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• Blog / Classes

  classes im taking! strictly

  

  to look like im hacking the mainframe: I went through a few fonts ... 220 TrueType font. 18.100B: Real Analysis I missed taking a math ... how to write formal mathematical proofs (as well as develop a rigorous

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 16, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  and ready to start (and finish) the 7.012 PSET. Instead, I woke up a few hours later practically unable to speak from a sore throat. So, it was ... Vaporub type of sick? Not once in the past ~seven years. Then a few weeks

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  , the lunch buffet from Desi Dhaba, huevos rancheros, grapes Evaluation A ... made a "syllabus" for my summer. I gave myself goals and intentions ... of it (recognizing it as idealistic, possibly self-centered and a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  be nice to get a break from the institute for a little while. I Wrote ... summer.  East Campus made them a scrap book and gave them t-shirts from ... Sophomore Slump. My second semester was a little better.  I took classes that

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  "awkwardness" derived from verbal adventure-seeking and a fascination with ... was to produce a larger, 20-minute piece using sound from the spring ... infinite and ask if they have a few minutes to talk about this without, well

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  finish one!!! This will be the one: The theme I picked (from a hat) is ... Wow so …….... I’ve been MIA for a whiiile. In the past 2 months ... my bed upgraded from twin size to full size (!!); makes me scared about

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  My grandfather used to tell a "story" about how when kids came home ... been gone a long time but I was reminded of this story when I went out on ... smart and when I called them from the airport as I was leaving in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  accomplishment today was from hooking up a new dry nitrogen tank and finding a ... it hasn't gotten here yet. Wednesdays I only have 1 class. 8.07 from ... wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  interviewers remain helpful). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of ... not far from yours while others are in school as students themselves

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  organizations, and marketing management--and two elective courses from a range of ... 's perspective; if I get a chance, I'll have someone from the community write a bit ... sure we have a full, official set of scores from everyone. Xiaoxuan asked

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  really fulfilled it, relying on my friends and my boyfriend, as well as a ... 'm also trying to be a little more conscious about the food I intake, trying ... I tend to enjoy baking a bit more than I do cooking. Sunday I decided

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  happy with a move towards self-sufficiency in the woods, away from the ... : increasing returns after 1800` with a quote from Thomas Jefferson, who wrote ... it! So I`ll share what`s on my mind. I guess this is a book report

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  . And now some Q&A, ranging from somewhat inane to completely relevant ... about deferring for a year, and here I am giving you information on how ... a term at MIT. For some of you, this might entail working a part

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  As promised in my last entry, it has been quite a week! Tuesday ... my corny little flashlight: Now I can use a milling machine and a ... = verb for using the lathe to machine something) a pin for the pedalbox of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  and earth science, so it was refreshing to take a break from math and CS ... guess what I’m taking away from this IAP is that there’s a balance to be ... This is a guest post by one of my friends, Heidi Z. '27, one of the

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  , syrup, and a little bit of milk I got from a friend. The first meal I ... , Emanuel Perez '19, Caroline Mak '18 ---   MIT has a food access ... between classes and everything else, it is a challenging skill to go buy

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  2 MIT alums (including a former blogger) for a week on the west coast ... edition. Thankfully, a lot of the more famous things about San Francisco lend themselves really nicely to outbursts of nerdiness. Exhibit A: the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  Last Friday night I came home from lab, took off my jewelry, wondered what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of Friday nights like this, and a lot of Fridays spent studying or coding

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  i’ve known for a while that i’m a pretty awful conversationalist. my ... ask me questions i often pause for a while to think before giving a ... factor might be that the presence of other people forces me to think at a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  from a tour bus, locked myself in a bus bathroom for 10 minutes…The list ... A 21st birthday has significant significance in the U.S. because you ... available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019