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• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  's gaping maw ready to swallow me whole again. In other words... BRING IT ON ... something in the lot, Teaching English to a class (and watching them sing "I ... 's close and dear to my heart (working with Asian communities in Chinatown

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get ... time can lead to frozen pipes. Don't eat in your room – Snacks might be ... really weird when you get home in the evening. Close the door – I live in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The ... ’s founder! The IAB gets together about quarterly to talk about how the program ... Fenway Park, home to the Red Sox. In front of me is more of the Back Bay

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  flexibility in choosing your classes; you get to pick six electives from any of ... convince your GRT to get you a cat or dog and keep it in their apartment ... I wrote this in pieces - from Cambridge to San Diego, the train from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  what was covered in class and eventually i get it and i figure out how to ... 't be afraid to speak up! Lena says, in reference to my previous entry ... benefit in another...and what you're supposed to be doing at school is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  closer in the future. I decided right then and there I was going to get a ... top universities in the world is being right next to another one of the ... sure going to squeeze in all three.   The Harvard Social Enterprise

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  awesome time to be in, at, and around MIT. There's all kinds of art ... MIT150 art around campus seems to be in white. Could we have had some ... generally happy in the media lab: Har, har. Anyway, back to the matter at

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  . You don't get something for nothing. In addition to rerouting your life ... . Try to pick a place that fits you in the summer in case you get stuck ... the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  requirement in order to have friends. It's not a requirement in order to have the "college experience". In order to be fun at parties. I always hated ... often reflect how well you've learned the material in the course. Whether

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2005 Economics Nobel MIT's intellectual monopoly over game theory knowledge continues. (~9 pictures)

  

  , the 2005 Nobels in Economics were announced. Congrats to the two 2005 Nobel Laureates in Economics! -- and -- Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling. The Nobel website has a nice summary of their work on "conflict and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  ! Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in? How much can you lose ... you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course ... can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  until Regular Action if that allows you to get the rest of your life in ... , we want to make sure that any applicants so affected, now or in the ... be as flexible as possible in these situations. When you’re able to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  A few entries back, Lena asked "How did you get the job in the lab ... -- and when Albert's not in the lab, I get to take over his desk! The ... , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  . Exhilarating! Remember that scientific discovery you always wanted to discuss in ... . Start here. First, from fellow bloggers: -- On getting to MIT from the ... . But! Remember, remember the Rule of November. Try not to get entangled

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  want to get things done. i have projects i'm, in theory, excited about ... 't) want to be alone. two in a season of secondhand joy, i talked about how ... without me in it. I don’t want to get left behind because everyone else has

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  wanted to answer some of the questions I get the most, and provide specific ... . Basically, it’s training to become an officer in the U.S. Military. ROTC gives students the opportunity to complete that training while they are in college

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  whenever my Lolo couldn't even fathom me not getting in. My mom had tried to ... and over. I hate how sometimes my Lola gets frustrated when she has to ... my middle school and high school life was getting picked up in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  in this case being the 1E cats" - credit for caption and images goes to ... could get to Tangled without breaking copyright laws. Image also features ... 22, I went to see My Little Pony: the Movie in theatres at 10:30pm on a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  how to handle fucking up in a more real-world sense than I ever could ... be. We recognize your unique place in our collective transition to ... to interrogate my value systems and learn how to simultaneously

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  because, though I will always love and continue to practice photography, in ... took this class so I could learn how to adapt the photography gear I ... to convey to your audience in a 90-120 second segment of video, a clear

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023