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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  ; the former from Latin tangere “to touch”, and adding the prefix in-, for ... this year, where for most of the time, we talked about flag design, and ... . But the thing is, there’s no underlying motif between combinatorics, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  Kart tournaments and everything in between, flooded back to me. Home was here, not ... see them all together, in person. For now, however, we have Zoom and Messenger and all the communication methods in between. We have new memories

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  difficult subject for me to write about, so I am going to stop and let you ... Collier Memorial involved a back-and-forth process between the construction ... , and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  . I definitely had an awesome time hosting events for Burton Conner and ... interpretation of the following portrait of Snively and exchange between Keri and I ... about all of the things that needed to be done in the next x hours) and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  't wait for May when there's only a final exam standing between me and f r e ... benefit from having the Institute on my resume, and I'll never take that for ... personally learn best, and how I study for tests the most effectively, and how

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  , where all my media stops: I was playing for the rest of the night and, as ... In case you are like me and still feeling somewhat Christmas ... never take down our tree until about July - today I bring you photos and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  , except for the paste in the face mask stuff and the nailpolish. Not that I ... some bread, (2) brush my teeth, and (3) pass out for the night with my ... analysis for two labs. It's going to be a long day. And to ensure I can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  sortof like LOST because of the interplay between past and the present ... , and three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on ... 's where you come in. The contenders: LOST I've been an addict for

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  , and accepted the fact that in my 12-year long stint as a figure skater ... have in store for me. And yet, here I am, in my third year, still ... -time. Exams and psets I don't have enough time to study for or complete. Classes

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  to raise awareness about and facilitate opportunities for discovery of ... Town and Rural Students) College Network, a collaborative effort of a select group of 16 colleges and universities, including MIT, dedicated to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  , that might be the difference between me now and me as a high school ... person for three years. There is a difference between leaving something ... was expecting. "Um . . ." I wavered. I hadn't prepared for this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  finally gave out bids to some awesome freshmen (and a sophomore!). They' ... to pledge. Rushing isn't an easy job, and popular culture doesn ... through Rush at all, at least for more than a few flashy events. Those who

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  Exchange. I'll be there for 8 weeks, working on developing theoretical and ... and a nuclear science. And what's one of your goals for the summer ... ", and "Film and Theatre Journalism" for the next 8 weeks Wow, that sounds

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  , thanks for beating me senseless with unintuitive C optimization hacks and ... hall in East Campus for all four years, including preorientation, and two ... change up your living situation, even if you just do it for a summer, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  with the sesame paste on top. For a few hours I felt the city move and I ... , nestled between forest and concrete.  I felt raw beauty in this place I ... and his breath shortened and for a moment he stood at the edge and the

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  About a month and a half ago, I received an email from Sneha '13, asking me to take a moment to vote for the idea that she and Divya '13 came ... thing for the idea that she and her team came up with. Since (a) both

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  and statistics class for course 9 (Brain & Cognitive Sciences). It ... -related applications. All course 9 students have to take a probability and statistics class (either 9.07 or one of the others) for the major. Honestly, I hate

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  ), and I meet my beautiful friend for lunch, and on my way home in the ... Morrison, listened to a new song, and looked over my last assignment for ... and ate the blackberries and apple and cheese I brought from home, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  stretches for your hamstrings and calves, and then climb to the top of the ... four-course home-made dinner made for me, and one evening, I learn to ... ", and doing the same for insects. Davie has written about a hundred and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  , dozens of Bombers gathered for a Bomber wedding last summer in Kentucky and ... like this for decades and have an archive of pictures going back to 1980 ... how much they love us and we thank them for putting up with our antics

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020