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• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  challenge myself with:   Visit 15 new places to eat in the Cambridge ... whole Pset in one sitting with no breaks Actually learn how to spell ... story Take the time to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube Take part in

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  that, I might as well add "GET OFF CAMPUS" to it, to keep myself from ... "Let someone else do it." No joke. Anyway, I'm going to get back to my ... I am taking 5 minutes out of my life just to let you all know why I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  finally worked up the nerves to ask a question in his class, only to confirm ... , in my book) that could get away with using Comic Sans (the other being ... in front of the blackboard to comfortably enjoy the Logs as they

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  taken from the website. Again. So anyway, back to this semester, I saw ... 't mean for this to be uber-serious or anything. Just something to keep in ... I've recently had the opportunity to see three MIT productions - I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound ... and staff. In addition to teaming up with the hospital/medical van staff in Anaikatti, I also got a chance to interact with some of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  better time to have friends than in college. the experience of living ... ="confused? sorry to say that it doesn't really get better from here"]SO NOW YOU GUYS GET TO HEAR WHAT I'VE BEEN HAVING FOR DINNER RECENTLY AND WHAT I DO OVER

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  and I had in New York last weekend, but I'm not going to write it until tomorrow. And you don't get to read it unless you vote. Now, I did my part by ... stories about getting out the vote at the grass-roots level, I'm going to do

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  [/annotation] classes you’d need to take to major in 6-2 and get an MEng ... . That’s why we have CourseRoad – a website for planning what classes to ... on your planned roadmap. Want to schedule 200 classes in your sophomore

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  window into the kinds of things I was interested in three to five years ago ... references to this come up again and again in wildly different places, and I ... say no to things too. Why selection bias is the most powerful force in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  Caltech"). We landed in Baltimore close to 7 AM Saturday morning, after a ... was in an operable state. These are problems we never have to deal with ... Maryland in our hard-earned car to go grocery shopping. I wasn't exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  yours, in fact! But I did want to write briefly about something really ... -up to help make learning foreign languages easier in foreign ... -deep in MATLAB dealing with microphone noise and trying to figure out what

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  @MIT website. During CPW, I had the opportunity to check out the brand new ... to answer in time, but i'm STILL struggling to decide between Yale and ... Relations and would like to study abroad in China. Can you tell me about MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  The other day, when I stopped in the Admissions Office to annoy a few ... a trip to good ol’ South Florida, I checked in and printed out my ... Christmas, so it’s excusable, right? Cut to Line #2: Security. So I stood in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  opportunity to learn about yourself." Students sometimes get so wrapped up in ... , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... completely honest about yourself in your application, you are sure to be happy

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of ... though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  them in so many different ways - to actually think about problems - you ... starting to get a little idea of what being a scientist feels like.  You can ... . p.s. I think even my iPhone is getting used to our new relationship

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  equation, not to mention slightly more German. I was awash in sleepiness ... want to make the point that the entire ordeal in real-time was treated ... -needed arguments were raised in the early stages of the battle, not to mention a few

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts ... .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a ... reality, I carried the same hook size from high school, but in comparison to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  simply need to get over). Once the EA apps are in, the questions and ... 'll get there. In the meantime, I'm determined not to feel guilty if I need ... - what you'll get involved with, how you'll contribute to our culture and

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  right). We in admissions are all proud to work for such an inspirational ... woman who actually decides which one in seven MIT applicants gets in ... their complicity in the problem. "Nothing will change unless we get up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006