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• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  's something that particularly interests you (of course there is), chances are ... the sentence you've all been waiting for: life is full of ... building in Cambridge. Continuously. “Gee, that sounds like a bad idea,” you

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  application. There really is no hidden message other than: "I smashed a bunch of ... finish one of these last night! Borderline is a project that started in ... giving credit where it's due, you should check out the official site and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  kidney donor; at any awards ceremony where the winner is expected to give a ... gratitude gets overlooked. There have been many moments where I felt ... say “thank you” to the bus driver, so how can “thank you” also be enough

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  . After all, there are only so many days I can get a less than optimal ... This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this ... 6 – 7 hours a night. I know there are those people here that don

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  simply a formality. Oh, and sleeping is overrated. Here's just a quick ... and CSAIL for a tour, which is when the fun actually began. This is where I encountered "The Group". For the last several months there has

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  life when you do.** All this is of course a lot easier said than done ... often very good quality. I think there are a lot of people who can do very ... they are. You can say this or that school is better in this or that

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  dining plan where you pay a set fee in the beginning of the semester and ... amusing note: the Conner-side elevator in Burton-Conner is broken. There's a ... something... Being a blogger is a lot of fun. People (like Noah '09

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  , where I’m living for the summer with my partner. Campus is 40 - 100 minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... ’t quite compare to a remote and private location that you have to clean and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  a dorm where there are kitchens down the hall from every room. If ... -smelling room is either: a room lacking any perceptible scent, or a room having that has just a slight fragrance. Avoiding bad smells is pretty

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  open, and there is someone at the front desk who can help answer your ... MIT as a living being, where the Great Dome is its heart, and the ... ="Overlooking...Chipotle."]new office,[/annotation] on the second floor of a new building, E38, which is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  . Small things add up here. Where you study can make a huge difference, for ... you can determine that, the better off you'll be. 3. A social life is ... . 2. You actually need study skills at MIT. Okay, so this is kind of a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  , and otherwise fulfill me. So far, I've met a *ton* of companies. I can ... in the end they want to know the same things: who you are as a person ... actually come up to them and asked, "Do you have jobs? Can I have one

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  take a minute just sit right there I’ll tell you how I became the ... Square (I know, I know….give me a break, my title is long and I’m not a rapper) In Piscataway New Jersey born and raised In the backyard is where

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  temperature increase below 2°C. What Can You Do about Climate Change? It is ... result, would waste the chance to produce a lot of food. What If You Can ... :  70% of the world's fresh water is used for agriculture. Almost a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  Building. There was a pretty plaque to go with the cannon. As you can see ... decided to have a little fun with Caltech. You see, Caltech has this famous ... fire it at important events. Guess where the cannon is as I type this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  know that there are four different states your interview can take on the ... helpful to us. W: Because you live somewhere where we don't have any ECs ... , compared with 22% who choose to have an interview. The reason for this is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  who have come from a high school where they were always A1 -- you can be ... , where I definitely got a very traditional liberal arts education! There ... 't really be a hacker -- I can only admire what my students do. What is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  ", or "root-level" friend is one that you personally know and like. A ... _hacks/ (SIDE NOTE: If you're a web developer, please please please, don't make slideshows where you have to click to load the next page for a single image

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  some of a few of my "firsts" here at MIT (There's many more, but this is just a few.) But instead of just throwing them at you, I’m going to show ... do a great job of describing life at MIT. They’re all creatively

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  My first blog entry! Let me begin by introducing you to MIT World, a ... collection of almost 400 videos in its online collection (you can also find it ... , peacemakers, and scientists - and even a physicist who is a poet — Frank Wilczek

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007