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• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  Adam had finished a 16.100 (Aerodynamics) lab. We got to Plymouth in time ... , even though it was pouring rain and freezing. I elected to stay in bed ... think dinosaurs are cool too.) After shopping, Adam's mom needed to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  class ranks or gossip or student club presidencies to get in the way ... , instead of just returning to school in the fall, you finally get to work on ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  with modular origami, folding [annotation note="great way to get started ... you turn to chewing on college applications. Perhaps you’re like how I ... think about the marshmallow in front of her, or how you’re not thinking

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  contributor's copy of How to Get Around MIT (frosh should use it, it's a good ... probably lead her to shoot me, and she might get me before I got her (in ... Before we get to the subject of this entry, we have a question! Xin

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list ... , I'm probably going to go back this weekend (and maybe actually get ... significance to me, because that's actually where I became a U.S. citizen :) In

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  ~. In a way, it feels like a dream come true because I’m finally getting ... (you can see this in the right). It was just so annoying to work with ... picture I used, a blurry shot of cars in traffic, was hard to paint. Anyways

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  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 ... : Peter Dourmashkin is a senior Lecturer who came to MIT in 1972. After

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  finish is good enough to qualify for Nationals in Iowa, so the team gets ... getting maybe one card a month? How does that change anything? Yes, this ... they were ranked to be in 9th place. They were going to Nationals. The

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  any German. Not kidding: I just googled 'how to say good-bye in German ... get to go to Europe for the first time in my life! (2) Teaching's funnn ... In general, it would be considered a good idea to know more than just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Don’t Eat the Hot Glass Five things you can’t eat in the MIT Glass Lab for “health and safety” reasons…

  

  forgot to bring food in a green take-out box from Maseeh lunch, and ... to thousands of degrees in the furnace. Talk about defective! I tried protesting that the glass must be jam-packed with the energy I need to get

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  more abstract purpose relates to getting us in the appropriate mental ... available to be hung in MIT students’ living spaces or offices. Students view ... sports? The answer is MIT students. In fact, I have yet to see an empty

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  plot. Stagecraft has to do with everything in a play excepting the actors ... things give the audience an easy way to tell when changes in time, location ... there are a fair number of ways to get that experience. Twice a year, MIT

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  about the things in your life that are cool and unique. Don't be afraid to ... , fervor, a fire in the belly, whatever you want to call it - is still really ... 't have to rub it in.) The bottom line is, don't be afraid to reveal what

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  March 2018. From September 2017 to August 2018, I lived in Auckland, New ... pay, so you’re supposed to file returns to get back what you’re owed ... . . . while, yes, I can still get it back (New Zealand allows you to file tax

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  8:02 pm I'm here in 26-100 getting ready to watch the 2008 Latke Vs ... "Sniviling" and "Snivility" and how it's a great thing to accuse your opponent ... scarce because of how hard it is to take, compress, crop, upload, and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  're going to do great things, and I'm happy I get to be there for the first few steps along the way," said Mr. Sahin, who plans to major in ... biology teacher Barbara Pittenger for inspiring him to pursue a major in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  emails in my inbox that were sent to this mailing list and pick out some of ... honestly, most of the quotes that get sent to this list have similar energies ... straight?" "Being a girl is great. I'm going to braid my hair and wear

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  shouldn't choose not to come here because you think you'll be able to get in ... culinary horizons!) Work Next week is my last week in the lab (which is to ... logs this information to Excel. It takes me about 10 minutes to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  's fair to call it peer pressure. People get interested in the same things ... taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a generally good principle: don't let other people tell you what think or how to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  stands for Independent Activities Period. From January 8th to February 2nd, MIT students get the chance to enjoy everything that MIT has to offer ... : Baseball (Art of Hitting)- “Learn the fundamentals of how to hit a baseball

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007