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• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  YOURSELF: - I can be compulsive - I work too much - I don't sleep or exercise ... : - Have one of my songs used in a major motion picture, or at least on The ... - Ben-o - Jones THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: - I'm creative - I

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  ’t quite know what to expect when I arrived in Cambridge on Thursday. In fact, although I was tempted to plan out exactly how I would spend every moment of ... . All I was really certain of was that I wanted to take advantage of every

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  change the world. With that in mind I started thinking about The Universe ... I was thinking recently about the mixed messages that come through ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  following the laws of physics, not the laws of, "I saw number 28 in a dream ... , I think most of the issues I've encountered this year, as they relate ... weird coupling, I know. When I was in business school I had an

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  , I'm out of here. See you in another four to ten years. ... -supporting adults do. The illusion of adulthood: it continues. In the last month and ... excerpts of my early drafts, edited out because I have common sense: "My

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  here, I can't even count the number of water shutdowns. But I almost can ... complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT's imperfections when I moved into Next House (not to mention that you can't switch

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  into our backs at the end of every term and I didn't want to go out in a ... . I’ve learned that my own awareness of my aptitude can be more limiting ... of the world was overcast, but somewhere in the Pacific Ocean a cruise

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  , or understanding the progression of disease in humans. I also want to ... majoring in 7A, as I already have many of the required classes completed and ... : You can switch the order of steps a+b and c. This is just the order I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  officer in the month of April, naturally, I was at still at work. I was ... increasingly interested in the college process. Why were some of the students I ... . In fact, that's why I got into this line of work! Many of us were once

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a better place. You can watch the presentation online: Giving Back: Finding ... to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? Your name in lights.

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Seeing that my experience at CPW will be very different than that of a prefrosh, I'm inviting

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Stirling Engine Spinoff The 2.670 competition is tomorrow!

  

  :45 pm- Pizza - All are welcome! And don't worry if you can't make it, I ... Join Us For The Eleventh Annual 2.670 Spinoff!! Friday, January 20 in the Pappalardo Lab (Basement of Bldg. 3) 3:30-4:00 pm- Craftsmanship

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  other schools, but here are some of the approaches I’ve developed from my ... year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in ... there, and I realized that if I actually pursued a career in this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  me gain confidence is that in the process of making my tool, I ... experience called A Piece of the Universe! Another thing I did, partly in ... internship I got settled into where I’d be living, ready for my first day of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• 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 ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box ... if you can, silly! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nicht Bach, Sondern Maurer The proudest moment of my life since figuring out that "Wok & Roll" was a…

  

  asylum in Iceland. I was just about to get some sleep last night--I had to ... MIT students here in rainy Harrisburg, PA), so I'm going to hold off on ... week was 21M.500: Senior Seminar in Music, which, as devoted fans of my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  the same dorm I lived in freshman year, Simmons Hall. There, she ... :   As you can see, there's a such a wide variety of creative ways ... as Iron Man in the new Iron Man comic series. Jeff Dekal / Marvel

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorms The closest I'll get to an entry about the different dorms

  

  dorms because unless you've lived there, you can't describe it. Sure, I ... . Even if I described my own dorm, a lot of people would probably disagree ... the author of Beaver Scope Almost a year ago I stumbled upon an

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  ), within those two hours, can handle a finite number of calls - then it ... You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one. My mom pointed this out last night, and unless I'm missing something, I agree with

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  meet people outside of the bubble I was in.  Any fears I might have had ... one for me. After a full year of virtual school, I had lost touch with many of my middle school friends, and I was slowly realizing that I had

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025