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• Blog / Challenges

  miserable and magical oh, to feel moved

  

  everything is in place. i can let everything around me slip and then catch it ... can stop everything in my life for this great blue and then, when i feel ... sorrow.    my last words stifle in the knots of my throat, so i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  in the “e-mail” field when leaving your comment so I can get a hold of ... . Hello, my name is Snively, and I’m about to get hit in the face with a ... After a lot of searching, I’ve discovered a video on YouTube that is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  study...uhh (something in the media lab I don't understand), for a year ... employ some different tactics in addressing this issue. In my free time, I ... might see me in person) is the clever hallway trick of, "I don't remember

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  Since I last posted, I got one year older (waaaaay back in October ... parties I've typically blogged about in the middle of October? And the exams ... , not a crippling imbalance in work-life matters and how I deal with them

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  saturday at 10PM EST - East Campus courtyard, or 42:21:36.025N, 71:05:16.332W ... which enables women in poor communities to "get back the eight hours a ... are being transported to clinics in remote locations  ...and a

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  sentences like "I have 6.001 in 10-250 at 2:30, then my Course 9 UROP in ... Auroux, who is a simply outstanding professor. I was actually IN THE SAME ... legendary (how many classes have YOU been in where students gave standing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  but stressful, oftentimes [annotation note="i ran speedtest.net in my ... advance them at a snail's pace. i made a point last fall in only bringing ... pad and acoustic guitar, though i've kind of fallen in love with the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  not THAT bad. This craving is just strong enough to make you go off in ... treat that you could ever dream up was in this case, but one item ... it belongs in Plato’s theory of Forms; it exudes the very essence of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  (yet, unproductive) break. The weather only aided in the inevitable procrastination, as it was 70 degrees with cloudless skies all weekend! I plotted my ... accomplishment. a. Cambridge Community Center (CCC): I'm a member of the Boston

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  The other day my roommate and I decided that there was a flaw in the English language. I'd point out flaws in other langauges, but my mastery of ... taking a crash course in conversational German in preparation for a trip I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick update

  

  midyear report. Q. Can I still send in extra materials? A. While it is too ... I guess the folks who staff the phones in MIT Admissions received ... . Q. If selection is over, can I have my decision? A. The selection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  I miss having in-person meetings. I can’t just wander through the ... -flung meeting in the rain. I want February 2020 frozen in amber. I want everything ... things this fall. I’ll be living on campus in Simmons with a handful of my

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  slices. I wasa in charge of mixing the caramel mix on the stove. Then we ... MIT is hard. Seriously. That's why we have study breaks. I know that sounds weird. Trust me, I remember coming to campus for CPW and taking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  that I haven't yet found a rhythm that works for me in terms of finishing ... turn it in ten minutes before it was due. Like...where is the middle ... them and feel like I have numerous holes in my understanding of the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  it because I was running 3 miles on a treadmill in the Burton ... last time I used it) but, thanks in part to the Undergraduate Association, MIT now gets Comedy Central! Do you know what that means? I can watch

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  , like Firefox with adblocker enabled. In that case you can click here. ... two solutions. Here’s a huge hint, in black text on black background, so you can only see it if you want to and you highlight the text:  

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  're interested in watching Lulu, Kim and I graduate, you can watch the webcast ... . Let that sink in for a minute.) All I know is that this morning, for the last time, I put my Brass Rat on facing up. In a couple of hours, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  take to disseminate in Haiti at the end of April. I'm working with Anila ... train their workers on site. So today, we're in Haiti. I don't know what ... make sense of all of this in just one short week. This is what I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can first-year students conduct research?

  the world. MIT offers research in every field you can imagine, and students in all majors and all class years (including first-year students) can participate in research through the Undergraduate Research
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  gulped down the wetness in the air like I imagine a fish would if it, and not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my ... Washington, and I'm from the valley in Oregon, so we feel the same way on days

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012