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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members as possible and decide whether or not they'd like to live in a ... have to spend with a single fraternity in order to get a bid is almost

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was ... because the woman standing right in front of me got to take home the ... ! Those are the disco balls in space." My turn to be totally astonished. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  't get to walk in 2021 for my SB, I did get to walk in 2023 for my SM ... names is to just get married in MA."]more name change paperwork ... spent my time anxiously waiting to get vaccinated for COVID, doomscrolling

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on ... how to totally rock at life. Also, she goes to MIT. Correlation implies ... DID YOU KNOW? There are at least two KISS cover bands in the world

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  flight to los angeles to [annotation note="dope, right??? i get so many ... was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in ... are no trees and the sky is so big. i've lived in new england for the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  order to not to hurt my eyes so, in a way, the new hobby is a rebellion ... and how to raise better children. In other academic news: for the first ... the privilege to interact with the new cool kids on the block. Can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  ’s similarly unfair how only 25 people get to take that class each year, how more ... lot of my friends in industries like big tech or finance openly admit to ... fulfill me in different ways, and i need all three to be really happy me

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  freshman student, I decided to jump in and get started on problem 4, just to ... MIT, you might be left wondering just what it is you've managed to get ... happy to tell you and as I was reflecting late one night about how fast

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  get in touch with and reach out to. Not necessarily directly after class ... does it really take to get in and whether or not I still have a shot at ... Laboratories in New Mexico, or the Los Alamos National Labs. These places tend to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  to new ideas.”    In Peter’s response, Peter discussed the value ... went on to ask how they had felt the teaching of Physics has changed in ... meditative to get the soil in your hands and I like that a lot,” Peter said

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  . Either way, there are inevitable going to be four sleeping people in the ... which books to use, but how to find other equally awesome books, journals ... , introductory paper to the major collosal paper due in December, just like four

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  and, like, get your PhD in doing that. 6. Why bother to photograph and ... about Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is most appealing to a common cricket? 5. How can we best improve our nation's economy? 6. Why bother to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  , though I could write an entire post in Japanese if I wanted to. Maybe I ... out to New Hampshire to do this? Wouldn’t it have been a lot warmer and more convenient in a classroom on campus? Well sometimes I have to leave

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  restauarant Mitra introduced me to. There, they'd be talking about the new ... prototype ready in September for people to ride across the city. Eventually ... project organizers really brought in the community to take part in building

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  college’” “Lol no way, why work super hard to get in there when I could just ... , Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... science programs and a history of sending students to big schools. In group

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  good idea to live in a quad because I'd get to meet three other people ... family/friends aspect and making new friends =)" Moving away to college ... , 2003: Bryan boards flight 382 from Houston to Boston. So I get to my

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  the one purchased. Or they could. To paraphrase: "We'll arrive in time ... before they get here. Then they need to rest." Have you noticed that this ... weather EVERY year exactly when everyone wants to get home.) I'm sick of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  time we also just go get food together or go to the movies, but all in ... ). So just in case you don't want to watch the entire video here are a few ... actually loved a ton! It was basically just a writing class on how to write

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  easiest way to get a UROP, most people will be more willing to hire you and ... , preservation and restoration of early films, and (c) produce a website to draw in ... Apollo Landings, the role of the human and automated systems in a new lunar

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  in the how-to-program sequence (after 6.0001, which starts at the very ... were frantically scrambling, trying to figure out how to sign up for classes. My friends going to university closer to home had all signed up in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019