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• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  finished the psets early in an attempt to carve out three days of ... into a sprinkler while making an impossible dive for a Frisbee.) (I ... Remember that time when I was an RA at nerd camp? Here's what I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  , money earned and spent (mostly spent). In fact, I often conflate progress with quantifiable successes—exam scores, for example. And sometimes this is fine, but in the last few months, I've been trying to step away from

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  scholarship. Premeds are, of course, advised to major in something they like for ... 're interested in course 9, it's a good choice for medical school! And luckily for ... Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  Mass. Ave, swathed in darkness that small glowing arcs from streetlights ... whistling through the air, striking fast-paced pedestrians clad in sweatshirts and unfeeling bulky vehicles whose owners are lost in thoughts of their

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  sitting in the kitchen at 6am, one hand writing an equation to show that the Heisenberg operators for position and momentum obey an analog of Newton ... Nov 3: I ended up in an ambulance, then at Cambridge Hospital, then

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  've almost conquered MIT. I don't really feel triumphant in an IHTFP way (the I ... before I move away from the East Coast for a while. I saw two Broadway ... story of Japanese-American internment camps, and featured an entirely

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Saturday Night in Simmons it's so busy here tonight [i really need to study or go to sleep]

  

  ! These guys are responsible for so many amazing chalk murals in Simmons ... sleeping or studying. I do actually need to lock in for my two finals next ... new shoes for Gatas [explained below] that this would make a great blog

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 15, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  bombing and are both in serious condition, at ... the tragedy that happened in Boston this Monday, knowing full well that that may never happen. My heart is broken for Boston and the victims of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  name of the fictitious character who often takes responsibility for ... never claim responsibility for hacks. Think about it- it really adds to ... in front of you in 3.091 lecture was up all night rigging up clever

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  opportunity I have to pitch an idea to an organization is an opportunity for me ... This year, I made a spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine. The magazine was released in May, but I was hosed, and now that I am hosed but in a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  activities for the past two weeks have been working during the day, working at night, and squeezing in doctor’s appointments wherever they fit. Helpful ... muscles which had begun to rust in place... We arrived at Lexington just

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  I am double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Biology, with a double minor in Biomedical Engineering and Economics. Who does that ... grandpa shared an anecdote of his childhood with me that I think really

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  landlords care about. I knew all this, in theory. I've known for a few months ... A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually ... , for the longest time, I thought the idea of "building credit" was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  (or 36 units in MIT talk) this semester! But it’s still an immense ... -is-becoming-pretty-standard hard And waking-up-in-time-for-your-9am-class-that-you-slept-through-consistently-for ... The last time that we blogged about our academics was in June. We had

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You’re Still Our No.1 :) less than 2 days left!

  

  " and the second one "Experiment."" -an embarrassed '12 "Can anyone help me eject my device?" -an embarrassed '11 guy --- Good luck with ... !) --- While we are on the subject of speeches - for all to-be valedictorians

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  John Harbison is teaching the undergraduate class 21M.304: Writing in ... an impulse buy of some Star Wars: Episode III valentines the other day ... tonight, I noticed that none of them are really appropriate for showing true

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  Love in Lincoln Park, Chicago - Beaded Art[/caption] For months before I ... in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again ... recap of what I did between graduating and becoming a full-time artist (in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  six minutes in maseeh dining

  

  there are five dining halls at mit but only one (maseeh) is open for lunch on weekdays:  

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women Rock All sorts of folk, and folk songs too.

  

  that there are all sorts of folks at MIT. For example, there is no ... have terrific gender diversity for a science and engineering school. The ... disporportionately male when compared to the college-going population as a whole (in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  "wet and not-so-hot." It's quite an experience to be in a place where the ... an interview. The interview is a great way for you to add another ... 're going to get an oral quiz over what you learned in high school physics

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007