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• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  , running a quick setup test for a UROP, filling out a when-to-meet, things ... expected to feel refreshed, ready for a round three. But it’s not happening ... ="973"] stealing inspiration from a friend to use microsoft paint because

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring of advice from a wide variety of students and alumni and brings up a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  A couple days after the blizzard, I walked around campus and took ... : -- <3! (full credit to whoever built these!) -- P.S. I'm currently scrambling to finish the Sketchbook Project (introduced in this post), and this

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  over the other proves to be a mind-clearing activity. So while stuffing ... '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

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  to get. Usually you can buy older editions of textbooks for a lot less ... ! That's CRAZY! If you're going to be taking the General Institute Requirements (a.k.a. introductory math, physics, chemistry, biology

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  like a shame to not try anything new. So, I had to adopt some kind of ... /No Record is a great time to do this – to adopt the “I want to be busy, but ... of mind: activities that cheered me up on a bad day. I also tried to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  you submit this list to MIT, where a computer puts everyone in a dorm ... of desired roommates, likes and dislikes, et cetera - to put you in a ... Dorm Rush, a throwback to the way the housing system used to work before

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse ... , Mass. -- MIT scientists have brought a supercool end to a heated race among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I-Rop, U-Rop my contribution to the future of medicine

  

  the Google Alert. You can set it to email you whenever a certain ... alert. After opening the email, what I began to read about seemed like a ... research is trying to accomplish is to design a device allows for high

  • by Bryan
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  without a way to recover my saved passwords in firefox (my partially ... here is a puppy for your trouble: If you just skipped directly to ... firefox to remember my password to login to the MIT blogs website. I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  Being a student at MIT can sometimes feel like drinking from a fire hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage the water pressure. They are a friendly and easily accessible hub of
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have ... are also a good chance for you to learn more about MIT from someone who ... these conversations are a way for you and for us to learn about each other

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  , my friend Diana and I thought we'd take a little trip out to Haymarket ... advertising auditions for a show on WGBH, so we decided to follow the posters to ... getting snapped at by a vendor for analyzing the fruit too much, we began to

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  that my days are a constant stream of checkboxes on my To-Do list; i ... THICC 5/5 cannot be described in words 😩 (lol MIT is not a bad place to ... 1, it sounded fun, and 2, it contributes to my Chinese minor. i did a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  - Debt Capital Markets (DCM) Where? NYC Details: I get to work on a ... . note: Yes, he is a boy. And he is a boy who gets to hang out with ... physics behind a new radio telescope array that is to be built in the radio

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  . See, reading is a huge part of my life. My mom used to beg me to put the ... library and pick a random book off the shelf to read. Since this activity ... ), so comment away. I know this is a lame way to blog all summer. So ask

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  "Special Edition" cards, adding a little something extra to a few of the ... anytime I need to draw a beaver. 1 of the cards has my name underlined ... will stop . . . the world," a reference to Dr. Horrible (look him up on

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  to stare out at a skyline that looks back at me. 84 hours left of what ... Boston. It was a miracle that I ever made it to the airport in time. Then ... storage unit delivered to the dorm easily beat a stressful, last-minute rush

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... to blog. Here's a quick summary of my last two-and-a-bit weeks to prove ... to Rohan'15 for this gem of a conversation I'm about to share: Rohan

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk ... , but I did =) Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the event, BUT I will be at a formal on the 33rd floor of a building in downtown

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006