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• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  Museum of Fine Arts (MIT students get in free! Can't beat culture for free ... cause the student to shrivel up like a bacterium in Lysol. I remember ... experiment in lab, I chose the experiment every time. I didn't go to night

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike ... is a man beyond description. He has been known to compete in dance-offs. He is a man with fashion sense to rival your own. He gets his work done

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  've acquired a number of t-shirts in some shape related to MIT. I then realized ... in 3 flat to find something to wear for school. Exhibit A: This ... over the other proves to be a mind-clearing activity. So while stuffing

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  . there’s one short scene i want to talk about in this post; it is probably ... probably screwed. in other words, by the time he knows to look for the other ... without looking at the keyboard. this is a wonderful state to be in because

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  happened to Jon '11. So, "critical point," how does that fit in? It seems ... , realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the ... ? AB --> BC Calculus in high school is designed to take about a year

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  ’ve spent the past fourteen days traveling back in time to the blissful years ... subconsciously continued to have this faith in my wellbeing. Of course all of that ... incredibly lucky to have my aunt with me at the time. Her instincts kicked in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  much depth and motion she's able to get in such little time with charcoal ... piles up and I get hosed. I know how to make bold strokes; I just need to ... [/annotation] major at Tufts and invites me to a life drawing session the other day in a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to ... . Dan wrote, "Will I get to meet you at MITES?" Yes! I'll be around all summer, and will get to meet all of the cool MITES, RSI, and WTP folks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  'll try to get funding, but bring some money along in case I can't. It ... to do it, how is that even hard!?" Matt and Ben were skeptic. I was ... in 1.5 hours gets their picture on the wall, a t-shirt, free hot dogs

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• 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 / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  closely in 21L.009 Shakespeare my Freshman year, so I was I excited to ... ever written in the English language, nobody has ever even come close to ... loves her some frappuccino, so we decided to get right back on the T and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  going to get that chance. So apply to some colleges, get in somewhere, go ... was thinking about how to diversify their class by race, income level ... 're getting in - admissions rates are at ridiculous lows - but throw your app in

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  It's been a while! I fully apologize for not writing since getting to ... number, size, and volume, to the point that people in China can almost no ... housemaster Roe, the floor convened to discuss how we would deal with similar

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  in paint, approximately how i cut the π[/caption] I had to cut it in ... out I don’t have to be perfect in order to be happy with what I do. How ... to be, and gives an example of how some people in Floor Pi used to play

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  elaborate ruse to get me off campus. In a very "ahhh you got me!" wag of the ... .01 forces you to really get what's going on, a quick scouring of the formula ... Calculus to the three space world we live in. Covering everything from

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  I cry. When my kids perform in the 2030s/40s they're going to hear ... Aeneas. We studied this opera in my music class, and I was excited to hear ... my music class, we listened to his Overture in D Minor and Sonata No. 3

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  the hundreds of meals in advance, regardless of how many you actually ... once a week, I get to eat with the brothers whenever I want. Being the ... backpack after leaving the dining hall. Not sure how that keeps getting

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  : Snively, Since you are used to getting up early now, go out to the Boston ... in the morning is amazing. Then go to Bunker Hill and climb the stairs ... have been a waste of the energy required to get to the top of the hill

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• 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 / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  physically building things. Even though I would love to learn how to construct ... according to MIT News) it was a huge success! My photography skills are less ... the event justice in this blog because of my general inexperience with

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014