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• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  students would rather do calculus than succumb to the byproducts of rampant ... to talk about things that they write at the bottom of lists. In ... and whatever), so in the spirit of conserving the quantity of cynicism

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  complete all those hopeful post beginnings, reenact the thrill of days long ... the essentials of IAP and Spring semester.   During IAP, I took ... ’s pretty great. During the last week of IAP, the 20.219 instructor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  ! that's the least number of classes i've ever taken in mit, and the least ... of my days as a competitive programmer, when the time complexity of an ... pset in the first third of the semester, one paper presentation, a big

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  of a flower, the people of my orientation group seemed to blossom.  As ... get a sense of what classes are offered in each major. What sounds cool ... [annotation note='scroll to the bottom of the site. we‘re classified under “Ivy

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  sharing.  What’s the best part of making videos and having a You ... years--was knowing that I was making a difference in the lives of hundreds of kids (and adults!) from across the world. After a while, there was a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  , not new: as I blogged last year in the wake of Hurricane Michael ... not be penalized in the application process because of delays caused by ... allows you to get the rest of your life in order first. And, most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  sent out postcards confirming the receipt of your form, but apparently ... dot edu. You haven't answered by question in any of the past few ... new course 20) was limited to 20 students for the class of 2009. Was it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  that?? is that even REAL??). All of our student EMTs are certified in the state of Massachusetts, many via the class which is offered every IAP ... 've really been home that I'm on the verge of emailing housing and telling them

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

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  I usually reserve these kinds of posts for life-changing classes, the kinds of classes that let me discover things about myself and about the ... . Last fall, I saw it would actually be offered in the spring and taught by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  One of the many things I love about MIT's dining halls is that they ... a rush, I find it helpful to do a quick scan of the entire dining hall ... . In doing so, I'm often surprised by how much the salad bar has to offer

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  one of your eyes, creating a 3D image. The 3D is cool, but irrelevant ... ) abilities. With a certain predefined image displayed in front of the 3DS ... table. You can then walk around the card and look at all the sides of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  compliments she had to offer, despite the overall morbidity of the characters ... -attack-worthy lies over the next couple of days. And this blogpost is all about the art ... , and the break was truly wonderful. Apart from spending a great deal of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  Aiken concert Sunday night at the Bank of America Pavilion. Though I'm by far the biggest fan of American Idol at MIT, I was still a little ... imagine that you're walking toward that venue, with the intention of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  ; students are printing leaflets of resumes before the printers get tied up on ... ; I was so jealous of my friend Helen--she was working at the ed ... only a handful of the 2019s I know who ended up interning over the summer

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  my parents, the only form of exercise that really occurs at my home. I ... vivid memories from childhood is nearing the finish line of the end of ... tune of the first Attack on Titan theme, which is still on my running

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  I just turned nineteen, and the journey billed as the first year of the rest of my life is meeting an anxious end. I'm still in the same ... information technology and toward the pursuit of transportation. I'm nursing my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  Simmons Hall, we somehow stumbled upon the topic of my blogger bio, to which ... home and am excited to see what the rest of these next four years will ... past month and i once emailed the ceo of nike asking him to make the air

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  spoilers for the book siddhartha   i. at the beginning of my ... is introduced at the beginning of a text (oftentimes in the form of a ... interaction a synthesis is produced that incorporates elements of both the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  major by the end of their freshman year. If you're really, really unsure ... bound to your decision. To change your mind (by the end of sophomore year ... declaring your major at the end of the year. My impression is that joining a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  with the list of "deal breaker" variables. Who was I and what was ... , academic programs, extracurricular options, diversity of the student body ... could be assured of some admissions offers, but I didn't count on being

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005