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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the biggest is people who do not understand how to drive on the Infinite ... each direction. Of these two, the one closest to the wall is the lane for

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  opportunity to just have fun. Students at MIT have launched Camp Kesem, or Camp ... expanded to 22 campuses in 14 states. Camp Kesem at MIT, founded by Caroline ... . The program is open to all children ages 6-13 in the Boston area. I will

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  ! If you're not, well, to quote Phyo '10, "GET PUMPED!" I didn't get to go last year, so I'll be running around pretending I'm trying to decide whether or not to come to MIT when really I kind of just want to eat liquid

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  As you know, MIT is embarking on a mission to tackle the world's energy and environment problems. Today, I've got two pieces of media to check out relating to this mission. First, there's a new episode of Zig

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  The other day I was walking back to Next House when a leaf literally ... 't just a leaf.) It was something out there trying to tell me that I need to wake up, buckle down, and work. Which means I need to stop fooling

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  Why oh why would I ever go to Agawam? (These could potentially ... did not travel to Agawam for this reason. Instead, I went to an old man dance. He danced to a diddy called "Welcome to Six Flags New England

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  're about to head off to college, and you're thinking to yourself, do I need a ... disclaimer now that I'm a spoiled first grandchild and thus, I did go off to ... equipment to keep track of LAPTOP The Pros: - Mobile - Lightweight - Can do

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  While you guys are waiting for decisions to be released, here's a ... sort of territory with my blog, but I think it's directly relevant to ... interested in what you have to say about this. I'm referring to the story

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  activities and stuff that I'd want to do, I decided to get all my homework done early and take my free Monday off to get ahead. And so I did. Cue the fun ... and bad haircuts. Wednesday night, I braved the long lines to wait for

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story about struggling with sacrificing self-care to prioritize academics ... the story I told. But ultimately, I want to let this story speak for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  at the ripe age of twenty-one i am beginning to feel my body weaken ... am already feeling the need to wear a jacket my right eyelid has ... i spent a while researching symptoms and trying to understand what was

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  'm EXHAUSTED. I was supposed to do [annotation note="a program where MIT students travel to Israel every year to teach coding and entrepreneurship to ... forward to doing these programs since high school, i set my hopes on doing

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope) will teach you something new. To be busy, then, is hardly a disaster ... many things to-do. The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master. [caption

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  classes I decided to make this last video just sort of going through how MIT ... , non-scripted, talking for too long videos that I used to make for the class of 2019. So I thought, what better way to end my time at MIT than

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  before my senior year of high school, I went to meet with the IB coordinator (basically a guidance counselor) to review my college application ... Mass Tech made my list. I actually hadn’t even thought about applying to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses ... Wednesday. It is driving me crazy. I started talking to my squishible monster ... Services is super great about sending emails to professors and letting them

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a ... '16, to sustain high school students through the application process ... offer advice/tutorials for younger students. Their ambition is "to become

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre ... measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Past Enrollment On A Map [updated as to not freeze your browsers ^_^] My final project for 4.502 (Design Scripting).

  

  almost everyone else is kickin it into full gear to ace their own tests and theses. Below is the link to my final project for 4.502/4.564, an undergraduate/graduate class which uses programming to design stuff. We learned

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • May 17, 2009