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• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  At the beginning of September, I moved into a new house! It's 10 ... a long, tedious process that I wasn't a part of since I had class from ... dozens of movie nights since. We do still need another couch, however. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  feeling rising in my mind that I've forgotten how to put in words. Fu ...   On Friday, I'd had it. I was coming off of one of those weeks that will just run you absolutely ragged, and at around noon, I snapped

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  's okay, I'll just NR it" or "Don't worry, it's PNR" or even "Do I even have to take this midterm? I pass with a 40% in this class." PNR ... , stupid frosh to make bad decisions. I've been sticking to a relatively

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

      (Photo credit for these two goes to Julie H. '11) I was amazed by how ... traditions that outlast any particular generation of residents. I live in ... love and hugging. I was Secret Santa to Caitlin '15. We share a love of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  Last Saturday, when I should be working on a model of a performance space for my architecture studio, I got a call from my friend saying that Lifehouse is performing for free across the river. I decide to take an

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  So yesterday I saw the first real snow of the season!! (come on, the snow on November 21 wasn't "real snow" - it melted all before noon!) I ... SAT class of the semester, and I suddenly saw specks of white fall from

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

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM, so I only made a couple of phone calls, but I really enjoyed talking to ... . It was pretty funny when I looked at the sign-in sheet and saw the name

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  it is," and I'll agree. Then he says "I as an artist can see how ... scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Going Home We're halfway through MIT? o____o

  

  , rice, and vegetables :) --- It's 6:45 AM, and I've spent all of ... )). My 24-hour journey back to Taiwan begins at 9:30 AM and I'm heading off ... semester I had (and coincidentally, also with the worst grades - if you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  spot of all time, but I did lift the title of an obscure yet underrated ... the country, it's about time I was allowed to blog. Read on to learn of ... this so I can talk about the MATCH school. It's one of the many Community

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  “PUSH IT PUSH IT.” Immediately, we both just grinned, because how can you ... beyond the *literal* shuffle-shuffle-i ... on sand. You didn’t realize it would be as hard as it actually is, but

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  out how to pickle herring! "In fact," McCormick continued, "I looked in ... In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and became obsessed with the word consilience. I loved all of my classes

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions: Thursday 12/16, 9pm EST On Thursday evening, our admissions decisions will be online.

  

  mail, carrier pigeon, or Nekobasu special delivery (though that would be ... be mailing necessary materials to admitted students, cylindrically. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  up. "I would tell them to have confidence in themselves and to push ... valedictorians? If you knew anything about the Burfield twins, it would have been a ... other one win, but I think it's a healthy competition," said Taylor. Their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Update from selection We're working through the weekend towards admitting the Class of 2011.

  

  , there would have been no need for the winter jackets, or any jacket ... work continues. As I've said, prepare for the worst and hope for the best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  for rising juniors interested in helping people. In this entry, I will list the ones I know with a brief description, and then I'll write a ... participated in it last summer. If I have forgotten any, please let me know

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  all tied for the most correct, with 6. The mode was, I believe, 5, with ... Korea would defeat Mexico in the World Cup Challenge final. Overall this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  one of the breaks today, Stu, Amy, Mari and I headed over to the Student ... just what one would expect to see at 11:30am on a Sunday in the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  : the rule does not apply to freshman-freshman relationships, but I ... take, and I agree with pretty much everything in this article, but I ... course of a few weeks, you have to learn how to deal with classes (which

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  opportunities - Moscow, Russia Fast facts: I don’t really know how this happened ... 27,960 miles flown. $0 spent (by me). How? Through purely anecdotal research, I have ascertained that MIT has one of the best global programs of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019