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• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  much progress I can make if I consistently go to the gym for a year! I ... how realistic this is, but I really want to start emphasizing healthy ... year Perhaps $5,000 is a bit ambitious. I've never been good with money

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  regret how I spent my undergrad, but rather that it is a modality of living ... , in a sense, they're both oversold—the truth, I think, is unsatisfying ... seeking, a question to which there is no right answer except the one which

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  blogging momentum is really hard to start up again after a certain point. I ... at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC is a massive particle ... these exotic particles is a bit like staring at a Jackson Pollock painting

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  a classmate calling studio “a time warp” – you just don’t know how ... that you have a general spatial understanding of where studio is, here ... – that’s how I function. Using a stool to press down on a drying foam

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  project, how you helped overcome a difficulty encountered by the group, or ... personalities enjoyed their experiences as a student here. They tell us how you ... chances are. Getting admitted is not like handicapping a horse race or

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  how seamlessly I incorporate these links? I am a blogging genius. Anyway ... --spaghetti against a wall. The whole thing was just fantastic--the best part is when ... Last night the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club sponsored a demonstration by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... phrases?" and the inevitable answer is "yes"--because how else are you going ... we using something around here?" "Is it a can of paint?" "Is it a can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  I'm not going to lie; being a senior pretty much rocks. I'm only ... things like a bed and a mattress and a microwave. Furniture is expensive ... , but they mostly sell said textbooks at a much higher price than other

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  the field, at present, is that a bunch of different perspectives each ... entirely taming that chaos into a neat and comprehensible form is undoubtedly ... this is all just a thought experiment..") and then you then look to the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  runs. Freshmen are assigned a temporary room The room is almost always ... temporary room. Don't unpack. (A good strategy is to pack a suitcase with a ... dorm. August, a few days after that -- The readjustment lottery is run

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  , apparently, is a lot of much bigger questions. Questions like, “what does it ... because I like knowing stuff (which is still true) but because I had a ... only pick one, or a few. How do I choose? The more I think about it, the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  loveallurfriends <3

  

  ’t over until my last meeting is, up to 12 hours later. This isn’t a ... impossible. All relationships come with inbuilt upper bounds, which is a fact ... with someone is a commitment, in a similar way. I will be there for your

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  Nights) but still. You can imagine how therapeutic it was. A week ago, I ... outreach." I thought that was really nice of him. Anyway, this is a short ... a much more accurate representation of everyday life here. My friends

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  , is taking a little bit of adjustment. Speaking of adjustment.. This ... intimate setting. How intimate? Questions I ask in ESG classes on a daily ... miss, because Dr. Berkwoski is hilarious), but attend a recitation in ESG

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  to say, was a little wistful. Like how Tim Gunn cries at the end of ... while going over a bridge, and how Mitra basically carried my sore legs ... could crawl inside and run around under a spray of water, and how I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  The college admissions process is often compared to dating. It's a ... you've made a choice that is right for you. The only thing we ask in ... , learn about their lives, fall in love with many, but can only choose a few

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  -hello? Cheerful guy at the front desk: Ma'am, there is a taxi waiting for you. Me ... good to breathe. As much as I love MIT, it was a relief to get away. I ... be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  application. Is that possible? In addition, how much emphasis is placed on SAT ... ant06 wrote, "is it okay to get a recommendation from a teacher who ... -of-state schools. How important is class rank in terms of MIT admission? If my rank

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  ! 1. It is not a test. I'll tell you how much we ECs know about you as ... is really not bad at all), just over a quarter done with my third year ... become -- --- OKAY, so there IS a point to this entry! Here it is

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  "Running Store" category for the past 5 years. I'm not sure how much competition they have in this category, but a winner is a winner. The store ... obviously not prepared for this. This was on Boylston, which is a pretty busy

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005