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• Blog / How to MIT

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

  

  tried setting up a dual boot between Windows XP and Ubuntu but I messed it up and corrupted my Windows installation and left myself without a bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  I'm a crusty senior now, so I have no fun and sparkly adventures to ... .2050 – design verification, software-defined radio, and anything else that Joe Steinmeyer (the lecturer) thinks would be cool for us to experiment with. And

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  is really interesting, and in lecture last Wednesday Karger offered ... I'm currently dealing with writer's block, to be honest, and I ... month, and maybe this'll inspire me to write more. A new laptop. I got a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  . That it would really suck to stay so attached to one university and miss ... . Maybe you went, "wow, is this title yet another bad pun?" And indeed, it ... write about getting deferred for this blog and planned to talk about this

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  hundreds of AI-generated videos and rating how realistic each looked. His lab was trying to create a benchmark for evaluating AI-generated videos, and ... oscilloscopes"]retro CRT-looking[/annotation] display. It was so cute, and I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  How I Made the MIT Orientation Trading Card Game The Insatiable Urge to Collect Continues...

  

  and felt, boxes and tiny army soldiers. I'm sitting at my desk which is covered in cardstock and stacks of cards. I am furiously scribbling on a 2 ... ,100 incoming students. It was a blast, and so this year, I applied to be an

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  and ceiling handles the bus had to offer , I would worry that people ... college spring break is everything I wanted it to be and more, which is unfortunate since I just came back from my second and final one

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  helps you reflect on the year and plan the next one." I attempted it last ... the areas below and ask yourself what the significant events in each of ... do with my interests or things to do with my friends and community

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  ;/impressively></p> <p>AND Now, Ladies And Gentlemen, For Your Viewing Pleasure ... of both the marching band and the modern football team. Looking through ... . Spelling out "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" takes a while. Nowadays

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  class that I somewhat have to take. It is only offered in the fall and is ... ’t like big class sizes and I did not have a great experience in [annotation ... time between registration and now, I also added [annotation note="a class

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  09:35. i hobble out of bed and pour myself some milk. there's a ridiculous amount of snow outside. i pull out some leftover pizza and walk to ... pull the pizza out of the microwave, and i walk back into my room to eat

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  first year at MIT. So, like the first and second two times, I’m going to ... Period (better known as IAP - learn more about it here, here, and here ... ="116487" /]   So yea I somehow learned how to snowboard that day and left with a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  count over that weekend was in the single digits and I still remember a ... 's atmosphere of absolute energy. I remember a large bouncy castle and upperclassmen being dunked in water. I remember hugging Tim the Beaver and pulling

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  coffee, and anxiety. Suddenly, the faint siren song of summer beckons me over and tells me that I need my [annotation note="Boston also has the ... .[/annotation] I drop everything and open up Craigslist.  My dad got our family cat

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  facility and to be able to properly deal with radioactive contamination ... a pretty cool tour of the reactor and learned how to decontaminate ... contaminated part off and drop it in this big yellow disposal bin with a caution

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  because of its student governance and autonomy. At what other institution do ... , and I just finished my second year at MIT. Until recently, I was the ... . You might notice, as you read this, that I switch between House and Haus

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  came over and looked at me inquisitively. i offered a weak smile. "i was ... craving the napa cabbage and meatball soup that my dad used to make. along with the phantom taste of salt and light broth on my tongue, there was

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  acquainted with such gems as Homestar Runner, XKCD, Leeroy Jenkins, and Fark ... conference/convention about internet culture. Come celebrate and mingle with your favorite internet memes and engage in academic discussion about the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life But make it four

  

  make on TikTok/Instagram where they film hour-by-hour snippets and then ... spends their day. My roommates and I wanted to do the same thing but in blog form, so instead of filming clips, we went through our days and did

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  . There are tons of prep courses offered by Princeton, Kaplan, and even ... tired, so I changed my classes and went back to sleep. MY MOM/MY ROOMMATE ... into 8.01 at 11, changed my calculus recitation to 3, and went back to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006