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• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  --which is where I wrap my hair in a T-shirt and just let the T-shirt absorb ... case that is greatly preferred actually). I typically use a T ... Supercuts or whatever. In the summers I’d get a buzzcut to stay cool, and my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  because I was able to appreciate what I have in my life in a way that I ... Anne Liu and I spent January 7th through January 17th in India on a ... . Traffic in India is bumper-to-bumper in a very real sense. Take a big road

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  in McCormick Hall for about six months. At that point I decided I ... . Also it's back in Los Angeles in a dumpster somewhere. The new toilet is ... like the surprise when I tell people I'm doing a calendar called Ben

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  'm told is currently a super hot topic in astronomy! The goal of the ... eclipse is observed by a big drop in intensity in the light curve readings ... colleagues verify that the observatory has equipment that is good enough to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  project is already a lot of stuff, so I wasn’t sure if I made the right choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing ... Beijing” post, because I realized that I hadn’t been to China in six years

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  APs?..and how do i calculate my GPA?..in my HS we give a take a set of ... school course load. Is that bad? I do it because I am really type A and I ... ; however, I have not turned in my Part 2 yet. Is that a problem? In addition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  know, do have more to say than what fits in 500 words. If that is you, I ... application, "Please keep to a 500-word limit." Kevin says in his blog that 650 ... interested in schools that i believe would prefer a strong background in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  the sky. I asked myself...is that SNOW? And then I felt some white ... SNOW!" Haha, I guess this is what happens when you come from a tropical ... deadline. So my roommate Zach and I suddenly remembered that we had a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  first CPW, too, and I can tell you that the sheer quantity of options is daunting (in a good way). Luckily the level of enthusiasm all over campus is ... I know you've had a lot on your mind this past week, so I understand

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  this being my last Reg Day set in) -- I think that's a very important ... said "I know about that having a master's degree in the pure sciences ... is getting his master's in course 6 (EECS) in June, and has accepted a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  playing a game that is impossible to win.  When I was in middle school, I ... that I was a little loud and a little awkward in high school. I spent ... In high school, the boys didn’t like me. A friend suggested that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  player has a built-in playback speed adjuster. That means that I can listen ... class so I could sleep in. That’s OK, Joel, you’ll survive - you can get ... MITx. Then, in early November, I apparently concluded that I had not

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  now that I'm here, I can verify. They are, in fact, different. I could ... giving his students free tickets to a show he's playing. How rad is that ... work on our next 18.01A pset, so that's what I'm doing next. Thanks for

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  a few days). Sendie asked, "Hrm... how many apps do you usually ... already, right?" We evaluate the applications on a rolling basis: that is to ... an individualized process. Ej wrote, "I love it that iTunes is playing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  am. I don't know how I did this 2 months ago, how do you pack up everything you own in a few hours and still get some sleep? Laundry is tumble-drying in the bexley basement. I went to a movie tonight called Vicky

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  I feel like doing is sitting back for a bit and letting it soak in. I ... , how I'm going to China for a week over the summer, how sometimes I feel ... with life, how in less than a month I will once again be reunited with

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  learned how small of a world it really is, I also learned that to learn what ... short version is that after a summer spent questioning my major, I decided ... in my field during my year off. In India, I worked for a think tank

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  actual firework sent into the sky is a 12-inch shell with a diameter of 1,500 ... how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th birthday and doesn't have a party? I know I'm gonna party when I hit 375 (or

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of study abroad programs are available?

  spending a summer in China or heading to Spain during the month of January? How about combining a study-abroad experience with an internship in ... Interested in studying abroad for an academic year in the U.K. or a
• Blog / Challenges

  Disaster Relief .

  

  mountains, the humidity sometimes, and I always explain that Sichuan ... speak with a flattened dialect, like this, I say. And I say I'll take them ... you can donate directly to the China Relief Fund, here. I hope

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 13, 2008