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• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  Achilles heel. It’s not for want of trying. I bake a lot; last summer I kept ... practical to know how to ask for help, how to focus on what you can improve ... . Hepburn’s recipe in the midst of some online meandering, and decided to give

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  was usually taller than them. After playing for two hours, breaking some ... for crashing into the moon."]hard-landed[/annotation], their success in ... Class of 2022 that is doing her masters at MIT for Manufacturing, was

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  if I thought DEAPS would be fun. Would it be fun or would it be a waste ... didn't for a few days. That's because I actually got busy with my UROP ... 't leave me alone with this oh for god's sake watch out for the 1000 dollar

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  played a part in that total happiness. So did the welcome event and ... famous hacks were mentioned. Hacks are the absolute best part of the ... ’t even looking for. Besides the two soda can holders, I was given a

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  to only play for ONE MORE POINT, when one of the freshmen went down ... Heisenberg operators for position and momentum obey an analog of Newton ... , took off my backpack, and worked on a Junior Lab paper for three hours

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  . Luckily all of the time commitments are fun so I'm enjoying it. Toy design ... paragraph: Woo-hoo! That means I won't be going home for the summer, I ... 50 toys down to 20. Our next step, after knocking our choices down to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  for assignment submission and grading. I like gradescope more than other online-submission platforms I've used. It comes down to the grading system ... breaking down each question, providing graders with specific components for

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  for Mystery Hunt. Now let me tell you why. I woke up Friday morning getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... Center where we waited patiently for the strike of midnight when we'd be

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT Goes To Senegal Like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, except with fewer filibusters and more dancing.

  

  : And finally, just for fun: here is a love song we wrote about Chocoleca ... 'm doing it. As an undergrad I played with a drumming group called Rambax, MIT's best (and only) Senegalese drumming (also known as "sabar

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  our health for the grade. The best thing we can do for ourselves is ... This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week ... anyone that does that). I can't really tell you how to best learn

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  , so I liked it quite a lot. It’s fun for some weird reason, and once I ... relatively rare. Generally, we would play frisbee as a warmup for a bit, and ... , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  critically evaluate the role media plays in my life. For the past couple of ... I usually reserve these kinds of posts for life-changing classes, the ... of 50) about their fan/fan culture experience form the past

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... %. What are the realities here? I know that while we plan for the worst ... MIT waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our ... know that while we plan for the worst, usually things don't go quite so ... still turn out well for you in the end. Who do you admit from the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  , you know you're still number one But girls they wanna have fun With ... . After a hard week of advocating for myself and my class and begging the 6 ... Friday to Tuesday. I found myself picking up a book, Red, White, and Royal

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  other things do you do for fun? Besides math? I play guitar and piano ... composing music and playing jazz piano for years. Another, who almost finished ... the best way to learn something is to teach it, and for me the easiest

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  Black Panther 2 comes out this Friday, and everyone and their dog ... simulations on an MIT-inspired neural network (i.e. after thinking about it for ... passion for architecture and civil engineering to prevent such tragedies

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  fun thing to do is go chairing down the tunnels! Cook for yourself for ... . Caroline has a passion for music and playing music. There are plenty of ... the fun things about going to college is having to relearn and adapt to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  explain yourself, either. There isn’t space or time for uncertainty. The college essay is yours. For more, see this writing advice from Chuck ... 50” college essays. I did that too much. As if comparing my work to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  , what’s your name?” We talked for a while. He said he’s from Texas and he ... needed to exchange last year’s light-rail tickets for current ones because ... for my number too, I didn’t give it to him. We talked some more, laughed

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015