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• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  . Lausanne is a very Olympics-oriented city. The IOC is headquartered there ... lived in a boarding house in downtown Lausanne. There was a lot of ... remnants of a temple, or maybe a marketplace - there was a sign that said

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  allowed five pages. I am convinced that there is an inverse correlation ... with finding what you need when you need it. Images can be difficult to ... cheat sheets is no walk in the park. They can take hours, predominantly

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge ... Battlecode real-time strategy game. This is a one-month hardcore coding skills contest for both beginner and advanced coders. It's a programming project
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  mystical utopia described by the admissions blogs. IAP is a truly magical time during which absolutely nothing is expected of you; ironically, you ... go abroad, or work, and there are a few unfortunate frosh who devote it

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  . Garnish with fresh thyme, and add roast beef for a yummy meal! (you can add ... 'm too lazy when there's a lot of assignments and exams - i really only ... rice to get the consistency you see in risotto) 1/3 can of beef stock (in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  find out that you there was even a full major at MIT in both writing and in literature. . . . If you like great books and great writers, there ... surprisingly varied and always strongly their own. You can be sure that when one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  for Mystery Hunt. Now let me tell you why. I woke up Friday morning getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... me the hardest time was: "NDECOINI" Let's see if you can figure it out

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  's perception of science is changing. I was wondering if you could spend a few ... one that is very near to my heart." Random astronomer: "Can you repeat ... 're a meme!) and I can report that it is truly bizarre to watch Neil de

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  dances! All you have to do is move to the music." No. Not me. I'm the ... standard songs got played, people danced, and then there was a dance off ... I'm ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh** Well, I kinda wish I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  to Boston, where, as you already know, I went to LeaderShape in an ... relaxing. The reason I wanted to write this entry is to show you all that ... a classroom project, a cool new toy, an internship with MISTI

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Sulinya Ramanan Sulinya Ramanan '10, "hometown hero"

  

  Spackenkill Student is a Youthful Leader April 28, 2006 By Jeremy ... mythology, since the fifth grade. "The footwork is intricate and there are demanding facial expressions because you are telling a story. You blend both

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  the first floor with a window facing. I wonder if there is a chance that ... light is broken in suite 106, is there any way a bulb could be replaced ... the morning. The ground is shaking and my head is pounding and it's a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Quad Life four girls become roommates, hilarity ensues

  

  worried about getting put in a quad, there are only 10 on campus, all ... issues, and all I can say is that we figured out how to be friends. Fancy ... chairs and a lamp, all we really want to do is fall into bed and sleep and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  I warn you: this is a depressing entry. Last week I finally finished ... some questions. So they threw in a generic thank you to the people at ... author of the book is basically a complete jerk (from New York, no surprise

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How many students play sports at MIT?

   club teams and dozens of intramural sports available. Whether you're a potential Olympic contender or if this is the first time you've ever thrown a ... With 33 varsity sports teams, MIT is the largest DIII athletics
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  it this far :) I can't wait to meet some of you at CPW! To those of you who don't get in: Take a deep breath. It's okay. In my psychology ... for giving you guys a psych lesson :( I just want you to know that it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  people sharing a normal-sized kitchen is a bit rough, so we stored some ... house can't see where exactly the bottles are, so sometimes when we'd open ... tedious to outright AWFUL and i'm still recovering from struggling through a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on Web ... for a while.] The double :-( :-( is my Friday. 2 - 4 pm ... -speaking countries. Materials are from Spain and Latin America and include films, short

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  university. All hope is lost for the latter if you can't do the former. Of ... year, a number of our programmers graduated, and there was suddenly room ... who would otherwise never have met*. *This is a story that could have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  is so worth it to take a few extra seconds and truly understand what ... you speak. While asking questions is great, thinking for yourself has ... felt silly, lol. 2 microliters is clearly too small a volume to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011