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• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  As of right now you may or may not have a job. I got my first job the ... working at the carousel, meaning I was at work 6 of the 7 days of the week ... money while researching something that interests you. By the end of the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  . Basically, they try to get rid of all of the overstock and damaged books, so ... ), I headed across campus to the bookstore. All of these are highly reccomended reading: And it was all so cheap! I am now the proud owner of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  called Formal Halls, and of course attended these huge celebrations at the end of exams called May Balls. Plus the college system (similar to Yale ... . All day. Every day. Part of the problem was that I was taking this

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  many of the original bullets were written in the acronym-filled gibberish ... 's been a "pset, sleep, blog –– pick two" kind of time, so instead of writing about my life, I'll do a little show-and-tell.   Half of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  progression. One day, the robot may score a lot of points. The next day, the ... small bump in the mat changed the whole trajectory of the bot. And then we ... again. Even though a majority of the attempts were spent watching the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  nuts. Now, I'll admit I was kind of shocked by the number of posts that were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little ... the number of AP classes; it's about how prepared you are for the

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  seriously, yesterday was almost the coolest day of my life, ever, and it just ... ? What's 'The Evil Dead?' Xena what?" Well, actually, Ruth kind of knew who ... was in town (and she is the one of the biggest Xena fans in all recorded

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  Skullhouse, formerly of Senior Haus): "This summer I will be an intern at the ... -dimensional effort to help the residents of Gretna in all areas of life, not just housing. LAW's core mission is now the encouragement of spiritual growth in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  interviews has changed (though Stu's observations on the demands of our interviewers remains accurate). A description of the current interview process is ... be considered at the beginning of the early action round - but it will

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  that way for four years. This led to a bad habit of me pushing all the ... ."]opening[/annotation] of the closet door instantly spiked my blood pressure levels. So in an ... , and they sit in a large, unkempt stack at the bottom of my closet that

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fangirl Moment kinda silly, kinda wholesome

  

  A bit ago, the larger group my UROP lab is a part of had a free lunch ... too tired to cook and just went anyway. The allure of free food is ... other UROPs amongst the sea of Real Adults™, so we huddled together. Over

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, is one of two Presidential ... impressed that he's one of two Presidential Scholars in the state, headed to ... coolest of cool tech companies, Google. "In the interview, they asked me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  't spend too much time in any one place. This one's a broader version of the ... . MITERS has spawned a number of cool things, the most famous of which I ... parties start up. It's in the butt-end of the MIT Museum building, kind-of

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  work 9-5, hit the gym, eat dinner, and have the rest of the evening to ... the ease of wellness when the fall term comes around, but I know I ... to visit me, let me know. Food I don’t love the activity of cooking

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  of guilt, pushing down the desire to grab my paint brushes, because I ... yesterday afternoon, as I thumbed a hole in the last of my familiar, paint ... nothing during my sophomore year. The bottom drawer of my desk is filled

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  , grey Favorite line of the T: The caves of the green line always makes me feel like I'm at Disneyland Song used as the opening credits of your movie: The Shins's cover of "We Will Become Silhouettes" Favorite

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  proudly brought it to school, got up in front of the class, and spent thirty ... night of the summer. I had arrived from Boston a couple of weeks earlier ... . I was startled to see one of the graduate students in my group there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  , building 56. It sits right at the end of the infinite, next to the NEWLY ... in 56 as well. Here's a shot of the hallway from the other end. That ... . Uglier than anything you've ever seen. On the other hand, you may instead

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  : - Have one of my songs used in a major motion picture, or at least on The ... enough THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE: - Ukrainian - Italian - Welsh THREE ... - Bryan Nance (only sometimes) THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS: - Coffee

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Recap: wearables, games, and other SUPER products

  

  Last week, I posted the webcast of the final presentations for 2 ... : Rhino, a device for masons to help speed up, and clean up, the repair of ... :   and a recap of some fond memories from the class: 2.009 is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2017