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• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  dinners I didn't attend, the field hockey games and a cappella concerts ... this will give me at least a little breathing room. I'm resolving to ... hike and bike and UROP. I'm resolving to document my life offline a

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  get a free Arduino, toolbox filled with tools, MakerLodge T-shirt, and ... I'm a Project Manus Mentor, you may even see me at an orientation or ... laundry pile can grow into a monstrous one. That can be avoided.  Don’t be

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  reading and writing. 6.033 (Computer System Engineering) is a CI-M, and we ... Georgetown Law, and I'm in a group with 2 law and 1 other MIT student. We ... technologies. I'm quite out of my element here, but I'm getting a lot of help

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Leaves, Strawberries, Doors Pictures of campus, faculty dinner, another door. (7 pictures)

  

  ). I'm not a very good photographer, but here are a few images of campus ... to turn as early a September, but only recently has most of the campus ... . While I'm not technically "faculty," many cool faculty members were in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  really long blog posts. i did a lot of other things too, sure. i'm two ... retrospect, i care a lot about being productive, although i don't think of it like that. it's more of a, if i don't write anything in a week then that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  confused you into thinking that I am. Nope, I'm just a sophomore that's going ... a sophomore now. Yes, I haven't heard that term since high school ... phrased in a different way: If it looks stupid, but it works, it ain't

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  phrase it, especially to a public audience, most of whom I probably don’t ... , they didn’t mind. Dolly-MIT employee guy also had a can of coke with ... high schoolers, and when I wasn’t teaching, I got a few souvenirs. This

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  I don’t watch much TV anymore and I’m a little behind when it comes ... , the word nerd hasn’t caught on as a cool term at all. All these ... implore, “isn’t that a bad word? Why do you want to use that word?" And my

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A World of Pure Curation an interview with holly h. 18'

  

  don’t know. It wasn’t a bad experience, but it was weird. But so, the ... independent study. So, I’m a Comparative Media Studies major, which is like a ... ; it’s a big thing. So now, what I’m interested in within CMS is more

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 5, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  ."  And by beating them in such an emphatic way, it wasn't just a triumph ... !" "Empiricism. It's a lot better than trying to count yard signs." "I’m very ... have a tenure track position." (on why he hasn't open-sourced Five

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  following format from Milena: Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Didn't spend a lot of ... . "Wait, didn't we just take a picture?" We dove for our cameras and zoomed ... simply a formality. Oh, and sleeping is overrated. Here's just a quick

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  unpacked anything yet. Yeah, I know. I never said I wasn't a slacker. Anyway ... it a good idea, is it a bad idea, will I fall behind if I don't take ... completely a matter of personal preference. Plenty of people don't test out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  .02 (Physics II) This schedule lasted less than a week. 21M.301 was overenrolled ... don't really know why I introduced my post like this, but this dude ... occurred recently. Namely with my schedule. A few blog posts ago, I said I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  insisted on doing homework on your own back in high school if it wasn’t a ... even do a single pset problem on my own because i’m stupid and i drag my ... you know now but didn’t know when classes started. me: yeah me: but i’m

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  a lot of trial and tribulation to get here. i'm still coming to terms ... relationship, and right now, i'm simply just in a trough. i am still very much in ... appear as the same verbal upchuck. hello! my name is cami, i'm 17 years

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  . Finally, I went to Allison's and watched Sin City and as a result I can't ... to come to MIT, so I'm a total authority on all of this. Plus, I'm ... think. I don't think there's any way that a female could possibly enjoy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  oscillating) weekly routine. First, a bit about general structure. A “whole ... and 8 hours at home, a 4-0-8 scheme. Lab/design/field work classes have ... 3-0-9, 5-0-7, etc. There are also classes of a different number of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  didn't want to delay what seemed like my entire life for a whole year ... that wouldn't be good. So I hope these pictures elaborate a little bit ... don't like to sit still. So, about a month after my return to the States

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

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  Hello again, internet~ It has been a while. Well, actually, I’m on ... yourself so far! As a recap, my name’s Selam; I’m a 2A-6 (Mechanical ... , and climbing mountains are just a few. This time, I’m talking about an

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Procrastination For Finals 2 T minus 53 hours...

  

  never gonna get good I don't even know why I'm writing this, oh, oh oh oh ... I've got a pocket, got a pocketful of orgo I've got a pain and I know ... , past finals week A sweet escape, take me away Take me away, to better

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 17, 2009