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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that memo. In all seriousness though, I actually do get sleep, usually about ... to function properly. When you don’t get sleep at night, you end

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a ... to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in ... the going got tough. And the going can get tough in a lot of different

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  get to design and manufacture plastic yoyos in this class! Definitely ... 'm getting used to some big changes in my life. The first change that I ... being able to get to class a little earlier in the mornings and having

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  that I was in! 2. Arriving at CPW and getting escorted to the second ... dabbing to imaginary music, mind you in-sync with one another, with my two ... ’t actually exist. Definitely a first in my life! 6. Getting chosen as a blogger

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  In The City That Never Sleeps NEEEEEEEEW YORK CIIIIIIIIITY

  

   not in Spain and I was left with effectively nothing to do this IAP. Somewhat anticipating Spain was going to get canceled before it actually did ... semester in CMS.300 Intro to Videogame Theory. In addition to this, I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  students in the winter -- once you get to the Infinite in the winter, you ... Since it's summer tour season and my path to work keeps getting ... like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  your classmates in one place! You'll get welcomed to MIT and have some ... week!!! We are thrilled to meet and host you, Class of 2022! GET HYPE ... contagious. Campus feels festive. We get to meet new people. There’s free food

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  for everyone's sanity to be able to get off campus once in awhile). When ... Frank Sinatra in New York, New York: these vagabond shoes were longing to ... shoes to go to school there. Not one bit. But if it was anywhere in

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  that meets once a week for two hours, so we actually get to talk in depth ... were in relation to the fusiform face area (FFA), which responds selectively to faces over objects presented in the visual field, and Nancy

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  called 'To the Deferred' - and I want to now add to the words expressed in that entry. First: to those of you who got in - congratulations, and ... didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  decisions. Of course none of us get to actually hear each other, but we do get to be in this massive chat, and you get a pretty accurate view of what ... than trying to learn about the school. During the Q&A you also get to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  MORE to get all my decisions from everywhere, including MIT, in March. I ... be a nightmare. If you’re a senior, and you really want to get your ... love like reading and playing piano. As a message to the people in the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  card and can get in. For that reason, I usually don't own these, but I was lucky enough to get to go to Costco recently so I'm all stocked up ... useful to have some flour in a shaker jar. It makes it a lot easier to dust

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  interested in what you have to say about this. I'm referring to the story ... interested in your political views; this just isn't the right forum in which to discuss them. So what I'm asking you to discuss is not in regards to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  only is FAP one week of pure awesome (I mean, come on, you get to hang out with The Angela Monster), but you also just might get the chance to ... , though not necessarily from film) to participate in the Michel Gondry

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  paper and meet with someone in the WCC to get feedback on what else to fix ... sleep. Here's a list of the stuff I have to get done, and the amount of ... : 1 hour. Count hours on timecards to ensure desk workers get paid. To

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  life sitting in trains to get to the Place With Sky Busses. The Big City ... place. One hour after I get there, when I sit down to work on some Problem ... eating, 17 years ago[/caption] I miss having clear end points in which to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  This morning I went in early to image neurons on the confocal ... for you guys -- I wanted to take them when I was in early, so I wouldn ... talk to one another via chemical signals. One neuron gets excited, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?

  

  is good news! It means you still have time to get some summer reading ... actually get to the beach or not, don’t miss out on the last few weeks of ... ’s a great read. Totally transports you to NYC in the late 60s. Awesome

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  I recently discovered that they also happen to be getting married on ... to consider the factors I would need to put numbers to, in order to ... likely to be born in February than in other months, so given that I'm born

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007