admitted to the Class of 2011. Let's back up for a moment and ... Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... FOR THAT MATTER) ALONE! (Except for Justice Clarence Thomas who claims

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  every day. I actually do cook for myself almost every night, but I haven ... go out to a restaurant for dinner. I haven't been to one of the dining ... elective credits for that exam? Information about that can't be found

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  Manus staff from last year (Seth, Jess, and Robyn) for setting up the ... , so I'll save my leave for another blog and instead focus this one on my ... throw up.  This joyful state is most provoked when I stroll through

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023