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• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  multiples of three were a good rule to follow, I tried the 15th floor first ... , elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of ... particular hack was done to honor the 50th anniversary of NASA, which was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  holiday entertainment. As planned, we took a trip to Downtown Boston (first ... Sunday evening, the missing denizens of First East began to roll back in ... Note: this one is dedicated to the expectant EA applicants. Hope you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  certificate first.   Some of our programming readers might be interested to ... thinking about the branching paths we choose to take (or not), or how our new graduates might consider their obligations to their fellow humans. In a way, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  .    Today I am going to offer my advice on how to approach the interview. First, it is your responsibility to arrange the interview. You ... interviews has changed (though Stu's advice on how to prepare for it remains

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  . Walking to the other side of the first floor, we pass by several common ... . Even before MIT announced its decisions to keep the first-years off ... first years to virtual dorm communities in the fall

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  library windows.[/caption] Next, I showed up to the first meetings of my in ... like my thoughts can be pretty weird. Maybe people mostly come to these blogs to see what fun stuff the bloggers are doing; maybe they don't want

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  enjoying my first day off in quite awhile, and my blogging should return shortly thereafter. I'm pleased to let you know that we're on schedule to ... , March 17 or Tuesday, March 3/18. Decisions will be available online to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  I'm always one to celebrate the more obscure holidays. After all ... importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  get back to my p-set. First, as the title of this entry suggests ... of the game is to forget that it exists. It's one of the most popular ... whom is about as obsessed with xkcd as I am, so he showed it to me on his

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  Hey guys! Remember me? I used to blog and stuff, until I became so ... I do have a few quick things to talk about. So, our good friend Ben ... so strongly of this that I had to buy it for him. (Seriously, Five

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  a while since I put any pictures in this blog - I want it to be ... is it! First, there's these photos from the UA retreat, which was ... this year), decided that it would be fun to put a wooden rail between two

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Wheel To Rule Them All one small step for boy, one large step for nerdkind

  

  guys probably want to hear more about the man behind on the machine. Normally, I like to write rags-to-riches posts in which students struggle through weeks of continuous all-nighters to emerge baggy-eyed but victorious

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 10, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  cynicism related to one's job; and c) reduced professional efficacy. Burn-out refers specifically to phenomena in the occupational context and should not be applied to describe experiences in other areas of life.” - 11th

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  "]CPW[/annotation] 2020, except it isn’t. It’s the first day of CP*, a virtual answer to ... Dear prefrosh, Today, Friday, April 17th, is the first day of ... this event. We’ve all done our best to pick of the pieces of a scattered

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is ... ; soft fluffy powder (you NE folks will just have to imagine what I mean ... my disappointment when I'm eagerly waiting for a huge storm to blow in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  should arrive very soon! In the meantime, please don't forget to register ... them to call as soon as possible. There's more information for parents here. Update for Waitlisted students: If you would prefer to email us

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The first time I ever went to New York City it was to ... does the average MIT student have to watch TV?" Throughout my first two ... , there's nothing like coming home to a pot of boiling beef stew and this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  biked to D-Lab to weld. I’d started a new project two weeks before finals ... was scrambling slightly to finish. On the way, however, I passed people ... [annotation note = "residents of Random Hall, the soon-to-be last bastion of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  ):   Blogger: Me First song listened to in 2018: "m.A.A.d city" by ... ; Blogger: Afeefah First song listened to in 2018: "Young" by The ... First song listened to in 2018: "Meant to Be" by Bebe Rexha and Florida

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  alone at all. Your first adjustment, then, will be to prepare for the ... five days, thanks to the fact that I have the first six seasons of House ... centimeter of precipitation - enough to finely coat the Earth's surface with a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011