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• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  communicate ideas other than “you can integrate a stress tensor over a surface ... barriers, on a scale where Level 1 includes talking to Intro to Linguistics ... guess that's okay. BPAFOSIPIDC: No, your ID is fine, but you should renew

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  efforts will henceforth be unceasing. If there is a personal fate, there is ... . They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful ... springs from happiness. There is no sun without shadow, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  . ** Hanging opposite Kevin’s multi-rotor is a guitar. He can only play two ... comes with a slew of other “you-bet-you-can”s, which includes adding extra ...   You’ve probably heard this a million times in various

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  Here is a picture of Allan's room, snipped from here: He left this ... 's no reason for me not to begin, all i can do is stare at it and want to ... , sometimes for worse, but so often for the better. see you in a few weeks

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  pie is a zero.” The protests were immediate. I think there was a ... information in order to make a decision, but there is no substitute for ... 10. There were a number of things that went through my mind in that

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  humanities, social science, or language teacher. Additionally, a letter is ... these letters from the people who know you best and can advocate most ... of recommendation. In some cases, you may ask a teacher who you
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  exist as a digital copy in some stranger’s pocket. I can’t tell if this is ... can’t help but be impressed all over again. This is the sight that ... Minutes or Less: Wear a black long-sleeve shirt. If you only own grey

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  if I can really pinpoint where it first started but I definitely have a ... student athletes (or as much of a student athlete you could be at the age of ... to the point where I simply snapped and said "If you're so fat, then

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  in the tunnels as you chugged along, like a dinosaur diorama showcasing ... three dioramas every single ride. (There were some days where I'd refuse ... scents of Random and took it all in again, I felt a bit wistful. There was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  exposure times. the way Artemis works is that you write a small operating ... together and input to a script which runs them automatically. So, you can let ... and results deduced. today, i am observing at Artemis, which is a 1m

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  week. The thrill of solving a puzzle is just awesome. Obviously, I can ... Well, Mystery Hunt is in full swing, and let me tell you, it is quite ... with a small group of peopole when one you suddenly has an ephiphany and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  yeah, here is how to (im)properly get an independent study, a sequel to ... Find a few potential professors (preferably including professors you have ... grad student said, and see the professor is not there For the next two

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  , basically a program where you pay a lot of money to live on a college campus ... working and spending time with friends & family is a great option, one I ... high school where I actually got to fully dictate my life." There were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  So in case you didn't know, there's a eclipse going on. A total ... is, you know, eclipsed. Therefore I am going to declare all my photos ... , there you have it. The last total lunar eclipse until 2010. I'm currently

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  pretty much anything that you and your thesis advisor (who is usually a ... prove that all of your tooling has made you a better thinker? For most MIT ... (requirement can be fulfilled by an “Advanced Project”), Physics (if you are 8B

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  " "Kittens always hungry" "How can you tell if you are underfeeding your ... " "Kittens getting a belly" "How do you tell if you are overfeeding your ... ft in the air raising a ruckus just because they can talking to me like

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to take. 12.409: Hands-On Astronomy. It's a 6-unit P/D/F (your options are: pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  heritage; in fact, there is a Canadian law enforcing that the regiment can ... ), from certain streets you can get a beautiful viewpoint out over the rest ... Montreal. Montreal is pretty easy to reach from Boston and as such is a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  number 4: This is where it starts to get really good. I'm hoping the MIT ... with a company I am CRAZY about! Stroud Consulting is a relatively new ... oppression. Waker was a fun way to spend my Saturday morning. If you try it out

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  , but it's only a lie in the sense that it can't be truth, because truth is a complicated thing and no one statement can ever capture ... prefrosh are here, so I need to put on a smile, because MIT is supposed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022