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• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  's really not much else to say about that. Incidentally, are there some people who you always think of by both first and last name all the time ... the best way to talk about my life since I last wrote without publishing

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  for a place to sit, I named the following constraints: that I must sit ... cold to type, but hey, that’s the outside for you. The class I took over ... . If I’m going to study the built environment, I figure I should share

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  Ever wanted to sculpt a masterpiece out of butter?  Make a city out ... from across campus joined together to work on the worst possible ideas they could come up with. To celebrate the start of the weekend, a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  Alright, a quick peak out of blogger retirement today to share some ... 's very similar to Nintendo's other handheld DS systems but includes some new goodies. The first, and most notable, is the glasses-free 3D top

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  has been reported that applications to MIT for this year have increased about 6%. Midyear Report: The Midyear Report is on schedule to be released next week. The Midyear Report is to be filled out by all MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  , and I still haven't found a novel way to detail my first three and half ... the superiority or inferiority of crunchy peanut butter compared to ... the powers of Course 16 in the form of Raul '10 to back me up. Arun

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  forward to what is still to do. -- Goethe So I spent the Thanksgiving ... thing in the world you want right now is an acceptance to MIT. You ... it's good enough to take the place of all your future gifts. :-) I was

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  the first element greater than both of its neighbors" to "write a ... over the step to the front door—you! Hello, incoming freshmen! new ... . Truffles, nerf guns, chess. Chess with nerf guns. Come to Random. 8

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  It's been really hard to stay resilient through quarantine. I miss my ... to distract me, so I've been left to aimlessly wander the house, laying ... pandemic. In an effort to, well, not do this, I've been revisiting some old

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ’ve decided to do a post dedicated to my favorite number. Here, [latex]\tau[/latex] (the Greek letter tau, usually pronounced to rhyme with how but some people rhyme it with law) refers to the superior circle constant, [latex

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  , according to the program bio, "Music Director of both the Simón Bolivar ... . Feeling very uncultured, I went on to read that he was voted into the ... a little surprising - to read that Harvard recently awarded him the Q

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Batman Picks a Username learn from him.

  

  Trouble thinking up a good Kerberos username? Take some hints from Batman.

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  batch of them here, and I think that the time has come to do so again. A high school senior asked: I am applying to some schools in the US for ... are very different. It would probably be much easier to start with

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  with five- to seven-mm sides. Peel one large cucumber and chop it first ... I don’t get to make much during the semester, except on slow weeks or ... also places to buy food around MIT and some useful non-food things to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tour of Phonology, Part 1 fənɛtɪks ɪz fʌn!

  

  you're done here, you should be able to make out most of the above text and move on to the next section about phonology. Consonants There are three major categories to describe consonants: their place of articulation

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  universities in the world. Are you worried that you have no qualifications to ... being “open to people, places, methods, and ideas.” In order to fulfill this, the staff strives to promote educational opportunity

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  applying early to another school implies MIT is not my first choice. Also, it ... With Ben and Mollie recently answering your questions, I started to feel like a slacker... so without further ado, here are some answers to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  -edited compilation of notes from my cross-country train trip from Boston to San ... listening to: two people, one white, one Black, discussing race relations ... running two hours behind, although if the Amtrak schedule is to be believed

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  ="going to therapy"]soul searching.[/annotation] I ate toast with peanut butter ... , and nicked my nails trying to sand things. I'd like to believe that all ... metaphor?"]still soft and prone to damage.[/annotation] Since high school, I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I hurt myself again And again and again and again.

  

  inability to remain standing on my feet for more than a nanosecond without ... exam since my first 5.12 test over two years ago, I stuck it up on my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 9, 2009