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• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  my laptop. This was always a problem for me in high school and during ... study for 18.01. In total, I wrote about 100 pages for 18.01, redoing ... to Learn at MIT. It's about - surprise! - learning to learn in the MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  will have been housed in baker for five months. this is almost as long as ... to an reu, a research experience for undergraduates, which is the math major equivalent of doing an internship. in a blog post, he writes “i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  In the past few weeks, I've been pretty busy with [annotation note="Support Communities For First-Years"]SCUFFY,[/annotation] [annotation note ... happens in the week first-years get to happens"]REX.[/annotation]Then, frosh

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  began as flirtations in an MIT dorm has turned into a profitable company ... meets girl. Girl falls for boy. Boy and girl combine their knowledge of ... and necklaces. Each piece in their collection begins as a computer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  want to see another piece of sushi again in my life. For the days since ... schedule with dying, and searching endlessly for an ounce of motivation to do ... notes in LaTeX because my friends have been getting on my case for not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  Marathon on 4/17/06--be sure to check out Mitra's Blog for an entry on ... actually a great concept for an entry, just a poorly-selected sample, huh ... you want to see exactly what an MIT student does over the summer? There

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  -shirt for showing up! In 2020, when the world shut down and MIT went virtual ... in a pool deep enough for me to have to swim since I was, like, 8. So ... Obligatory Swim Test Lore:  The MIT Swim Test was created in the

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  old shower rod and 90° metal brackets" /] Drilled in screws for my ... ’s been around 3 years. I missed teaching in an academic setting and have a ... What a wonderful word: anew. Google defines it as “in a new or

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  vegetables ($2.00 per 16 oz.) doused in oyster sauce and Sriracha, digging for ... on campus within the next week, you have an interest in avoiding ... -flavors-of-Triscuits supermarket. The fruit is an order of magnitude cheaper than at LaVerde's in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Tales of Two Parallels East Campus History class!

  

  out directly to alumni to gain an understanding of East Campus in days ... one another back in the 1970’s, now kept in the Archives for future ... poll) spread to EC discuss.    Keep an eye out for this class, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  lottery in for tickets. The website is here, in case you're curious and want ... 't have a diploma for you. do you even go here?" Or maybe in a little over ... council for the year's graduating class buys a whole bunch of group tickets

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  I've worked in corporate America for about 5 "semesters" now (they don ... era." Let me share with you an anecdotal history of blogging, what I ... . During my CPW in April 2003 (wow), I took some photos of all the madness

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  really good time to get in touch with your EC to set up an interview. The ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of

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

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  digressions), I spent a year abroad as an exchange student in Taiwan the year ... wouldn't turn my hair gray before I was forty, wouldn't trap me in an ... time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  flakes became pretty big and fell for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, it ... -sweet transition. I love watching snow fall, seeing the river freeze, and having an ... , frostbite is no fun and neither is being wet all the time. In case you haven

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  find Chemistry in the C's rather than the F's -- for five, the chemistry ... knees. (Hint: to find me in any picture of the squad, scan the picture for ... best you can do is send in an application that reflects who you are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of classes What some MIT freshman schedules look like.

  

  soon: a more in-depth look at freshman advising seminars. For more ... 's latest entry. Finally, for those of you in Central Florida, I'll see you ... excitement and anticipation I had on my first day back in 1996; I wish I could

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  end we all gathered in Talbot lounge at East Campus for strike party, an ... shared passion for the stage. I was in bad shape, but I wouldn’t want to be ... for three hours. Aimlessly skateboarding down my hall. Rolling

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  weekend here, a whole four days before classes started, I got COVID for the ... taste of death lodged in the back of my hot, sticky throat, I was ... being sick, this illness was notably bad for two reasons: #1: Zendaya I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  semester where i am genuinely excited about all of my classes! i'm in: 14.33 - Research and Communication in Economics a sort of pre-thesis class, where we will undertake independent research projects in economics. will have to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016