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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  I did three things on Saturday, and each one of them rocked. Better yet, each one of them rocked in a different way, kind of like a charity ... time she crashed a bicycle in the mean streets of Boston, Ruth Miller was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  on its way to those who replied to us before the deadline. One of the coolest parts of the NBM is the Athena Account Coupon. The coupon will allow ... (currently 1 GB), ability to access MIT-only secure web pages, and, of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  For the first half of IAP, we were speed walking to prepare for the ... way! Look at the frozen river! and ducks! and geese! close up of frozen river! 2) We saw Mary and the Witch's Flower, the first movie of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  As some of you may have noticed, the world didn't end on Wednesday like I thought it would (for the rest of you, look outside, yup it ... being annoying to those around me under the guise of it having no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  Boston Public Library - Venue of the Class of 2020 Ring Delivery ... (almost) halfway point of getting through MIT. It marks many psets and exams ... gather in a big fancy place, eat fancy food, dance, and take a bunch of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  I have about 30 minutes before the first midterm of the semester. I just finished gulping down a breakfast burrito. Back in high school, I always had eggs before a big exam. It's become one of my pre-exam routines

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  tall and narrow, and she curled the ends of her letters so that each word ... my lecture notes, there is a mixture of 1) abbreviated content (normal ... fact that the kid in front of me is taking notes rapidly in LaTeX and it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a ... , come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer ... : dyed hair is a stereotype of my dorm, East Campus (among other dorms

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  without the coating of dirt (note to future Coure 16ers: that downwash is no ... ... fortuitous signage come back soon! One of my colleagues had a much

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  I know folks love to see the numbers, so we've updated the Freshman Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012 ... For the MIT class of 2012 Gender Male 54% Female 46% Ethnicity &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  'm here in Germany, meeting up with tons of MIT interns while staying at ... . It's like a gyro, except the meat of indeterminate origin is slow-roasted for tons of flavor, the bread is some kind of wonderful crispy toasted

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  , depending on the time of my earliest class on a given day, I have three to five hours to do anything I please. The lack of social distractions make ... like I'm the only person awake. In reality, around 10% of MIT wakes up

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for the next four years without having to be (as) afraid of failure ... the luxury of being within walking distance of one of the world ... of the facilities, but rather the character of the people who live in

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

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  think it was pi beta phi, and standing on top of those low brick walls in front of the house. i think that was the first time in five months that i ... students without leaving my chair. i attended the first week of classes, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  the above sentence of a college essay that thankfully never made it into ... travesty of a sentence last year.  I still make lame over-the-top metaphors ... over the past few months, you know that there's been a lot of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  navigate my to-do lists ever since middle school. My first means of task ... every fall. They kind of slapped, not gonna lie, but since I had no control over their organization and also don't have any pictures of them

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  shooting stuff out of air cannons, doing a ridiculous physics problem, or

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Birth Of Baby Nance Regular updates from labor through delivery (guest-hosted by Ben).

  

  way. I'll keep you updated over the course of the day. Let's use this

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  'm really excited for CPW!! I really cant wait to come up and meet all of the ... in terms of balancing time b/w them and with my host at CPW? I know ... , "If one of our parents is coming with us to CPW, is it okay for us to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  : school got harder. We're in rough terrain - first wave of exams, or in my ... freshman year due to a lack of motivation…or something. But I don’t think it ... review” of the semester – which means everybody presents their design

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010