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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

   made Python. (I swear, this will make sense in a few seconds.) Clearly, van ... programming language that I'm now using in my linguistics research. So ... purpose. For my UROP, I'm currently working at the Quantitative Research in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  regarding my essay to MIT. Basically I want to tell you how being in a small city (that too in India) I missed out on lots of competitions and science ... . How (or more appropriately where) should I put all this down in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is nothing new. Usually I enjoy the walk, but when the weather sucks or I'm coming back from a long day, I wish I could move faster than my legs could

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  you finally choose. And I mean that with all my heart. But in the long ... , I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project ... generally hanging out with friends. On the other hand, I didn't get much

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  , while having the same values, was quite different from the MIT I would ... regular action? Well, the deadline isn't until December 1, but I recommend ... , while you're thinking of it. And I certainly recommend contacting your EC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  about sleep schedule optimization. I learn that Jason believes in ... I convene and start lamenting our naive choice in major years ago. 9 ... doesn’t get stolen. In the darkness, I hear whispering sounds. Is it just

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  , in a different place, and at a different age. As a result, he would, at ... a senior project in that field. or the random conversations i've had ... haven't completely decided. I shouldn't give you more things to read as a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  because, in my music prof's words, "I can't tell you how many Sonatas in E ... Maisonette I went to put my laundry in the dryer, checked my mail, and found a ... /husband/estranged son-in-law/daughter/stepson). Everyone seems to know one Halloween baby

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  The last two years at MIT has been a large exercise in learning how I learn best. What I found after Interphase was that lectures alone didn ... they didn't have enough tutors or I would have also had one for 6

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  home, and what falls in between. And yet, while I stress about what I ... , I am also currently freaking out in every possible way right now. I ... 17th. I typically try to keep swearing to a minimum on the blogs, but

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  external monitor so it would be the first thing he saw when he stumbled in ... and such. Then she asked me what my plans were for the break. "Work," I ... students to attend than ever before. And I'll be working with the web team

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  ," Day 2 - "Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017," Day 3 - "College Life Changes ... what I’d do without math. Now I’m a double major in Political Science ... had to give up my interest in mathematics. I simply applied it to other

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  to a motor and it reacts to a light sensor. So cute in fact, that I ... , I met up with my family at Border Cafe in Harvard Square, along with ... Committee in the 26-100 lecture hall. Along the way, my brothers and I were

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  us the theatre would be pink, I imagined a muted pink that blends in with the background; I would never have imagined it to be bright, Barbie ... they’d be performing a few hours before the concert, but I never would

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was ... up in the entrance. Curious, I stopped a guy from walking in ... down, we were back at the hole-in-the-wall bookstore; I recognized the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  can now see the summer as something whole and fully past. Back in May, I ... rituals, not routines. I spent the summer mostly in Cambridge, with trips ... in a good way. What I Actually Read Between the World and Me, Ta

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this means recognizing the winners of the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in ... : Sam Kronick '10 Last Friday I had the chance to check out all three

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  look who i found in vienna hi joon

  

  [annotation note = "joon looks much more aesthetic than i did in my picture jesus"][/annotation][annotation note = "in case you were wondering this is true outside of pictures as well"][/annotation]

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I've pasted some excerpts from the UEA email in italics.) The complimentary ... ?" Q: What does an economist do? A: A lot in the short run, which amounts

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  be like without them. I had never really considered how it would be ... team so much. I can’t wait to see what the post-season has in store for ... season!! We just wrapped up our regular season, and I wanted to share the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024