Search

Search Results

• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  This entry was inspired by a Washington Post article about how the use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an indication of complete Americanization. The dishwasher is a rare kitchen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  ’d like to tell you a little more about Cracked. Cracked is a student ... thinkers alike. It is a conglomerate of undergraduates and graduate students ... creating a giant dustpan float (out of bicycle boxes to keep the theme) and

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  just curious, how much does being a Siemens Westinghouse Semifinalist and ... she graduates from but by how much a'better' person he or she has become ... on the SAT writing section debate, if there really is a debate, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  I think is a grammatically proper question, but not a socially proper ... Laura is gonna be taking care of it for a while. It's way too long of a ... a dialup connection and your computer is powered by, like, a hamster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually. Apparently a credit score is a thing that people care about here. The thing is ... credit card, then, is to get something called a credit score, which is a

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

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  into annoyance and dread. This is basically what happened with 18.01A and ... .08, Joe Steinmeyer, is a pretty chillaxed, funny guy who gave a pretty ... and I was able to follow along easily. Our lecturer is a pretty

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  little kids? Lemme tell you a lil' secret: They're just as much fun as ... Mobile." The bike looks kinda sloppy, but underneath all the blue is a large oak ... during the race. The creativity of all the bikes had a lot to do with how

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  provide you with a few thoughts on dating at MIT. I make no allegations of ... conversation I had with my grandpa before I left for MIT: Gramps: "Now don't be a ... like seeing that I expected to be studying a lot of the time. Would we

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  's formal. Brian speculates: All my buddies tell me MIT is for a bunch of nerds who have no life. Is that true? Can you have a stronger interest in ... Fisher is a political science major. We have an excellent creative writing

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  learning. Meaning that the curriculum is structured around a level of ... nobody went to her office hours and how she sat around and ate a sandwich ... understanding from the fabric of the universe is like pretending to be a salmon

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  Boston and Cambridge a lot. Newbury Street is probably one of my favorite ... outside of MIT. ...joined a beauty pageant. I don't expect much out of it ... opposite. Boston and Cambridge is such a social hub that there is such a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  shared a guest post by Sam U. '16 about how MIT helped him launch his ... stay organized while writing this post about Fireflies. Fireflies is a ... write a follow up in one or two days about how I used Fireflies to help

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  WTP is a women-focused program aimed at empowering students from groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a rigorous four-week summer academic experience that introduces 20 high school
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  honest observation about the person you're talking to is supposed to be a ... and bones", which is viewed as a sign of malnourishment. To eat food and to grow fat is a privilege afforded to people who had food in the first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  'll see), this project is actually very relevant and pretty much what a lot ... (although it just generally varies greatly from project to project), this is a ... lot of CS and/or bio UROPs are a part of a much larger project and a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  enjoy playing Ultimate Frisbee, there's a team for that! I can pretty much ... is a great chance to dive into some neat projects. I've been on the ... work on the next big thing! 2. MIT is a creative community. MIT students

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  lengths and formats). A Statement of Purpose (this is the experience I have ... fellowship is an arrangement in which financial support is given to a graduate ... this on my own; I often run with my friend Sophie '14, who is *much

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  just because I’ve taken a linguistics class and so now my brain is always ... bed makes you feel cozier than you've ever felt before. Love is when a ... finite amount of words. And love is felt differently by everyone. It is a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  go from there not being much of a [queer women's] community two years ... major, believes this is because there's still a lot to do. "Even within ... A little over two weeks ago, MIT's news office released a statement

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  is introduced at the beginning of a text (oftentimes in the form of a ... interaction a synthesis is produced that incorporates elements of both the ... is such a general model of change that some might even consider it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022