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• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  their blogs and people are not sending me YouTube videos at five or six in ... person, it can either force you to be much more productive, or much less ... are much less likely to screw around while working. If you are in a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  , and bananas cheering you on. Unless you’re allergic to peanut butter, in ... future, if you ever see an eighty year old lady running around in circles ... In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  'll excommunicate you from MIT, lock you in a pillory, and melt the key MIT's nuclear ... -hazing agreement, but you can use your imagination as to the kind of requirements for ... -serving social events I can conceive for the chapter in the coming year. After

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  (The Summer Update Edition!) Greetings to all! Can you feel that ... I say welcome! Come on in, the water is just fine. I hope that you ... you have to be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  be memorable in your college essays; you should try to be knowable. In ... shouldn’t matter if any particular essay you wrote persists in my memory or ... know you, as much as one can know another person mediated through essays

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  details of my life. I'll tell you things I want you to know in my blog, but ... . If you attend MIT, I meet you, and we are friends, we can be friends on ... as it stands today. It will be a snapshot of me that you can see. Pick

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  . You can imagine how awesome Michael Xiang, a junior in Biology with ... , you can figure out the DNA coding for the receptor. Voila! His UROP in ... down, fats and sugar, you would expect it to be in high levels in obese

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  dining hall dorms...you can probably see the conflict). Not in an FSILG ... be too spread out? I'm used to a dining hall culture, where you can ... believe these are Next House, Baker, Simmons and McCormick. If you live in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  knowledge of the ratification of the Constitution in the 13 original colonies ... If you are at all following the news, you'll know that the US ... obligations. In response, Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) dismissed the idea as "crazy talk

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  title of this entry. If you haven't thrown up yet, hang on. My friends ... proof that a post could be hazardous to your mental health. If you walk into it. Did you see that coming? Well, too bad. That will only make the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  deadline!), and complete it before Halloween, assuming you're in an area where we have interviewers (if you're living in, for example, Crescent City, CA, or any of those other areas we can't cover, you needn't worry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  Architecture and Islamic Cultures Statistical Methods in Economics Can you match ... , the regular group, and the losers.” Hrm, you can pick which one is which ... changes over the years can track society's patterns in racism (!). Then we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in ... that's not right for you. You can trust them. If you want another perspective, though, you can also ask rush girls for advice. Parents of brothers

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  in all the train stations make up a personal itinerary for you listing ... DID YOU KNOW? GERMANY EDITION According to one of my labmates, authorities have set up a row of big-screen projectors in Berlin spanning an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Square wheels will roll if the road is in the shape of a catenary curve, which is the shape that a string hangs in when you ... work with Amtrak and studies in Course 11, I think I have a job for you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  we can’t give you an opinion of what your chances are, we can give you ... the most of the Institute when you're here. You can learn more about ... As much as we love formulas, you're not going to find one here! We
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  life or how much you'd learn in each class. There is so much learning ... years after you graduate, you won’t remember most of what you learned in ... class as a whole — will stick with you. To show this idea in action, I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  research you yourself are interested in -- my friend Ethan '05, for example ... . Mike asked, "I don't want to sound materialistic or whatever, but can you ... students, so don't worry about being materialistic! Yes, you can do a UROP

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  '06 will be walking with us as well. If you're in the Bay Area this ... fundraising goal. I want to do as much as I can to make a difference in the ... personalized web page and charge your donation. Thank you, in advance, for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  binary star passes in front of another binary star, you get an eclipse. The ... . From the light curve, you can determine the midpoint and consequently ... with scientists in Chile, Arizona, and Hawaii (if you want to travel to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005