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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  what I am proud of, is the fact that I've managed to put in these hours ... impossible.  And yet world-class marathon runners are able to run twenty-six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  my disappearance from the blogosphere. I’ve been meaning to post a ... back to California for a highly anticipated return home. I hadn’t had the ... like to do sometimes when no one is watching) since winter break so to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  half hour home only to find that his wife wasn't there. (She came back ... It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in Haiti, but I'll do my best to try to summarize. We just got back from a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  year." 11.5 hours a year saved? But what happens when you get to the end ... turn it into a for-credit UROP as well. RATP has asked us to consider new uses and features for the Paris metro (subway) system -- ways to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  isn't really that important to consider, as they sell a lot of adapters ... bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I finally fixed it. As scary as it was almost breaking our very important

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  little. It’s so important not to prioritize career over family. You don ... , the deeper that path got. It’s important to learn how to tell yourself ... ’ll just go on a walk. I think it’s important to use something other than

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  Trivia: In Mandarin blogs, being first to comment is to get the "tou xiang" - a phrase that alludes to the traditional "tou xiang," a Chinese practice that is meant to bring good luck which entails being the first to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  What was I looking forward to most when I arrived on campus for ... HUGE envelope full of colorful stuff for you to drool over.” of course ... . What could MIT give me that could top those three? I went to the second

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long ... with picking the best possible version of myself to become - deciding on where to live and who to spend time with and career choices and so on. i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  two years ago i wrote about how to walk in the best way. but i forgot to think about something important: the type and form of the foot. now i have lived longer, so i know more about the best way to walk, and i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read this blog post. It is highly relevant and important. As you all know, it is around the time of winter break. I chose to spend my break at home

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  after half an hour. that was out. i decided to catch up on watching anime ... on thursday morning, i woke up at 9 am, after only six hours of sleep ... pass and started rifling through my emails. i thought, should i go to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  have 24-hour study spaces, which don't have access to actual books but ... tap your ID to reserve a room for hours. Although I like to work with ... embarked upon a journey -- a long journey! An arduous journey! -- to visit

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  [/annotation] and asked if we were going to make [annotation note="Because Winnie ... little Cantonese growing up, our ability to communicate in Chinese is Pretty Limited. Granted, we only attempt to do so with food items — and I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  four hours in the 6.002 laboratory trying to figure out how to use a ... , claims to have the largest selection of cold drinks on the East Coast. I ... "hard coreness," so to 5p3a|<. We've seen it time and time again. Two

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  limitations to the English language, and more importantly, there are limitations ... I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about gratitude. That’s not to ... immeasurable amounts of gratitude but didn’t know how to express it adequately. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  What’s Happening at McCormick? Guest Post by MC^2's REX Chairs

  

  information...let’s get to the most important part of REX -- our events!!! We ... could have by living here. We’d like to make this blog corny and entertaining, but right now we would like to emphasis something you should take

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  me to fully articulate how I can feel inexplicably connected to and ... . To some degree, the disconnect is easier to explain.  I no longer live in the Cambridge area.  The Red Line no longer delivers me to the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  's something I want to convey to you. MIT is not for everyone!! It's not that ... impossible to satisfy everyone, you know? For example, if you really wanted to pursue a career in advertising, then you might be able to find someplace

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  college. I happen to fit both of those descriptions, so I (who happened to ... later) scrambled to borrow a laptop and sent in an application. And - I ... when I say blogging has become one of the most important parts of my life

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007