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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  grapple with topics like how advertising is changing in the 21st century ... papers on pretty much whatever I'm interested in--my first paper was a five ... anime episode--and there is a challenge to managing that time in the best

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  advising group, a feature of RBA-based dorms like Next House. In our class of ... made this, so the magenta is also a carbon.But I don't need that name to ... Throughout my 5-ish months as a blogger for the Institvte, I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  spent in lecture. I will admit that this is a relatively low number ... 's healthy for my brain and GPA to have a little bit more "free" time in the ... tl;dr: Look how empty my Firehose is compared to the other bloggers

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  Some of you may remember that a few months ago, Snively and I, as ... show it to you, since the Next Big Mailing has officially been shipped ... Introduction to the Institute and serves a first introduction (or second, after

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  machines? How many are there? How much do they cost? At MIT, at least in ... without too much damage freshman year because, in a small role as a ... things to look out for in a university, and they're all great. But there

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  .R.R. Tolkien, Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is a language of long, cold ... of unshakable resolve in the face of insurmountable odds. It is, in ... a scene from Tom Stoppard's 1993 play Arcadia (which MIT is currently

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  ."  Luckily, there is a much lesser known law which states that "every bad thing that ... version of physics or math you take.  All that matters is how much you want ... do is guess which of the three things I'm about to say is a lie: 1. I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  note="i live in Burton-Conner and thus am free from the shackles of a ... good pizza. pizza has a low ceiling imo in terms of flavour so this is ... FLAVORFUL. silky kitchen is sulking in the kitchen right now. also a great

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  . The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games ... how to improve the litter removal process from highways. After a ton of ... because of my fractured and sprained foot, which is such a bummer because I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  One thing you can totally count on as a student at MIT is for Boston ... for a battle in a specific location. I instantly registered and made Dan ... bottle of bubbles Weather Intelligence: War is hell! There might be a bit

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  could have a contest, how much cultural enrichment can you get for free in ... tube in December, a huge envelope in March, and a bigger envelope in May ... ”, anybody? Anybody at all? Be a bigger band geek!). Every dorm is card access

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  I-20. I know there is a similar option in the International Students ... The fifth in a series... With less than a week until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  most definitely didn't have a gratuitously-added picture - in which I ... 's say you're a student who's interested in MIT, and you want to continue ... there is no power supply.* You'd be justifiably (not to mention, in this

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... ? Who do you think are the last 5 Cyclons? Is Starbuck a toaster? Is she ... ? Heroes: Is Mr. Bennet (Claire's father) good or evil? In an earlier

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  're talking free money). A lot of times the actual payment is much lower than ... work we're doing. Another picture is of Tish '10, a student in the MIT ... devoted to this dome. Oh, this is a lead-in to the hacking speech. "Harmless

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  where you’ll be attending college. In reality, that is such a small part ... good reason. There is way too much knowledge in the world to ever be able ... . What I get out of MIT is a product of the work I put in. Everything that

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  Suddenly she is in a magical, technicolour world Last week, MIT’s Professor ... ’re using a CRT display for whatever reason, the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physics ... involve pretty colours (always a plus in my books), but the prize was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? There is a free-food at mit dot edu mailing list, just for people who are interested in scavenging for free food in random ... that pretty much everybody is bilingual. No, really. A lot of people just

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  your messages! I will reply in detail soon. Thanks!) This has been a ... a daily basis. ;-) Back at East Campus, Greg basks in the "ambient ... lurking behind a pillar. Here's Greg again -- he sauntered in to enjoy the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  morning, again, and lab work in the afternoon. “Work” is a generous term, as ... ’s freeing, but it’s kind of a natural evolution. I am older now, in a city ... wind up skipping a day or two, which is why I never plan in breaks; I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021