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• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  school, we stressed about not being qualified enough to get into the ... them two week into the year. Now, we are stressing about not being ... avenues about being not good enough, and have pressured and pushed ourselves

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  underclassman excitement, feeling tired and cynical, not bothering to remind ... not caring as much. I don’t know if it’s the word I would use to ... . Being a junior, I know that living through MIT is not much like the ideal

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  , Beethoven was known as a pianist and not as a composer. I was also shocked to learn that Beethoven may have met Mozart. I'm not sure how to describe why ... composers is, in my mind, an abstract idea and not a human being. The idea of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  at East Campus working on a 5.111 (chemistry) pset with a friend. I ... , I still got a nice loaf. I'm not sure what the point of this entry is ... would almost consider not posting this because it's so random, but I haven

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  the east coast? It's not like they don't have fries, and it's not like ... worked out. Unluckily, we asked us for one slice and they gave us two. On ... trying out a new mattress for school,") because he clearly did not know

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  If I'm not mistaken this is the time of year when you begin in ... attending. Rules of Engagement Do not let the cost of tuition dictate where you visit or where you apply. At this point you should not care how

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  hands-on than most other universities - you work in labs, build roller ... may not realize is how the culture can change your outlook, and that it can be as crucial educationally, if not more so, as the fact that you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  straggling onto campus, and I could not be more psyched. Rush/orientation is my favorite time of year, and even though I'm not the Macgregor rush chair this ... the project my postdoc and I have been working on to the entire Picower

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  be productive, but more often than not, i end up, uh, not committing to ... -person. but the simple fact that i'm in my room and not in a classroom ... you feel like write because you feel inspired, not because you

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  !  _,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,_ As someone who is definitely not qualified to give out advice regarding anyone’s love life, I definitely will not be giving you any advice ... with this boy I like. And then MIT happened (not getting admitted into

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  remarked on my bright red hair. It’s noticeable. Not in Davis Square though ... customers around me, but not to me. I can’t help being a 5’3” young ... ,” or “miss," even though we don’t know each other and I’m certainly not a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  time to work. We had no excuses not to. After all, we had just spent a ... . The official Salem visitor’s guide did not reflect my priorities. I ... other human beings, not caused by warfare,” with an estimated six million

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  existence. I need to interject here that this post is not about the issues of ... , physical activity, and optimized work habits. Interpretations and ... childhood blanket. As an average value, 7 hours is not a startling result

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  'm qualified to be here because I am a black man in America, and that does not ... , your circle of friends should look like this. They should not all look like you. The problems are not outside of us, they are within us. This

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  MIT: Brandon, who graduated from MIT in 2009 and is working on his Ph ... . The rest were not. The gadgets were not prebuilt—they had some kits but ... humor and did not mind the awestruck reactions that he received from us

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  . No, it's not MIT's outstanding academics, its research opportunities ... . "Pistol?" Pistol, as in guns. That's right, you may not know it, but buried ... not so well known fact about MIT is the plentitude of sports

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  . Pass/No Record is not an excuse to slack off and not learn the basics ... . Don't save all your work for the night before it's due. Seriously. Caffeine is not a substitute for sleep. Try and get 8 hours a night - your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  really, not all of you know each other and you're all cool, and people who ... , if MIT says we should do it, then why not? We ordered burgers and ... without arrows." Arrows scare me. Dancing should not involve arrows! It just

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  work. A few of us were sitting around the kitchen yesterday discussing ... were corduroys." Not Sam: "Okay, I wore bathing suit bottoms today ... Trapp in The Sound of Music, and, try as I might, I could not convince the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  probably not overwhelmingly organized and the thought of lists is laughable, but they work! Not only is this the time where you can catalog your ... courtship, the ceremony, the cost. So it's not surprising many players compare

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006