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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  are no good analogies to real life. Sometimes you get stuck rereading a ... want to also talk a little about my experience being Course 18 and how it ... subject of this blog post. It’s important to note that there are significant

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  . That’s part of why you were able to get this precious meeting time. So ... we get tough but informed questions, that’s a reason to celebrate. At ... . Sound cheerful! BE cheerful! IT’S SO EXCITING TO BE HERE! Hi! Thank you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  obligated to wax rhapsodic about things that didn't happen very long ago.  I ... year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim ... FPOPs, chances for freshmen to dabble in a huge variety of subject and

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  . To get to the peak, you have to pass through something like a dozen ... Well, there’s certainly truth to that. I arrived in China almost two ... had a stress-free beginning to summer. :) Picture-time~ My

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few ... all drank as much as we wanted to, there wouldn’t be enough. The result was a limitation on the size of the cups we could use to drink apple

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  many applicants as last year, I'm extremely excited to announce that I am one of the top twenty finalists! Before I make my pitch I'd like to share my short essay that I submitted to apply. My blogging began during

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  undecided in which colleges I wanted to apply to. All I wanted to do was get ... I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to visit MIT yet. They may never walk the tunnels before they decide to apply

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  off of jazz. It really made me want to get back into music; I've played ... recitations to go to, so I decided, being the music lover that I am, to head over to Baker House to hear the wonderful sounds a piano can make on a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  spent with walking around the campus and the city to get an idea of who ... . Bryan, what are you doing today? I'm going to GRAD SCHOOL! I surreptitiously jump out of my lofted bed trying to land with a gymnast's dismount

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, among others. I was planning to use today's entry to talk a little bit about school visits, so I won't let a ... to students and fellow admissions officers that this is a relatively

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  you don't want to. So get rid of commitments, drop classes, say no to ... of randomness you can pay attention to, like the probability of getting ... constructed card games, it's far more difficult to get the cards you want in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  in 2022, I challenged myself to listen to an album every day. I ... listening to music: looking for new songs/albums, actually listening to them ... and fell 100 albums behind by June? would I really be able to devote

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  interested to partake in social activities. Though to be fair, you get what you ... Coming back to campus has been unsettling for many reasons. My ... ’t either).          It’s upsetting to walk past rooms that belonged to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  week or so (before I bought a fan, finally), the room would get up to 95 ... blogs since school ended. To be honest, this summer had been wonderful ... to upload everything yet =/). The Taiwan Phase: May 24, 2008 to July 2

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  , we can either get an answer of left, and move to the node's left child ... don't get to that point, then." It was kinda awkward being in that room ... fronted the bill for everyone. Five I put myself to blame I let you get away

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  to get good food and produce!  Every Tuesday there is a wonderful ... These past six months, I've found myself getting sick fairly often ... much." "You have too many jobs." "Rachel, just go to sleep!" "Is it

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  guys, if you get into MIT there's a high likelihood that you'll get to ... polite and everybody gets along alright. You may not be used to having to ... Every so often I am begged to write a blog entry about a specific

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... organization, and we needed his help to keep Voldemort from getting in because ... can get to come home next year and just veg and be with the fam. But

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  look. The street I walked with my friends to get home every day after ... disliked the game, I was still forced to come to training every week, I'd get dragged to watching matches I wasn't interested in, and I'd get stern talks

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  tricycles, it was always possible to get from point A to point B in an hour on ... most reasonable option to get places. The size of the Bay Area also ... that I get to expense things, so it doesn't feel like I'm buying things

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022