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• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  : And it wouldn't be Valentine's Day without: r = a(1 - cos(theta)) Plot ... infection rendering my voiceless and without a desire to eat. So I think my ... you have a viral infection. You should take some Robitussin CF and oh

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  giveaway that the person you’re talking to has been fully and wholeheartedly immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and ... . The first number after the dash gives the floor in the building, and the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  considerable grant money, and over the course of a year, create something truly ... heard about OpenCourseWare, a large (and well-funded) effort to put all of ... opportunity, a way to explain the research process through material, context and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  Yesterday was my team's first full day in Zambia, and what a day it ... , where we walked through an open-air produce market and into a large ... during the day, and although I wore a hat and drank lots of water I got

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  existed, and I'm kind of glad I didn't because I think I would have gone ... , and got H A's in my entire life. I applied and got into MIT. Someone ... their SAT, and got H + 5 A's. They applied and did not get into MIT. Does

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? On keyboards in German internet cafes, the y and z keys ... and noticed a tabloid magazine on the counter which, as far as my ... life and exclusive pictures. So, that's been my first encounter with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  programs and freshman advising/seminars? When do you choose your classes?" I ... last minute changes, and then submit your final registration in Dupont ... Orientation, but then second term, you join the rest of the world and do things

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  Studies minor, taught by Lori Breslow and Bernd Widdig. Lori is the director of MIT's Teaching & Learning Lab and Bernd is the associate ... the same room as last term's writing class, and is held in a similar

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  , which is actually part of the School of Architecture and Planning and not the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.) We went to the South Street Diner, which, according to both Ruth and the How to GAMIT is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  So this weekend was a long weekend, in honor of Columbus Day and also in honor of student exhaustion, and therefore I would like to write a ... three-day weekend per month during term, and sometimes a four-day weekend

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  all the innocnet and clueless froshies. This convenient relationship ... innocent and clueless froshies bond together over an interesting but random ... ," and it takes places in E15-001, aka The Lego Learning Laboratory. E15

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  ;   This is a really good question, because it forced me to think and deeply consider why I found MIT so hard--and exactly what it is that causes ... teaching and learning philosophy of MIT, and exactly what makes it this

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  loved both words and numbers, but the former came more naturally. In no time at all, I could bang out essays that I was proud of, and loved ... school) days are gone, and I’m not so self-assured. This semester, all

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Cómo Elegir Una Computadora Portátil Para la Universidad

  

  en inglés SSD (Solid-State Drive).  Estos discos duros no tienen partes

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  My dear friend and fellow blogger Kidist A. '22 requested I write a ... goes! I've outlined my general steps and linked to my old posts to give ... my life and the world around me. Are there are any patterns I'd like to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  into embroidery, (2) a magnificent social discovery, and (3) a gallery of adorable and beautiful things produced by MIT students. 1. Storytime Way back ... seen her out and about on the blogs. We had run into each other before

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  few weeks ago, and dedicated a few hours to laying out everything and ... of these goals and meticulously drew out a chart listing each habit and ... grand total of five days. naturally, i'm pretty discouraged and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  . Same classes, same classmates, everyone is doing the same assignments and ... , maybe an AP Apple, a Boxed Mik of a Basic Language, and a Common Core ... ’s apron and tell you it’s time you learn to make your own lunch. You

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  what's in here and what has been strategically left out could fill a few ... boyfriend #1) for a couple of years and told myself that, despite getting gas ... high school romance and I was like yeah I love this dude. And then at

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• 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 PhD at Vanderbilt, and Hendrik, a current MIT graduate student.   ... lived in Random Hall as an undergrad, back when Clam and Bonfire were

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