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• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  crumbles a little bit more, but then everything gets kind of settled in the position it's sitting in so you have to turn off the food processor, open it up, move the fruit around with a utensil to get some air and space to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  , you push in firmly to force the clay up and down until it reaches a ... positionings, especially when it comes to centering. In the class, we were ... the larger lumps, and I started using both hands to keep the clay in

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  school teacher who wrote asking for a poster of MIT to hang in your classroom to inspire your students, Gisel is probably the person who put it in ... give to each other as a thanks helping them out in a pinch

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  happened to play out. I was sitting in my Algebra class, I was really bored ... varied it is, I do find myself drawn to the micro theory side. In ... no costs in using your credit card to buy that Arizona tea, why that

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  resumes in twelve hours, a carton of eggs waiting to crack and hatch their ... for my UROP supervisor to finish his phone call. In the meantime ... in fear of getting belittled by my peers for repetitive word choice

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  department: "I might be interested in doing Biology at MIT... so I have to ask ... the homework like? Is it hard to get an internship during the summer? Is ... that he expected to be doing the same for us in a few years. Um, no

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  humanities major, won't it be easier for me to get in? A. Nope. Wouldn't that ... Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the ... . If we spent all our time studying, how would we have time to be in all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  absolutely drowning in work and had to distance myself from my friends to get ... my life before coming to college and pursuing my interests in a ... Tunes, although it was nice to have premade playlists in genres that I liked. This

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  : Last night, LSC hosted the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, who came to MIT to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what ... Mythbusters are not foreign to MIT. (Hops into Time Machine) The year was 2005

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  .112, the next level of chemistry, which meant in order to keep the 18 ... 've been trying to decide whether or not to switch into 5.112. I'm in it for ... suggest getting another book to help you out, especially The Official SAT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  send it to you?" Absolutely! "Are admission interviews available in my ... interviewer in your area. You can always write to [email protected] to ask ... attend the same from India. Will it be wise to include the SSP thing in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  've been up till 3 AM in the Hayden Library (an awesome place to study, by ... studying and go to sleep. Getting all your work done is for sure a priority ... written in Python that rarely does what you want it to. For example, when

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  biology class that they need to pass in order to graduate. What could this ... an incredibly nerdy thing to go to an optional lecture in my spare time ... and was inundated with opportunities to hear from celebrities in science

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  pressure to get A's in high school, although that doesn't mean I actually ... that I always get carded when I buy beer. I went to the Massachusetts RMV to get a driver's permit a few weeks ago, and the lady said, "You have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  applicants must be able to demonstrate proficiency in at least one programming ... get him an answer even if they were busy with something else. In ... silicon slides in a round-bottom flask. If we just let them sink to the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  . I can't wait to get back up north and start skiing with my family at ... find yourself here next winter, and in need of some ways to stay warm or ... Though born in Massachusetts, I grew up in the wintry hinterlands of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  headed over to room 26-100 to get in line for a sneak preview of the new ... class in the CMS department this term devoted to pro wrestling: CMS.602 ... Sunday IN STEREO!" It's pretty cool to see the whole crowd shout it at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  recently, to get a small phone to use while in Nigeria. It always pulses with ... grew so small. I walked in circles and circles, sick to my stomach. Later ... with whom to catch up. But in the face of this blast, I seemed to float

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  considered a gap year in pre-covid times would have been to give myself a break ... myself for another year? So here I was, trying to get ready to learn again ... ’s all just because of P/NR? How will I be in the spring, when I have to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT ... next four years. Now, there’s definitely no way to get the full breadth of what each community has to offer in just three days, but you can

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015