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• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  the list we made in this post. Come up with an idea for a project ... and ask a grad student who works in the same area if he knows when said professor is usually in his office Check back later that day at the time the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  know what I hate? I hate MIT. People who get As are a**holes." ***** Girl ... kid out of a public high school in Salem OR, was the difference in conversation-snippits that I caught as I passed by people. In high school I was

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) A ten year ... admissions authentically, but we can’t write about what it’s like to live in ... classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class, and so forth

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  't speak more than a large burrito worth of spanish, but here's what I ... . :-) BUT I had to share a particular incident with you today as I was walking ... *")----->O/H---->OH--->Two components in liquid rocket fuel--->EXPLOSIVE action. I can almost

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  at that. But in the interest of full disclosure to you guys, I should ... kids in my county, I wouldn't be a straight A student anymore. Only that ... important thing in my life. Sure it's a priority, but I'm living and learning

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  'm essentially copying and pasting the post I made in my personal blog a year ago ... that), what if I have a tube, and it's just too big to fit into the ... In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  All Hallow’s Eve You're never too old to trick-or-treat...

  

  's ignore that. This is gonna be a quick post mainly because I half ... , and I still have some other work to finish before sleeping. For the ... looking both awesome and silly in front of a TARDIS poster imported from

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 1, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  looks like that. I hadn't been to a baseball game in a while, and I ... place one week at a time. For me, each week is like a round in a boxing match. And this week, I went down hard. MIT landed a good right hook and I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  assignment, most dorms have an In-House Rush where you choose a hall or entry ... you can't live in an FSILG until you're a sophomore. Unfortunately, in ... , for that matter) of Dorm Rush. As a result, they aren't quite sure what

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  'm sitting in the observation area, I pull out a notebook and begin writing. I ... second dose of vaccine—I am sitting in a large open hall: concrete floors ... time in over a year that I have been able to sing with people, in person

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT in the news MIT research and hacks in Time Magazine & The Economist. (P.S. Bono visits!)

  

  semester, a class I profiled here. Last week, Time Magazine announced ... . In the photo essay that accompanied the article, they showed a picture ... -- I blogged it here. Also in this picture is Rachel Glennerster, the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  Design and Manufacturing I (2.007 in nerd-speak) involves two ... studied Engineering at the University of Havana before coming to the US in ... , he returned to the US in 1960 because of the Cuban Revolution. Before

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  carve out the inside. Still unsure, I timidly stuck a petite knife in ... better in dark with candlelight shining out, but as a first-timer, I did ... stage in Kresge, thanking Pres. O for a great opening act - he was one

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring break Q&A: Part 2 where I FINALLY answer the rest of your questions :'D

  

  Thanks to everyone who left questions in my Q&A! I haven't gotten ... rest of those in a fresh post here.   Unfortunately I'm not a ... 's legal. A few ideas: Chill and play video games. (This is what I did

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  [ETA] (I have actually seen snow before. MIT students are not actually so dumb that they don't know what snow is. Except for Keri. Who lives in Florida, anyway??)(No, don't answer that.) Dear Bryan, I woke

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  what's cold. Dinner ended a little late on Saturday, and I wasn't able to ... , Evelyn, and I went to check out some of the exhibits. Now probably one of ... , so multiple visits are encouraged. I know I'll be back in the fall for

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  hosed I could barely remember what day of the week it is. No, really. Several times lately I've found myself saying, "So a couple of weeks ago ... , so I really had no idea what day it was. I've also walked the whole

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  mushrooms, I include them in almost every meal greens: I buy a mixed baby ... normal definition of the word, but it's what I would call ragu in Russian ... , since I'd never seen fresh chanterelles in a supermarket outside of Russia

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  what I had due this week: Monday -- nothing Tuesday -- 21A.260 paper on ... So depending on a) what major you are, b) what classes you choose to ... interesting rather than what's easiest. So, of course, since I exhibit

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  decided I wanted to be in an instrumental group and a vocal group. I didn ... them. I knew I didn’t stand a chance of getting in, but I ... Chorallaries had turned into a desperation to be in an a capella group. Next, I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011