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• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  time down from nearly 11 minutes to just under 7. "How would I do that ... winded to do anything else but crash as soon as I got home. On such days, I ... . "Excellent," I thought to myself, "let's do this again in two days." And I did

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  over 20. This was one of the most difficult things to do. Over time, the ... that it will do for blog entries what the Wiki will do for the overall ... . With this site, we've taken the dramatic step of doing the same for our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  academic way of saying "homework", and the answer to what you'll be doing on ... I had a WEEK to do, only had 5 problems. This was going to be a piece ... complaining and caffeine sales on a Thursday night, psets do a pretty good job

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  't worry - you're not missing out): 0% of people who do not apply to MIT get ... like science? You do well in school? SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE WHO APPLIES TO ... wouldn’t understand.” “Well, just take a deeeeeep breath and do it! I hope

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to ... me a curveball: what do I do for fun. MIT may be known for its academic ... , what are you-click-doing?!But I can say these shoes were once black… and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are ... ?" In truth, there won't be very many of them if you are each doing what ... encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  You've all heard what most of the other bloggers are doing for IAP ... . However, lucky you, I'm going to tell you what I've been doing anyway. I ... environment. Not all robots bumble, when placed in the environment, but many do

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  Things to Do Before You Graduate." It's a shame that I actually misplaced ... most important for the US to do is to prevent the loss of total output ... do not decrease, the economy isn't truly in a recession and there

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  friends from Michigan, who is down there doing a Teach for America placement ... authentic Mexican food (which I know many would yell at me for not doing), but ... generally do not like to exceed the speed limit. In fact, they like to drive 5

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  that). But anywhoo, I was back in MIT to do research. As I had alluded ... plates to see if they actually do live longer, when exposed to toxic ... to do, with pictures! (my description above is greatly abbreviated and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  have other things to do. I was sceptical at first and slightly ... . But people in the US do seem to care more about life. Perhaps this is because they spend their free time doing stuff they love, rather than using

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  other. Students do not apply directly to the university, but rather to ... closely watched over by my Director of Studies (DoS). My DoS will then ... evident. Lectures are open and do not necessarily entail painful amounts of

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  you do is get access to your dorm (New World Symphony, “Going Home ... can swim, jump, shoot, or do whatever sport it is you do. Other than ... you need to do is make sure you shop at a place that accepts it (which

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  . While I'm not a prefrosh, I do enjoy a good pillow fight every now and ... blogger, it's what I do). We took the red line to Downtown Crossing and then ... were doing their jobs, the girls had to take our picture while we held

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  't you guys a tech school? What are you doing here?!" Ahem. Engineers can ... conferences. I personally think that doing MUN is a very welcome break from the ... = 48 credits). If you do the math, 96-54 (max credit limit for froshies

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  - I do the most recent things first. So today I'm exploiting that ... hours in lab, and C hours doing out of class work. I'll go ahead and put ... or billions of individual MOSFETs. And in the process, you do actually

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  to look back in my journals and see the days when all I wanted to do ... : I can add, subtract, multiply, divide, differentiate and do fourier ... people go on to careers in finance, consulting, and government and do well

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  clockwork, having time to study, hang out, and do a ton of activities at the ... coming to college. Sometimes I look at the people who manage to do 3452 ... exam, doing practice problems, going over past exams, and going over my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  , making you rethink your values, and so on, MIT can do interesting things to ... needed to do, you have it made. That's not true - it's once you get here that the fun really starts. So what am I doing now? Well, I'm living in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  Next for my first two years) and I tried to do as much as possible during ... . Don’t despair, you honestly do not have to go out and buy a “Nerd Kit ... that they have applied their knowledge to do awesome things like building

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007