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• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  for making the material so interesting and the class so fun, and I meant ... some point. For many, it comes first semester. This is why MIT provides ... (if you got a D or F)."]P/NR.[/annotation] For some, it comes second

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  wind chimes for a while, Joe demanded that the cashier find the very best ... secret room in the back and found a display copy for us to play with in the ... ("Do you want to play with anything?" "Y-Knot! (homonym for "Why not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  fun! Although there's technically a prerequisite for this class—21M.301 ... a kid, my dad would play me a few of the classics—Golden Slumbers, Let ... had written "Come Together" as a campaign song for Leary! Getting sucked

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  Catch reruns for 14 hours a day. You could easily become a Facebook addict and surf your friends' profile pages for 14 hours each day. (I know, I ... their time. Students here work hard and play hard. During the year, they

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...

  

  this year - what's your new year's resolution? Best wishes for a safe ... Happy new year everyone! I'm hanging out at my sister and brother-in-law's new house, enjoying the snow and festivities. (By the way, for those who

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of ... down in your work day in and day out. Of course, CPW brings out the best ... number of particularly impressive hacks throughout the weekend. For

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  . Many different acronyms have been invented for the word "finals," most of ... library (for the quiet more than for the books), completely unaware of the ... examples: Maddie '11, after staying up until 5ish studying for 2.001, gets

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  even made a playlist before, and my voice isn't really the best for ... very alone and yet speaking to and playing music for an unknown audience ... [annotation note="a job that involves setting the schedule for each season and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  IMDB'd it before writing this blog. Fun fact: under the space ... , hazy sort of fondness that I usually reserve for Dali paintings and ... . -Discover Mech. Engineering concluded with a Battle Royale of home-made soccer-playing

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  November Rule. I recommend these posts for more reading/information on the ... student body, this post is one that I believe may be useful for high ... world. This is unsurprising for a field (again, stereotypically) devoted

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  delicate and costly red glass ball at the end, and send it slowly shooting ... for gloves, but you’ve had worse chemicals beneath your skin. You chip ... there is class you’re only somewhat late for, where you are spoon-fed Mat

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  talk about. The sidewalk is level for a while. And then it leads down ... to a bridge, which leads to the Broadway station on the Red Line. Overlooking the bridge are some parked Red Line trains. photo: alan z. ’23 We

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  Netflix for eight hours and it's completely acceptable because, hey, at ... to present to my peers, the rationale for this being the intensity of ... ?? feels like i’ve been here for an eternity"]two-ish months

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  for you to drink. There are men in top hats playing carols on trombones ... girls, and sleeplessness. I did my best. I'll do it for you, too. Write to ... the weekend drawing, cutting, and gluing together my first project for a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  the circumstances. I spent the last two weeks studying for finals, taking my last possible final at the very last possible time for Harvard ... out of the dorm and into a fraternity for the summer and have gone

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless ... shopping there And when I was about to buy soap, I Reached for the three ... -bars Of soap can last me for five semesters But I say, that's the magic of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  thanks to my prefrosh George for being really independent and finding his way home at 6 AM without my help, to Kristin R for her wonderful (if slightly awkward) compliment at Meet The Bloggers, to "Joooliyah" for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  ...viscerally uncomfortable. Is time real?? I've already lived at my current house for longer ... beyond anything that could happen in current times; we were dancing for ... Prudential Center, and even though it was 40 degrees out, it was really fun

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  operations officer for Boston NROTC. So what did it cost me? 1. Academic ... in training for a triathlon before the semester started. That stopped ... class seriously. I’ve wanted to get back into music for a long time (I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  me a curveball: what do I do for fun. MIT may be known for its academic ... definitely saved time for fun. Case in point: daycations. I consider myself an ... grocery store, in July. As for running, I don’t have many pictures of that

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010