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• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  the horizontal. In an effort to convince Matt McGann that I am an ... to have less friends. (Especially if your friends come in multiples of 2.5.) 2. It is possible to succeed in life even despite enormous

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  ). Basically I wanted to get the most fun out of my stay per unit time. Hey, from ... enough time to say hello to each of the colored balls in Simmon's (ex ... that getting into MIT was for real, and not an accident. I didn't want to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  into two six-week halves, 6.0001 and 6.0002. My first attempt at getting ... ahead of my peers, so this came as a disappointment. I resolved to take 6 ... of which were 6.0002. One of the four was 6.009, the second class in

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to make it to these mandatory training meetings which conflicted with field

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  nights, it feels like i’ve sold my soul to get to mit. not in the sense of ... , because i know they’ll be around. many are going to college in plv or upd or ... people around. but, this is supposed to be different, right? i am in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on ... .R.O.C. (the People's Republic of Clay) was generous enough to invite me to Clay ... do not do justice to how Clay-obsessed some Claymates are. I don

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  I don’t get to make much during the semester, except on slow weeks or ... my mom doesn’t have a timepoint to run catch they get to hang out, my mom gets to learn new recipes, and my dad, my brother, and I get to eat

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  work to enhance their presence in our community in the future. To the ... Native communities to create a relocation governance framework based in ... is raising her 2-year-old son to be bilingual in Iñupiaq and English

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... for getting to the final product. Learning to interpret and work from ... “adoption” in my company’s Slack. And I’m pleased to say they’ve all found new

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  next age, why put them in a sterile box? Aren't we all supposed to ... together in a context different from the usual frantic "I must get work ... homesickness. College is a new experience to most people when they first get

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  easier way to put that. I wrote about my first semester in my post called ... be nice to get a break from the institute for a little while. I Wrote ... allowed me to stay calm, I started seeking help to manage my stress, and I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  get one. I put on a light jacket, text a friend who wants to meet at ... have the wrong place. We try a different route, and I get my phone out to ... emerge; many of us came from far away to be here; many of us are buried in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  "we're all trying to act normal" isn't weird A: we're driving in ... everything else in life B: same B: i am so not used to looking at this side of the screen A: eh give it a race or two A: you'll get used to it B

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  ! ;) Diana: in the 80s i think, they used to throw a piano off the roof like ... work at Diana: it's a really nice place to work Diana: and in the ... Disclaimer: I don't actually live in Baker, but way back in 2003, I

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  Roulette by leaving custom business cards in local stores, and she'd like to ... . While majoring in Course 6-2 he intends to spend a lot of time combining ... supplies. Kirsten plans to major in 2 and 20 to make robots that can gently

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  getting settled in my host's dorm at New House 2, I was pumped and ready to ... time to chat in the Office of Minority education, where I was able to get ... that I would have the opportunity to partake in research at MIT was

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  ’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20 ... a couple students to wipe the giant blackboard in 26-100, our lecture ... Lander dancing to Gangnam Style here; also, oppa Chomsky style in the same

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  -optimal thing. But now I’m back, with a little less self promotion, to join in ... well. So sometimes I sit in a cubicle 9-5 by myself without speaking to ... ? A few things: 1. I get to learn about so many things everyday

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  continuing to tell the world that Political Science at MIT is ranked 10th in ... incoming freshmen in math and English to begin catching them up. Most people ... with. There's only so many desks to work, so those tend to get filled up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  altitude over some undetermined state in the Midwest. I’m now writing, I can ... the last 26 days in my hometown – Columbia, MO. Located in the heart of ... parts like this: (I call this one, What The Two Hour Drive To The

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012