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• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  (and trying to decide if I can make the hurdle over the guy sleeping in ... the beginning of the rest of your life. I know that when I sent in my ... lot of time to figure out where I really want to end up. I'm actively

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad ... ="aligncenter" width="438"] I couldn't have done it without them![/caption] My team ... placing third, with a total of 103 climbs! I climbed the Green Building a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  problems[/caption] there exists Example: “There exists a future in which I ... mammals are dogs. I think this is mainly used just to sound fancy–you can ... has less power?” Explanation: I think you can usually replace ‘such that

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  always something you can do better next year. In Europe, where the electric ... US competition in Lincoln, NE each June. I’ve worked on five of our ... in different countries. While I could wax poetic for days about all the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  . (I'm still really bitter though. Grr.) Friday, 19:15 In the last 30 ... put it all in a safe place with the operator. I took a picture for your ... highlighters. Sunday, 3:33 I just walked in to HQ and immediately heard, "Laura

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Howdy Where are you guys going to live? Etc.

  

  . :-) I just saw Omar '10 in the Infinite and he mentioned that housing stuff will be posted soon. Drop a comment and let me know where you guys ... ! Thank heaven there's a selection committee - I could never choose by

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  has to say (seriously, go read it). But I wanted to hone in on the point ... him how lucky I felt to had the opportunity to do it. My dad, in his ... fortunate. This is the point I tried to make in my blog post Life is Improv

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  . My interaction with Prof. Silbey was in Spring 2010, when I took 20 ... serenaded a girl in the class. Now I realize my view may be a little biased ... people like him at MIT. I consider myself very lucky to be in the company

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  less. i have never ordered a venti in my LIFE. before we reached the ... i had a magical long weekend. a fellow rising sophomore friend, her boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  I remember those equally persistent summer days in Alaska, where the ... Summer in Alaska, I learned this July, is an exuberant, unrestrained ... , if aimless. I re-read all the Newbery-winning books I loved in

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  care of it by myself unlike in high school where I had the help of my mom ... in a less intimidating way, which I feel like email can be. I also ... mine 'NYC critters,' and I still have it tucked away in my bookshelf at

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  is some way to make this schedule work where I can take classes I enjoy ... abysmal amount of time[annotation note="oops can u tell this has been in the ... "]17.307[/annotation]this year. I'm leaning towards a concentration in

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In fact, today was the first time I've been back in my dorm for more than ... or concerts - last spring I got in free at the Angels and Airwaves

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on ... do not do justice to how Clay-obsessed some Claymates are. I don't know where Clay got the idea he could fill out a pair of leather pants

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  For five weeks this summer, I competed in dormspam-the-game, a series ... later in the post, when I discuss the rules for each game. I somehow ... small prize of $15. In my last post, I wrote about Game 1: Hide and Seek

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Rainbow Lounge Where the LGBT kids hang out.

  

  Back in the day (TM) when I was a prefrosh participating in the awesomeness that is Campus Preview Weekend, I noticed an event in my 500 page ... . (By the way, as you can tell from the number in the photo above, the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 23, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a ... ’re supposed to be working, we’re doing the work. I can figure it out… I think ... ’t just in “bad shape”, what if you’re incapable of passing 8.02?!? Me: I

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  that I can't resist sharing. If you decide to get up and practice ... Over one weekend in the fall (Splash!) and one weekend in the spring ... a whirlwind of learning. I've blogged about teaching at these events

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT-vangelion: Behind the scenes! how we made the Pi Day 2023 video!

  

  didn’t know that I was going to be in charge of this year’s Pi Day video ... ’s so many weebs in this school…jkjk” but then I was like “... unless ...   dimension: time, in the form of video frames. You can do fancier things like

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  , grayest, rainiest first two days of school I can remember. Fortunately, I ... hours in lab, and C hours doing out of class work. I'll go ahead and put ... in Course VI, and many people (Jessie included, I believe) count it as

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008