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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  Institute for a bit if they could, some of us at least to the refuge of sleep and rest in our dorms, hopefully with forays into Boston for food (I did ... connection with the nation--I’m just traveling, for once in my life. While

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  fierce the cultures of MIT dorms can be. Also, for reference, this post on ... for good, MIT is a quintessential expression of America at its best ... nothing can change our commitment to tackling big, important problems for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  traditions. And to celebrate--and mentally prepare for this frenzied weekend ... in Brighton for $25 a person Scoring guest meal passes and eating ... drunk for the first and only time in my life Watching leaves change on

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  sang was a farewell concert for our graduating seniors. Last night we ... have changed in the past four years, mostly for the better, and I'm a ... month. I am so grateful for all of this.   I'd like to think MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  a fraternity brother, then worked for six hours, finished by 8am, slept for three hours, woke up, had a nice cup of coffee, called up my ... , and I see so much potential for how virtual reality could bring us

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  .004 lab and quiz to study for, a thing for my UROP I don’t know how to code ... throats and chests. “Life sure does suck sometimes.” “Yea.” It was $6 for ... creepy. I don’t blame him for being dubious. We talked more. About tour

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  "Codesign Studio" for short. It's a common perception that engineering and ... as any to remind everyone that MIT's ranked top three in the world for ... responsibility!) to be a champion for social change and human rights. Look at

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great ... 100% sure this is the right school for you but you have external ... to pick yourself up and redraw your life's trajectory for the next

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  moment, I’m supposed to be preparing for a 6.01 exam on circuits tomorrow ... convenient excuse for not blogging since February - it’s not that I’ve been too ... .06 (Linear Algebra) after staying up most of the night studying for it

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  A Typical Friday Afternoon on a Thursday Honoring the decades old (?) tradition of the East Campus Friday Afternoon Club (FAC)

  

  East Campus is unique for a wide variety of reasons. We build roller ... food item for the denizens of East Campus. Tetazoo takes FACs extremely ... Much FAC," where we made personalized cakes for each of the ten halls of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  : Kickstarter, which is today launching a new funding category specifically for ... help promote the 'useful arts,' the 'arts' is short for 'artisanship,' as ... at MIT. Of those who responded, 78% said MIT's reputation for making

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  (DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise specified, photo credit for this post ... dorm for all ~four years, communities are tight-knit and develop ... gifts for a randomly-assigned other resident. At the dinner, we make two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Events

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

  

  (Spark!) 3,000 middle and high school students descend onto MIT campus for ... . To practice, I e-mailed French House to ask for sample prompts. Every ... tangentially related to this"-->"Okay, I have an idea for how to begin, at

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

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

  

  'm doing great. I got ten hours of sleep last night, made oatmeal for ... Guthrie," I've registered for ceramics glasses over IAP, and after years of ... sparkle with intensity, and the stakes for everything seem higher, even

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  opportunity for a burger. Mr. Bartley's are awesome. Also, their sweet potatoes ... to New England geography...) to Cape Cod. We drove to Wellfleet for the ... the Snow Goose Gift Shop to ask for directions, but ended up talking to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  have any questions for me?" I came prepared but wasn't expecting to ... years ago I had mine for MIT, and I had no idea what I was doing coming ... school for at least 3-5 minutes, it's hard to tell whether or not that was

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  procedures for you (brought to you by Felix Sun ’15 and Chelsea Voss’15 who did ... Ballroom Dance team for the past 3 years, oh, may be two, since I was away for a year (I did ballroom with the Cambridge team though!) Anyway

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  . already. So without further ado, my top 10 excuses for neglecting my blog ... 2 classes for credit. I took 8.01L, which is a version of physics you ... students for a chance at a summer internship. Momentum was a truly amazing

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  most hilarious and zombie-affected pages of my physics notes for October ... will always be more. Basically, you start to see this: For me, the ... 's hard for me to believe, too.) It has actually been finding the balance

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  right now, I'd like to discuss something that's been on my mind for a few ... Timeline. Timeline allows for your friends to basically scroll back through ... bothers me. In the beginning, Facebook essentially served as a platform for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011