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• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  having fun A: or something A: so you know how this guy passed by B: yeah ... myself from saying that because i'm normal, haha A: in a sense aren't we ... "we're all trying to act normal" isn't weird A: we're driving in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  frequency in get-to-know-you questionnaires), so I was still a little ... plushies. Then, when I was in fourth grade, my best friend and I learned how ... ’t picked up my needles for a loooong time. One day, though, I was in the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  felt pale in comparison. This is a reflection of how my memory works ... 've learned to appreciate how much of the Institute is its people, but I've also ... the street vendors selling bananacue? That street lives rent-free in my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  included in one post. Instead, in a conclusion that is longer than the body ... first semester of college is done. Its climax reminds me of a promise from ... this soon. In the meantime, here’s a puppy. :)“ This semester, I found

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  skills is maybe printing a haphazardly CADded moon on TinkerCAD in my junior year. My only experience with coding is AP Computer Science A, a ... me is sad to let go of the prospect of being a bioengineering major, or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  world, where I am much more comfortable. So, my job is to design a system ... Science and Technology Initiatives) is the umbrella organization for a lot ... ://web.mit.edu/misti/mit-spain/ (which just a few months ago was a much uglier website, nice job on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  -cream events than I really should! But despite how much of MIT I soaked in, I only covered a pinprick of what was in store for us. And to everyone who ... count over that weekend was in the single digits and I still remember a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So @mitblogs_ebooks exists 'as you might know, i am a full time internet'

  

  actually did. Here's how: First, I wrote a crude but effective scraper in ... line to a text file. Then, I cobbled together a tweet generator in Ruby ... , rolls a D20 to decide if they should be SHOUTED IN ALL CAPS, and posts the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  slow-cooking ribs at least once a week 2) My Google search history is ... being a student at MIT is like. You should interpret this mandate ... authentically. We can’t write about what it’s like to be in a Sadoway

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  attack by swiping down. So a bull market is one in which the market is moving up and a bear market is one in which it's moving down! But back to ... -Lab is. This one's a nice overview. I'm too sleepy to add much to them at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  express to the world what being a student at MIT is like. You should ... ’s like to be in a Sadoway lecture, or planning stuff for REX, or UROPing, or deciding how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  how to design and program a robot. They learned that by jumping in and ... Higher Ed, the best thing a student can do is whatever will advance his or ... Championships in a few days, I thought I would share a bit of my experience with

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  hours in between. It makes for a nice lunch/blog update time.) Today is ... love New Jersey, for those of you just tuning in.) After....a lot of my ... is a non-stop party. Oh! One more thing about Orientation- the coolest

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  competitive enrollment is the IAP beginner glassblowing class, which uses a ... aforementioned obligation that will try to monopolize my IAP… • 18.02A– This is a continuation of 18.02A in the fall semester, during which we finish learning

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  have free in-dorm storage. I don't have a complete list, but if your dorm ... room is a triple. It’s on the 3rd floor. ~~~coincidence?~~~ Yeah ... ) CPW is this week, so if you’re a prefrosh you’re likely going to be

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  't be able to catch up to these kids and as a result, coming in with no ... pretty sure that I'd love doing the work, no matter how much there was (I ... "peasant" analogy... people would talk about how "elegant" a math proof was

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  a group and cooking for yourselves on rotation Free coffee in select ... 15 in less than a month. But the problem with meal plans is that they ... Dining is such a fancy word. Think of the different mental pictures

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  , would a higher math score help my application? How much?" Ah, another ... provide a link? amrik wrote (in response to my post on the Clark medal), "Is ... institution. Just this weekend a friend who is in graduate school at one of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  My grandfather used to tell a "story" about how when kids came home ... September they reminded me to take a moment in my discussion each day for the families since this process is a tough one for them too. I took that to heart

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  material. It is, in the big picture to me, a tradeoff. In comparison to last ... be done in terms of this city, and got to have a much-needed week off ... ’m improving as a person both in and out of the classroom. At the same time, I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018