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• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  out how the paper was meant to be written: if only I had checked in ... convenience. - When I was younger, so much younger than today (in high school ... ’m not saying that I never needed anybody’s help in any way, but I was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  I remember the first time I went to a market in my hometown. It was ... I’ve ever had to, an effect self-evident in me staying up late on ... was also stuck. “I just keep trying these methods,” I told him in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  .    In fact, I can prove it to you by sharing what we started off our third ... classes for junior fall. One of the classes I'm in this semester is 6 ... math in high school, when I came to MIT, I became disillusioned both with

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  I've written in the past about my love for Disneyland. Growing up a ... in that region."]Japan[/annotation] and getting upset when I saw my ... relationships was a bit skewed and I thought my uncle in close proximity to a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  find work I can absolutely lose myself in and put every beautiful thing I ... ceiling in the dark once again, overwhelmed by the feeling that, here, I ... , brilliant white, it towered over me in a way that seemed to say “ok, you can

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  perspectives (OHMYGOSH how am I gonna represent myself well in 30 seconds and ... rank all the dorms by how much you want to live in them (1 through 16 ... . Phew. Okay. Now to launch into specifics. I live in MacGregor (I think

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  and said, "Go Forth and Measure." I never thought my secret ninja skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a ... ... NON NONSENSICAL RESULTS - CA CHING Score. So that's how I spent my

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  when I auditioned for American Idol or whatever. But now? No. I can't put ... . Which is also just about the best thing in the world, now that I think of ... !xobile Time: 12:48 PM Subject: long story I had a dream that I went out in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  When I was a freshman, like many before me and many since, I lived in ... my sister?" So thus far this holiday, I've been to two games in ... . They buy blocks of tickets for events in the Boston area and offer them

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  (minus Bexley…), and participated in more events than I can keep ... simply "Rindge"), the only public high school in Cambridge, MA. I must ... thought I'd try it since I've enjoyed reading the blogs on MyMIT. I can

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  is a more in-depth critique, which also discusses how Big 5 can be too ... (especially as they appear in the Tumblr studyblr community). I had long ago ... ”, which I vehemently disagreed with: In high school, ESFJs are the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  . Sometimes, we are very rigid in our ways. Consider how we pronounce class ... authors, which I think means Allan has made it in academia (read his paper ... : Correlation of Responses to Ethnic Conflict.” I’ll be exploring how media

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions & Coca-Cola Check-in Last-minute questions, and Coca-Cola Scholars check-in.

  

  the Coca-Cola Scholars weekend in Atlanta (I hope that MIT '10s who are ... With CPW less than a day away, I'd like to use the comments for this entry for: Asking any last minute CPW questions you have (you can also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... hurtling into the room. A month later, I was in the United States for the ... that in every direction I looked stood people with amazing abilities and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  moment I got the e-mail, I put it in my Google calendar because the ... Annual Fall Fashion Free-For-All, an event where MIT undergraduates can come in and get clothes for absolutely free. From formal wear to scarves

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  I've always thought about doing crew and Taekwondo (TKD) in college ... Orientation, put myself on their mailing lists. But seeing how i'm still evading ... class ended, I took a mini-break – only to return just in time for the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... Initiatives. Through MISTI, students can either participate in internship

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Design and Manufacturing I (2.007 in nerd-speak) involves two ... challenge that can always be met. In his lectures, he starts with a problem ... favorite guest lectures. I thought I'd share his background and some of his

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  and you can hit up multiple parties in a night, but i chose to stay at ... fantastic because i got to see a lot of teams perform for the first time in two years. mocha moves — for my 5th semester on mocha, i danced in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  temporary dorm in Baker House, and I walk into my quad. And now for an ... hope that I'm not in the room when they are put to use and I must commend ... myself calling everyone in my phone book to tell them i'm here and safe

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007