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• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  problems you haven't seen before. If I couldn't solve a problem, it was ... really understand on a practical level what they meant. You never forget ... there were in fact parts where I should've gotten partial credit. Now, if

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  cj: does it wayne: nooo you're marching, like, go a little forward and ... bikes i just don't like riding them. have i told you how i can't ride blue ... more. why is this so hard wayne: you know that if you like, point your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  confirm that quite a bit has been added. As of right now, however, here is a ... ="aligncenter" width="169"] "of course you guys won't even get a normal mini fridge ... down a pinterest-boarding, wishlist-making, room-blue-printing spiral. By

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  major? I'm not sure what the point of a major is. Was I social enough this ... could really be. Of course, "I'm not sure" is a valid thing to feel. Life ... . There's no way for you or I to know right now! And I'm okay with that

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  far away.  That is, it is about a mile and a half down Massachusetts ... really bad sense of what is near and far from us).  But today is a ... a tour of MIT, I might be giving it to you!! Come say hi!! Also, I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  's Knowledge Theorem: if you want to learn more about any topic, there's a world ... you about it. Exhibit A: If you've been following the election at all over the past few months, you know that there's been a lot of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  works for tons of people; I'm partial to the setup of frat rush, where you go where you want to go without four solid days of alphabetical order ... first year at MIT is for us to get over ourselves. What's that, you say

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  amber above the Seine.) I bought tickets to a jazz club and walked there ... , all old things returning.) We walked to a boulangerie and ate the best pastries I’d ever had: croissants, a baguette, a squishy thing, a glazed

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  that I hadn’t actually carried any cash or card. Mind you, Target is a ... Every day at school feels like a delicate balancing act that is ... Everything. This is just me being a hopeless perfectionist. MIT has forced me

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  know this. And it's not a great feeling. What is a great feeling ... unsuccessful, my advice to you is to make your next 2-3 years at your current college the best they can be. Like most things in life, what you put into

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  ZigZag 10 A new episode of MIT's video podcast, hosted by me. And there's mariachi.

  

  about their groups. Check it out! WARNING: The host (me) is wearing a ... get it automatically in your iTunes, you can subscribe to the iTunes Podcast. If you'd like to subscribe and use a podcatcher other than i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  if you do have a spelling error? It's certainly not fatal, but it's something to avoid if you can. It's unlikely to be the difference between ... students who talk about taking "discreet math." Is this math that you do

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

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  !"]tenth floor[/annotation] of the Smith Center, where there was plenty of room to ... libraries lack. I've been to Harvard dorms where the whole thing feels like a ... Cross-registration is one of the most amazing features to exist at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a ... , and lightning. I haven't seen a storm like this is ages - it's like the ... to the other 88% - have faith that you will find a wonderful place and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  you which one the lie is. Two Truths and a Lie ... So I guess telling you my name would be a good place to start: Bryan ... 's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Rewriting my Blogger Bio more like brutally revising i guess

  

  ="yes, everybody can tell that you are a freak obsessed with final fantasy 7. i guess ... release, [annotation note="thank you nisha very cool"]like this is not a ... 's cool is that I can now attribute the changes in myself and my interests

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  creation. I guess the trick is using cold-ish chocolate, otherwise you’d melt ... How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  is that they create a comfortable space to ask questions, which has ... deep satisfaction like no other [annotation note=" yes bread is a meal ... . Most of our dinners are [annotation note=" Injera is a sour flatbread

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Little Pieces of Living january & february & march & now, april

  

  Bank, where I held a brain in my hands and then watched a cutting. It was ... In January, I came back to campus for IAP and got to do a healthcare ... completely outside of my skillset -- this is how I ended up learning C

  • by Sara N. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  certainty is wildly oscillating. You can not compute the derivative of its ... Center. The view is wonderful. Noam Chomsky has an office there, so that ... , the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning. WW Academy is a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016