Search

Search Results

• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told ... : I don't know, I didn't listen." - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Best from staff

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  attention to the class of 2028 and beyond, I want to take a moment —  alongside President Kornbluth — to reaffirm our commitment to diversity in a time of great uncertainty about the future of affirmative action, and to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... really feeling all that enthusiastic about studying. Plus, I had to go back to lab tonight at 7:30 to change the media on my COS cells... and if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  To set the mood: Come Home by Baynk. [caption id="attachment_38993 ... first week back. #nofilter.[/caption] Returning back to the 'Tute “After a ... eventful return back to the Institute. It's odd how quickly everything felt

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  -professional clubs proliferate like dandelions—I’ve found it reasonably simple to avoid ... passion. To be fair, MIT may have cultivated a different culture than these ... direction, I would have to continue going to boring meetings surrounded by

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  ? Well, it's this wonderful machine shop that MIT students can use to make ... taken some photos for you guys to see these machines :( But this just means I'll have to swing by the shop to make something awesome so I can

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I really appreciate how so many from the community talked to me and reached out to me. Video Games Free games to play with friends skribbl

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome To Room 3-107 Hope you like the new site! It incorporates a lot of your feedback and requests.

  

  and requests, including: Migrated the whole site to a Movable Type ... syndication feeds. Changed the design to allow for easier reading of entries and comments. Changed the URL to 3-107.com, which is a lot easier to

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  learning curve. By learning curve I don't mean "oh snap it is going to take me long time to learn all of these new subjects at MIT." It is more of ... living alone, if you are not on the meal plan you have to make your own

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  it's not just me) are staying up way too late to finish projects and do ... have not read the series, but I am aware that this movie is supposed to be really great and that it was going to be out in theaters sometime

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  I write two letters to myself at [annotation note="the keen-eyed will also observe that this is supposed to be a letter from 2024 janet and it is currently 2025. i'd firstly like to say that i ACTUALLY started it

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Even if you want to boil water really quickly, don ... for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way to be happy here. Every single student here is challenged -- they have

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  ~ next to my little blogger face up there. For the record, I am still ... ), and it felt weird to write on a blog about my MIT experience under a ... it was because I had a crush on this girl and running was ‘my time’ to

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  come to MIT, we wouldn’t even have the time to find rotten tomatoes to throw at her. This past weekend was an extended holiday because of ... ;? Congrats to Bryan for completing it! Bloggers have strong track record; Mitra

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is ... different or that you'd like to do and learn from), and then going straight ... today, a colleague sent me a news article called From Wilton to Wall

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the ... there was one thing I was prepared better than anyone to do, it was to ... at chemistry or biology, or a physics genius when compared to my

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

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  your best to crush my soul. You've made eight hours of sleep an alien ... -long question might turn out to be an hour-long mindbender. An innocent negative sign might take 10 minutes to figure out. I might be using the same

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  "The less learned cannot fail to be pleased, though without knowing ... the chamber chorus. I'm also an Arts Scholar, which means that I get to go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  I feel slightly weird to be typing away on the MIT blogs again, when ... blog would never get written - so here goes. I'm also going to stray from the conventional path of telling you what options are available to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  First, I have three very exciting pieces of news to share with you ... (Astronomy Picture Of the Day)! According to the Greeks, the Pleides were the ... Atlas and Pleione. To the best of my knowledge, no one really knows where

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013