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• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  satisfied enough to embark on the eight-hour grind. I realized the error in my ... college decisions being sent to their inboxes. Such a beautiful season. If you’re like 92% of kids who applied to MIT, then you probably didn’t get

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to ... observing: sketching, assembling a telescope, using a telescope and a map to ... . One evening, I had my head in the sky for SEVEN HOURS straight: one hour

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  to upperclassmen as a warning not to mack on the frosh, Newton's Third Law dictates that it applies to the frosh as well. An important note ... dying to check that fateful webpage sometime in the middle of December

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  important possessions into a suitcase weighing a little over 50 pounds, a stuffed backpack, and a very stuffed guitar case, i hopped on a 6 hour flight to los angeles to [annotation note="dope, right??? i get so many

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  been said. There was much to reflect on—in one hour, Professor Flowers ... Office of Digital Learning around the idea that we need to bring technology ... the Festival last year here. This year, I wanted to be more involved

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  "Mankind has always had a yen to travel. Millions of years ago ... 'd say, "Marge, I have a yen to travel." And Marge would agree instantly ... part, she was going to scream. So off they'd go, these primitive tourists

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  couch reading books for upwards of six hours a day sometimes. Figure 1 ... ! Suggestions welcome--I’d actually like to have way more than 10 books, maybe ... Chinua Achebe Honorable Mentions     Things I managed to read

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  hilarious), I try to end my days reading journal articles, policy books, and other things full of ideas that tend to keep me up thinking. Few ... breathtakingly well written and fun to read. His Ethical Visions of Copyright Law

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  hour, then sent me home. i stopped vomiting that night.) Then I come to ... emergency room for six hours, after unsuccessfully trying to flag down medical ... 's hands are tied somewhat, but it's important to realize that there's often

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  become important cornerstones in my day to day life. And doing this self ... by going to more office hours, getting more learning out of every hour ... a very lovely soul, who I invited to write a post anytime. This is the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  explore as deeply without a department to guide me. This is what I will ... [by Patrick '09] I am another Biochemist coming from MIT to Cambridge ... foundation. Ask any young Cantabridgian to expound on collagen, but s/he may

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  without realizing it only takes two hours to read. It's enjoyable and well ... was trying to find myself but was unsuccessful. Then we went to Shawna ... . "What socioeconomic class would you say your person belongs to?" "Do you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  up again and again — but the most important part was simply learning to ... 12, Masha went to bed, and I spent an hour cleaning data I hadn ... minutes. Then we set to it, and it took us about two and a half hours. The

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  don’t have time to watch hour-long episodes of cooking. That’s totally ... have hour breaks between class, and partly because I wanted to hang out ... Being a college student in a dorm means finally having to decide how

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  hate to bug you with a blog-related question, but you seem to be the best person to ask. I'm considering applying to be a blogger, but I'm concerned about the time commitment. My on-campus job is 6-10 hours per week, and I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and blog and come on - it's not like I'd be able to focus with the sky so ... about these things, but it actually turned out to be really important to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  exhausting and our days ranged anywhere from 6-14 hours, I was so motivated to ... semester because I'm committed to a few very, very important activities ... of video. I was definitely busy, filling up most hours of my days with

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  being. I can dream in black-and-white or in color, but not in black-and-white-and-symbolically-important ... of Helvetica not only gave aesthetic purity to subway signs but also ... masterpiece of breathlessly-paced storytelling, trying to scan in every color

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  In just a few hours, you'll know whether or not you have the option ... . Yes, that's right. In just a few hours, a simple flick of a cursor, a click of a mouse button. Many childhoods of anticipation will come to an

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  particularly important to me. I am SO excited that I get to take these classes ... understand that it is important to do what is enjoyable in school in terms of ... the *potential* to succeed is just as important as having already

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013