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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  "dramatic lemur," and how some unnamed "people in the lounge" were concerned ... justice to how...I don't even have the words. Seriously? That kid was ... 'll all come together in the end. I promise. I have a gift for this kind of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  same week, and in some cases the same day, and I felt overwhelmed beyond ... break. So, with second semester in full swing, I had about 5 midterms in ... would have. That Real Analysis exam really changed the way I viewed tests

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about using spell check for that. More often, I see spelling errors in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  to 34 hours (source). In this post, I’ll describe my (also wildly ... members gather in the kitchen for a fun study break. I will blog more about ... ” MIT class is 12 units. This may mean 4 hours in class and/or recitation

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  interview at 3.45 PM. Now do keep in mind that I went to sleep at about 4 am ... of logistical issues like housing, etc. So how do I go about finding a ... So I will elaborate on this entry later this evening, but for now, I

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  . Considering your work course load and everything else you do at MIT. In short I ... as the club. I can see 50 cent or Alisha Keys using that floor in a new ... : Floor in Popular Science? Hi – I’m an editor at Popular Science and I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston becomes Pottersville The MIT area is full of celebrations for the release of "Harry Potter and the…

  

  geeks, and thus you might be asking yourself, if I went to MIT, what would I be doing for the big release? Let me tell you about some of the ... either -- two references to 10 Things I Hate About You in less than a year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  on bold ideas that I find MIT instills in students so well. His Hacker ... you to see how strong the connection is in Nigeria!” he told me, and laughed. The last I had heard from him, Hassan had been in New York, so I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  as much apple juice as I want, as often as I want, in whatever size glass I want! And now, living in a dorm where I am in charge of my own ... -constructed roller coaster going up outside my new home. I wandered around in awe

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  ’t know that most Jewish music was in Hebrew or Yiddish, and I didn ... ’s the third). All I knew was I wanted to be in an a capella group, and since Techiya was the only one I got into, it would have to do

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  tiles, and I laid in bed and watched for a while. Some mornings also ... + piccolo) below the seat in front of me just the way I was taught by countless airline stewardesses, and went back to sleep. In my dreams, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  people or how to chameleon in various social situations. I have a lot of ... 've been in a while. Sometimes I'm afraid that I'm not 'MIT' enough to blog ... - Fundamentals of Ecology i.e. everything I've ever wanted in a biology class here

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  of the early pool, I must say just how difficult it was to narrow it ... regular action. It would be completely impossible to predict how many ... While there's no delivery of post today, I can assure you that the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  ... myself. (Movie trivia #2) I was born in Queens, New York and I've lived in ... US Army Officer (Adjutant General Corps) where I learned how to jump ... months) and a son due in early January. I've always been interested in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  admittedly a bit optimistic on my part. The mornings I had physics, I would ... Something I learned very quickly when I first got to MIT is that our campus is deceivingly large. Freshman year, I made the unfortunate decision

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  Boston.) Last January, I took a Spanish conversation class in Madrid with ... ’s gotten pretty large, so I’m putting it in its own category. Through this ... will be doing this IAP--January Scholars in France! I learned about JSF

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Power Tools at 2 AM A typical MIT experience.

  

  considered trying to move to East Campus for awhile, but in the end I decided ... unfortunately, I would like it to be officially known that whatever anyone else ... I've been on campus for over a week now, which basically means that I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... . Born and raised in the states, but I still love pupusas and fried yucca ... presence must be very prominent in all of the US. And then, I get here to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  me this email about a talk titled "Let Me Punch Your Robot (or How I ... ?!? 8. Lastly, taking in the beauty of Boston On one of my many runs, I ... Fear Of Missing Out or FOMO. I think that's the best way to describe

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  based on how familiar with the person I am, how much I know about the topic of conversation, and how much sleep I got the previous night. Not ... ), but it does get frustrating very quickly in new settings. When I took my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013