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• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  reminds me of japan a lot. there's a japanese market that i do groceries at ... description of noble tea in the boba review post that i will inevitably make"]a ... pool for a trip that takes half the time or less, or do i want to take

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  new people. I am hoping to do this more. If you're in a dorm that isn ... mean learn to optimize. Is it worth an all nighter to turn in a pset that ... 't expect to be this different. Anyway, in my time here, I've learned a lot in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017 fourth time seen, first time competing

  

  next time I was in a hackathon, I would finish the project no matter what ... cryptography for security. A blockchain is stored on every node in the network rather than in a central server. And it's so much more than that, but we

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  claims: "I'm not sure if wrapping the campus in a petroleum product is the ... 's expensive." I’ve changed my mind since then, and think it is a genuinely ... , Cara L. and I woke up at 6:30 am on a Saturday to get in line for 10 am

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  filled of Cranium. Some of my favorite quotes from the night: In a "Club ... your eyes open? (Keep in mind Cloodle is the sketching competition where ... doodles weren't working. In a "Club Cranium" round of Humdinger, Diana and

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  suitcase into it, I realized with dismay that its floor was slick with a ... is a full-blown saga. First, you’re given a temporary room in an ... (FYRE) out of Next) and find a roommate(s). After that, every freshman is

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  . I didn't do nearly as well as I had hoped. There were a couple of concepts that I couldn't quite remember how to do and a couple that I just ... through. The good news is that I'm starting to understand more and more as

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  in London, so decided to make a trip out of it. Unfortunately, I'm not ... sister Lisa sat in on my classes - they got a crash course on galaxy ... a science essay, and impact crater formation. Lisa is here early for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  assured that you can't find it in Boston. We made a trip today to my ... 's nice to be able to do all the town-y stuff. I will note here that Adam ... department's UROP administrator, and turn it all in by a deadline. This is how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  CPW will not be perfect and it doesn’t have to be

  

  ) fantasies about MIT. Therefore, I have decided that this is a great ... experience, I can attest to the fact that utility optimization is a TERRIBLE ... also a relief to know that I was not, in fact, falling behind. Some

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 8, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got this video. Or rather, this sad excuse of one...

  

  ??? Here's a video in which I attempt to eloquently answer questions that you ... Side note: Am I the only blogger who still uses a paper planner? Am I the only one in my programming class who takes notes on paper, not on a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  on a roof or behind a door that is supposed to be locked does. however ... policy is that all hacks, even if not in illegal areas, are unauthorized ... major updating is supposed to be done soon, though that's been true for a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  dried that I realized being a professional writer is very different from ... album[/caption] Her music reminded me of what I’ve tried to do for a ... among dark churning waves. In tenth grade, I entered a writing contest

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  moved to B entry sophomore fall because I realized that I needed a more ... things this fall. I’ll be living on campus in Simmons with a handful of my ... in-person college is absolutely nothing, and I should be so grateful. I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  . I was doing a regional reception in a city a few years back, and ... Okay, so I'm in the middle (towards the end) of a long day of reading ... recently. I come to the second to last piece in the folder, which is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  that I want to take, classes that I find interesting. August is exciting ... other). Most of my waking life is spent in front of a computer, an ... my room is no longer Institute Off-White (yes, that's a designated

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  that interest us. This is not a for-credit assignment, just a fun project ... ‘09 “During IAP, I am taking 6.470, which is a web programming ... -credit classes that do have tests and homework, but they’re definitely the minority

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  many of you will do a fair amount of reading as well. Before I go too ... funds that way. This blog entry is a humble request for you to check out ... Wits is an awesome example of a place you can work after you graduate, I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do ... steal anything. Brute force is the last resort of the incompetent. Do ... things off (a building) without a ground crew. Do not hack alone. Above

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly ... happy, as it will be the first time in my life that I'm not home to help ... The thing about short weeks at MIT is that they're not really all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005