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• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  dying to check that fateful webpage sometime in the middle of December ... 'll say my spiel anyways. Freshman fall is kind of a shitshow. In the ... ' experiences with freshman fall lie on the scale of "it was a little rough to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  – but none of that is important right now. It’s the first day of Junior year, and then, after a complete 60 seconds of awkward silence as the ... . The droning on of teachers talking [annotation note="yes this is

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  decisions and dealing with the mail mixup. But it's been one of my better ... morning, I decided I'd go to the middle of nowhere in Maine for brunch. I ... of 8:00 to get ready for the train. A shuttle + subway ride later, I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  missed the class last week because we were all THAT sick. And one of the ... of lectures! This is pretty bad, guys. They should just shut down the ... saw these two posters on the wall of a bathroom: (And then a girl

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  the construction.         If the density of ... ideas for how to approximate better. Now that the math is out of the way ... Brothers greet the late-comers with a barrage of snowballs. Many athletes

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  haven't perfected the art of being in multiple places at once. (Yet ... Mailing, which I believe many of you have already received and the rest of ... Oh, hey, the weekend's here. Awesome. In other news, the last full

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  to really like it, for a few reasons. Certainly, it is a swiping of the ... 'd recommend that as fun end-of-summer reading. Second, the obscured telecaster's name is "O'Reilly," which is also the name of the publisher of every good

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  that were at MIT, and the slightly more pressing issue of getting around ... , the Saferide Cambridge West shuttle (after 6 pm), and as of late, my ... 's the coolest way to get around.)But I'm getting ahead of myself. On to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  Today I got in early, giving me a chance to read my copy of the New York Times; also, Ben and I had a nice conversation about the Clay ... days, followed by several weeks of solidifying the class, selecting the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  academics in general. In the descriptions of 6.00 and 17.803, I talk about MIT ... professors are adamant about not making that the purpose of the course. 6 ... hall on campus, 26-100, with a capacity of 566. But it isn’t even the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  cardboard). One of the others was holding up a picture of my high school ... end of the building, then walk up back to the same level. For my FPOP and half of orientation, I lived on the floor 3C. My dorm room was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  Friday evening, after getting one of the more interesting emails of ... (with a view of the Great Dome), a lecture hall, an MIT professor's office ... we're donating 50% of the profits to Doctors Without Borders. Is this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  inducted or inaugurated or initiated or something into the MIT chapter of Tau ... -hazing agreement, but you can use your imagination as to the kind of requirements for ... , which is the main reason that Tau Beta Pi is one of the three most

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  . For the past couple of years, I've used an app called Sleep Cycle to ... night, which sounds kind of creepy on the surface and definitely raises ... 't necessarily the case, though. I spent most of high school in a vicious cycle of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  ago now (goodness, I'm old). And it's the age of many of our excellent ... MIT. Howso? Well, 18 is the number of years in a row that the Nobel ... have been alive! Next year's MIT Nobel? Well, the minds of the Nobel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  dwindling rapidly (for a variety of reasons) and blogging is one of the few ... for a sweet price, so I'm now the proud new owner of a "Real Camera." I know (knew?) absolutely nothing about cameras so I put in the effort of

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  's. Back in the Fall of 2002, I set out on a journey that is still ongoing. I ... of state laws. Back in TX, if you were in the top 10 percent of your ... factor." MIT was one of the schools I applied to because it was "that

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  a selection committee meeting: it was the first day of international ... conclude selection of the international class. Relatedly, I had a great ... -Fair (International Fair), one of my favorite (and yummiest!) events of the year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it ... . Because school systems vary outside of the U.S. and many international ... you submit the results of any external examinations, such as
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Cloud i live there now

  

  I just restored my laptop to factory condition to get rid of an ... Chrome as of 2010; I distinctly remember this not happening before) My ... (stored by Spotify) My other other documents, including all of my

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • February 8, 2012