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• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  anywhere in Boston by T. 11. Like a plant, I need a certain amount of ... gets the least sleep -- WINS. By choice, I am not a participant in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... , Momma (from "Chicago"), and the Main Title from Star Wars, composed by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello world!

  

  Bomb by U2. I ran cross-country in high school, and did crew as a ... or by emailing me.

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by ... over the years, he confides, "By the way, I didn't go to MIT."  

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  community by phone. Assistant Safety and Environmental Officer David M ... up by network news broadcasts [and Slashdot, of course -mm]. The story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  this year, but was I ever wrong. The restaurant put out 90 seats. By 2 ... two annual retreats to discuss the year gone by. Should be a very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  was a high school nickname given to me by my boss, and I thought it gave ... still refer to me by my username. However, when I started to apply for

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

  College Fair Season

  

  a freshman. I was inspired by Professor Bill Hubbard, who teaches one ... Troupe, by Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi of The Tech. These are from last spring

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  've gone by "Ben" my whole life, that actually comes from my middle name - my ... have the official form that you'll need to sign and send back by May 1

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  scholarship money to come. The idea is to win their affections by getting them ... schools that send likely letters might be better served by going to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  CourseWare) kept a minute-by-minute log of the excitement in Boston from her ... by... a professor?!? Yes, Prof. Maria Zuber, a planetary geophysicist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  evenings. BoA's "My Name" is down to #10 this week. The #8 video, "Windy" by Eugene, reminds me of a Dance Troupe concert (Dance Troupe, by the way, is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  An MIT Acronym Quiz how many can you decode?

  

  TLDR: PLAY MY ACRONYM QUIZZZZ As a school best known by an acronym, it's only fitting that MIT is itself a LAND OF ACRONYMS. Our first few weeks as a freshman on campus involve a deluge of new three-letter codes

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  ="116760" image5="116759" /] I will also keep note of things that confuse me by ... was able to finish my notebook was by accepting that it was not going to ... printed, sorted, and glued them in. Most are vaguely categorized by topic. I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2025 i3 videos megapost

  

  produced by students to show off the community, physical spaces, and unique

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  your MIT dining experience is by experimenting with exotic food ... . In doing so, I'm often surprised by how much the salad bar has to offer ... below (also suggested by Amee S. '25): Dunkin' At Home Ingredients

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  girl who is visited by her 39 year old self the summer before she leaves ... : as if someone was shaking me by the shoulders, urging me never to take ... wisdom dispensed by the slew of cruft blogs. Reading them, I can't help but

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  here. This story is also accompanied by three strategies I thought were

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  behind schedule.) Now Playing: Night Changes by One Direction I turn ... figured out by now. “It’s okay for everything not to be fine.” I found my ... to quantify, and I am frequently shocked at how much I am motivated by

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  cold, and the way the sun disappears by four bothers me a lot actually ... covered by soft ice. But if I can get myself out of the house and into the ... the promise of skies with no end, soft ice touched only by the wind, and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024