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• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  international students.   As you can see by the photos, this was a grueling process. I could go through it step by step with you, but Ben's already ... there, the shiitake mushroom of the matter). Here are some of the things

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  firsts. Here are some that I remembered, in roughly chronological order ... ']Learned how to use a hair stick[/annotation] Got stuck in a slinky Embarked ... As we’re approaching the first of 2024, I’ve been thinking about

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  if I was in mortal peril or not. I still don't really know how to tell ... at MIT in physics and math and I was wondering how you managed to take ... I am back in Boston, sitting on my comfy couch after a lovely weekend

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  standard 12-unit MIT class. At the beginning of the semester, I heard there ... —Engineering Leadership Lab (3 units) I have to admit, I was pretty excited when I signed ... last thing I want after a week of lectures is a lecture on “how to be a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  ! how exciting). Adam and I went out to dinner, shopped on Newbury Street ... donate our unsellable textbooks to schoolchildren in Africa. (I have to ... conditioners for the new apartment. Now ask me how much I've studied for my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  its star. I will, however, say that the Caine's Arcade website is ... interested in seeing what Caine can do with an engineering degree. ... and all sorts of different games, rummaging for raw materials in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  I'm not so reliant on them. I gave up shaving for IAP and now I can go ... into a skillet to brown, and throwing in whatever vegtables I happen to ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  ’t feel anything while editing and sometimes I can only get through it in 15 ... . I have been in many workshops about how to support friends rather than ... resources as well, but I can’t speak on how they work as I haven’t personally

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing.). These are just a few small ideas - I know you can think of others tailored ... things you can do between now and Saturday afternoon: -Buy really cool

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  rancher. This distresses me. I own no cattle.) Tucked away in the American ... prototypes (a.k.a. parents). I was in attendance to take pictures of food- I ... great export: How accessible is campus dining? In my realm of discussion

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  In today's The Sunday Times, one of the United Kingdom's most ... from buying alcohol in off-licences and set a minimum price at which a unit of alcohol can be sold. The consultation document also proposes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  carts available that students can use to wheel their luggage in. I was ... Today was moving-in day, where I moved all of my stuff out of storage ... back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  This semester I’ve lived in an apartment with three roommates: one omnivore, one vegetarian, and one vegan. I decided on the day we moved in that I would try out vegetarianism, just to see how it went. It wasn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  I've had dial-up internet for as long as I can remember. One of the ... campus-wide WI-FI. I always had this sparkling image of me, sitting in ... laptop, it lets me do what I'm doing now (type a blog entry in the floor

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  difficult class and I wonder how it'll end up. 21F.076 Globalization - 9 Units ... With another add date passing and classes in full swing, I thought I ... that interest me. The report is in after 4 weeks and I absolutely love

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  [annotation note='I am writing this down in class-equivalents; MIT has a ... , I bravely forged ahead, conscious of increased workload in other areas ... Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke—I ended up beginning to write in earnest just three

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  United States for about two weeks, whereas I spent all of this summer in ... 've never had an In-N-Out burger you can't even begin to understand what I ... few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  , clinical disease and therapy. Subject can count toward the 9-unit discovery ... . From the website (biographical links added by me): In Fall 2020, all MIT ... up for classes. I'm co-teaching an a first-year advising seminar on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  website. This blogpost is the story of how I wrote that website. Play on it ... git history: As you can see, I started this project in early March ... , but in the end I'm happy with how it came out. I rewrote the chess

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  beautiful mathematical problem of the millenium in 2003. One of my friends ... Hypothesis if it is actually false." Last year I wrote an entry on a one-question examination that could be used in lieu of an application to admit people to MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006