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• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  don't. Let me describe the design: It's a black and white dress. The ... -bolt print. The magnets don't hold, but I'm going to say I think this design is ... "...albeit a very useful one." --Albert Einstein I think I found the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  's literally nothing I can't turn into a formula):     Where S is ... beautifully and reliably (I'm hoping I'll get a patent out of it, but that ... Py, but Sx + Sy solves Px, Py, and Pz which wasn't even a design

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  than the people who wrote them" - Dan T. '85 (my boss) I chuckled and ... hacking tools to make a guide for sales engineers but what I found was a 10 ... summers to date. Computer security is something they touch upon a little bit

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  bed, and this is what I saw: Very pretty, isn't it? =) Now that I was ... rolls for breakfast. As I'm sure you know, these go very well with milk, but my milk was in a fridge on Conner 4 (along with my eggs, apple juice

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  construct amplifiers, radios, a light theremin. I’m always running on fewer ... all the instincts. There is a learning curve here which I’m hauling ... gentle. I’m learning a lot through projects. I tried welding for the first

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  others Haven't heard a thing from the last one Oh, and about Berkeley? Did ... How do you go from taking 5 classes a term to only taking 2? You ... Recitation: Friday 11 am Professors: H. Ploegh and T. Orr-Weaver Biology of

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  a novel excerpt in honor of the friendly toast

  

  ’all. It made such an impact on me, I even set a scene there for my novel ... , [annotation note="It’s a first draft, so please forgive any awkward sentences. I ... of a coffee machine somewhere. Quirky knick-knacks dot the lime

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  probably still would not be in a sorority. I don’t know if I would be unhappy ... trip to Barcelona with two of them, Virginia A. ‘18 and Kayla T. ‘18 ... many questions about making friends in college that I even wrote a blog

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  person would appreciate a hug from them. and, i don't know. a cynical me ... experience that people care about each other. and, i don't know. a lot of ... won't say i'm very familiar with buddhism. but as i understand it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  skewed since I'm only a rising sophomore and haven't engaged in all of this ... habits. I'm a sucker for anything structured that makes me feel productive ... hours a week at an apartment with my friends. So...I don't take these

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  just been set to panic. I'm afraid to graduate. I don't know what this ... longingly looking at a screen and envy a freakin’ sim. so i got my sh*t ... for me, I feel that all coming back now that I'm moving to a new place

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  ;   I'm supposed to be studying for a midterm right now lol ... pretend my midterm doesn't exist my midterm will disappear if i pretend it doesn’t exist if i set down my pen maybe go firespin it will

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  , DON'T TELL ME TO GO READ A BOOK! TEACH ME PHYSICS! YOU'RE A FREAKING ... tunnel, don't be scared to fix the problem. You are not a superhero, not ... I know, I know, it's CPW season, but that doesn't mean that every

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  haven't seen in a while was visiting boston. since i had nothing scheduled ... , another friend i haven't seen in a while visited boston, and they met up ... referring to someone by name wasn't hard. in the quads, after a period of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  -circles-of-hell-on-a-good-day-was-even-cold type of cold. But seriously, I’m ... joking around and whatnot, and I’m all “hey, wouldn’t it be awesome to make ... starts getting cold you will probably see a noticeable change in my

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  potential ways to solve the problems. I take a nap, and I’m in Hartford in 2 ... . I arrive at the hotel, and am initially told I can’t check in since I’m ... like a plan. My room is beautiful! But then I realize I haven’t had

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  (...as opposed to other OCs) I'm in Orange County California, in a hotel shouting distance from Knott's Berry Farm. But it hasn't been all ... Counselors (OC ECs), coordinated by Regional Chair Joanna Tan, M.D. A subset

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  I’ve spent time on campus. I haven’t missed a class reunion since I ... to the place although I really didn’t have a spot to call my own on the ... didn’t live in a dormitory last year like the rest of the freshmen but I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  doing some things. I'm taking a class on prosody, which can be transcribed ... that I don't seem like a very peaceful person, but I am making a ... a weird time. A lot of people say IAP is one of MIT's best offerings

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  consultant? And who is to say that her interests didn’t bend into a different ... actually trying. The value of hard work isn’t in receiving full marks, or a ... entering a world I knew little about. I couldn’t be his lighthouse anymore

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022