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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  because you are not just given knowledge–you have to earn it. I’m going to ... blah and that whole time of your life was basically a waste of time and I’m ... algebra” or “…and then I’m sure you guys can do the algebra, so in the end

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  ) My deepest apologies for the hiatus; now that I’m not at home (where an ... I’m feeling creative. Pokemon headphones, which I painted. Awesome ... ’t F*** This Up”). New planner! Because I’m all grown up and in college

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  always empty except for me). I’m hoping to buy prints of some of my ... work. I’m hoping to be able to do my on-campus TA work and email checking ... ’s offices. My favorite place to sit when I’m reading papers or doing work that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  goggles (I'm referring to the metaphorical kind, but real goggles are cool ... . I’m the kind of person who likes to walk through grocery stores and ... I also had tennis preseason. I’m not entirely sure how much

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  ) finish my Quantum pset, and 2) prepare for my Friday menu. I'm on French ... , November 5 I KNOW THAT TURNING 20 MAKES ME OLD, BUT I'M REALLY NOT THAT OLD ... . Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I’m dreaming, right? Someone please tell me I’m dreaming

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  : you'll be jealous (I'm jealous!). She's traveling to Germany (the same ... House. Me: Could you tell me about the MIT-related activities you do? I’m ... chemistry "I've been working in his lab since IAP freshman year, and now I'm

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  I should probably start out with this: oh hey, guys, I’m living in ... , I’m UROPing in the Doyle lab in the basement of building 66 (which is ... , though, I was lucky to make it into Boston (and I’m excluding visiting the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  last thing I'd like to be doing right now. I'm actually pretty miserable ... really, I'm not artistic. I showed my Photoshop model (which will be ... of the books- until now, of course. I'm a little rusty, actually- I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  blog would never get written - so here goes. I'm also going to stray ... you (I'm sure you know that already, being the zealous beavers that you ... interpretation of the GIRs, so please ignore them if you think I'm just being woozy

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  had last year when deciding to defer. Now that I'm almost done with my ... over the fence. So, I guess that brings me to what I'm doing now. As I mentioned, I was interning with the Lemelson-MIT Program in the fall, and I'm

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  if I'm in mortal peril, but that's why I have an imposing ... . 2. a sophomore asked, i'm gonna be a sophomore next year and i rly ... admit out loud that they love MIT (I'm an exception, I guess), yet most of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  Preview PDF (I'm applying online). Is it ok for me to write more and and ... . ------------------------------------- Saned wrote: "I'm an American living abroad and I don't attend an "English ... inside cover of a DVD I sent in with some of my other work. I'm really

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  benefit concert involving REM, Cake, and the Clash. Okay, maybe I'm ... Boston, anyway. What I'm getting at is that the trip down to Dim Sum was ... mouth, but I sometimes get bizarre cravings for it. I think I'm pregnant

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

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  Lupe (who I'm looking forward to seeing at CPW!) asked, "is it pretty ... important topic. I'm Not Nemo! wrote, "Here's a question about the "Swim Test ... , I'm sure you'll be fine. 05senior posted on the "waitlisted" thread

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  Infinite and going, “Ope! Soory, I’m from South DakOHtah” or convincing my ... -tripping to NYC for events seems normal to me because I’m used to long car rides, and I’m not one of the people running outside during the first snow of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  ’t think I’d have the time for both. I’m really happy that I decided to do ... ?  I'm a part of Mocha Moves and Dance Troupe.   I am currently a ... expanded my view of dance, and now I’m only excited for how much I’ll improve

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later a post of galactic proportions

  

  decided that I'm just going to write about everything I'm interested in ... anyone but me. I'm granting you the permission to skip every section that ... The copy to clipboard button I guess I'm a game developer now

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  but the lounge I feel like I’m coming home to. They’ve turned Maseeh 3 ... of scheduling mishaps on my end :( but I’m still putting it first on ... other East Asian languages. Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe that

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  2021. I'm a student at MIT studying aerospace engineering. I live in ... and [annotation note="yes, I'm basic. but I'm also having fun and I ... end of 2023. Switching labs is hard and humbling and I'm glad that I did

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  feminine pastime. Anyways, I'm glad that Metropolis is legitimizing craft as ... because I'm most familiar with them, but many other makerspaces on campus ... school or apprenticeships. I'm sure there's more precise technique if you

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024