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• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  ! Well, let's back up a little bit… For one reason or other that I cannot ... might come from having been at MIT for a while already - from becoming an "upperclassman" and developing a programmed rhythm for handling a semester, all the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... 'm averaging 12hrs a day in lab with at least another 4 spent on work for that ... -problems and summing them up. To express it mathematically (because there

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  any excuses, I've been looking for ways to recharge myself and face the ... up last weekend, when my family and I took a trip to Block Island, a ... that were clear around me were the oceans - and, for a moment, my mind

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  it's worth saying that for me at least, where you choose to live can be hugely important for your health and happiness, as well as your academic ... people can end up where they want to be. It all starts with your temporary

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  earthquake in Japan or election signs popping up outside of Kresge. The world ... of MIT’s willingness to pay for you to travel) including England ... really ventured into the real world, or what the real world may hold for me

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How ... ...) But luckily for me, I began procrastinating hardcore turned last week ... for Mic Check...   ...and moved on! That might not seem

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  little thing called small talk that people substitute for awkward silence ... store for the purpose of providing discounts. The three of us waited interminably for the bus, wrapped beseechingly in our coats. As I silently wept

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  Welcome Here campaign. For those of you who don't know what this is, the ... temporary offering, had only been around at MIT for five years. Over the two ... position," she said, "But the need for it was very high." Perhaps one

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  for school. For some reason, the whole sci-fi/fantasy world has never ... which for some reason look like people (vain creators perhaps?) creep me ... , businesspeople, professors or scientists for parents (or aunts or uncles or

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  attend a Faculty and Administration Dinner for Ramadan. The dinner was to ... began to fill up the room, I noticed that there were undergraduate ... Iman Kandil who is a senior and has been involved with the MSA for all

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  for picking up women Doodling away at a billion different ways to ... like I thought it would (for the rest of you, look outside, yup it ... for the tale of the midnight tool: Prologue: Having taken BC Calc AP in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  [Justin '08] Hi everyone. I went on the exchange for 06-07 (so I ... , although the only evaluation for Cambridge occurs at the end of the year in ... continual assessment, and are given maybe a few days to prepare for tests, and

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  but worry as I waited for the Admissions Staff to send back their reply. I thought that MIT was perfect for someone as passionate about biology as I was - but would MIT be so well suited for my second passion? Would

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Samuel Maurer’s Day Off MIT moves pretty fast.

  

  about that last blank entry. I'm looking for the "rebuild" button to get ... Wah Bus ride away from Boston, we decided to head down for the most ... for no other reason, because I got to have a 13-word conversation with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  "technology", but are people socially aware,m for example? Are there people ... of fact, I do shower. Daily. (If that's not enough for you, I also wash ... ) and MIT-EMS teamed up to teach around a hundred MIT students and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  the extraordinary holiday dinner party for Course 17: Political Science ... afternoon, nothing happened to me for like two weeks. Oh, except I saw this Futurama clip and laughed for like three or four days straight. But then I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  could interview me over email for an article she's writing, on how ... as potential MIT '11s gear up to begin the admissions process. Below is ... simply because of an internet profile? Do you think it is fair for that to

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  the song for this medley, since that's pretty much the one song in the ... about 1 male for every 2 females, I sometimes forget that the actual MIT ... Engineering Project Laboratory -- YES! We had 15 projects to choose from for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  time in the Pappalardo Lab and the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity ... tell, this is a very expensive class for MIT to run and we're all really ... logistical difficulties. Anyway, they split us up into sections and sent us on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  , for whatever reason, I had a ton of energy when I got back, so Javier ... of all, props to Nehalita for properly identifying him right away ... , being a veteran FIRSTer up in Canada, was thrilled about this. Her

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005