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• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  . (Hosed= MIT slang for “really busy.”) Some other things are going on too ... “First Year HASS Experience” (common humanities classes required for ... a study break for members of the class of 2009 to provide feedback

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  to med school. There wasn't any particular reason for this...I had ... sort of interdisciplinary field (neuroscience, for the record, is pretty ... about how it works for incoming freshmen, but... what happens in terms of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  Below is one of the robots I built for 2.007, MIT's extremely popular introductory design and manufacturing class: For reference, here's the first ... fun.  Here's a rough summary of the past few months: February It's the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  walker memorial. i have known this fact for at least a year, but didn ... played correctly you should feel like you’re moving in sync with the song ... than i’d expected to, largely because the learning curve for beginners is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  rush wilg bunnies inside this blog post

  

  ="attachment_79209" align="alignnone" width="239"] the theme for this dinner was ... in the house. (For any potential employers reading this, I personally ... for a year and a half spent elsewhere due to the pandemic. For a long

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had ... being suspended in this void for a few seconds, my legs swaying back and ... onto a lane divider, gasping for breath as chlorine stung the back of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  played tour guide of the nation’s capital. I had known each of them for a ... away at problem sets, preparing for exams, and pulling all-nighters had finally moved from the present to the past. But, for some reason, this wasn

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  I recently bought a pair of rollerblades for $8 from the Garment ... - why, that IS Ace of Base playing on my boombox! Tae bo, anyone?) - it's just that Cambridge streets are really more paved for those with slightly

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  test. -Learn to play squash for continuous time intervals longer than 15 ... the banner, for some unknown reason. Anyway, as much as I admire the ... Course 2 or 6 major for the rest of eternity, or at least until someone

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  stroking for the day, the real reason is because today was so cool, so ... listening to Sabar drum music. Today we got to actually play them: not ... ] "What did you have for dinner? '[whatever you ate for dinner

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Cornell and she is responsible for some of the biggest lessons that I ... ethnicity openly and honestly. Don't just play up the school's strengths, but ... academics for most minority students; it's about finding an institution that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  a younger age is not the right course for most students, for a select ... 'll for the most part treat them as any other application, but we will ask a ... completing multiple homework assignments at once? Do they play chess

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  cheer for her super loudly. Grace M. '24 and I trekked over to Kresge ... scattered throughout the crowd, and a few other fun outfits. It was one of many traditions for Premiere. "I honestly didn't realize there were so

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  space with an opportunity for something fun instead of sitting around: Let ... In third grade, my parents sent me away to sleepaway camp for two ... basically a whole meal every hour for a week. When I finally slowed down, they

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  question!   When I got an email last week from Chris asking for ... sort of fascinating when something you’ve been taking for granted turns ... that goes into making a mascot! For one: there’s a process behind

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  Finals ended over a month ago, so quite frankly, I have no excuse for ... back to California for a highly anticipated return home. I hadn’t had the ... with friends I hadn’t seen for months and pig out on foods I had been

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  Jellyfishing...GEL-ly fishing? Get it? Fishing for new GELs? Maybe it's too late for clever puns, but I'm posting anyway ... Stata Center attempting to do my homework for EID (ESD.051, Engineering

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the pressures that we put on ourselves. Each of us here has high expectations for ... for the tests was honestly the worst experience for me. I stressed so

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM ... 've known you for like a year and we've never actually met." "I know, you ... ) headquarters for awhile, duffel bag in hand. Seven hours of puzzling later, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  seniors all made fun of me and my blog, which makes them so uncool. Tsk tsk ... a tangent for a second, I have to say that one of my absolute favorite ... schedule for working the Registration and Help Desks, so you can come by and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006