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• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  mean learn to optimize. Is it worth an all nighter to turn in a pset that ... 't expect to be this different. Anyway, in my time here, I've learned a lot in ... health just for a "P" to show up? It's learning to look at how the grade is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  your toothpaste is. You may want to open a window and set up a fan in ... the how-to :P This is a guide for how to restore an old, dingy ... fix a whiteboard that had been sitting in a hallway, filled with writing

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  numbers is a little odd [27% acceptance rate females, 12% males], and I find ... . This is not an accusation or an excuse for myself, but merely a curious ... directly corresponds to a nearly 1:1 ratio in the admitted pool. I'll admit

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  are [annotation note="34, in fact"]a ton[/annotation] of beautiful ... hour there...The boat leaves from Long Wharf, which is a ~10 minute walk ... is only a bit of an overstatement. The ferry ride is indeed beautiful

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  stop you and interject that it is in fact a “fork with spoon ... interesting(?) and noteworthy(??) statistics from my fall semester in a – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  , which is a UN organization that deals with sanitation and water issues in ... the earthquake hit in January, and is structured around weekly guest ... D-Lab, a lab/class at MIT that focuses on sustainable technology in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  , everyone is outside building a fort. And I painted my door! And I painted a chalkboard on my wall! My door is currently bright pink. I'm back at MIT, and there is a new little kitten hopping about. Everything

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  Every day, I realize more and more that I live in a privileged bubble ... what a lot of black people live through in this country. The fact remains ... policies and tweets of a certain president, and sometimes it’s in the open

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to ... world. (I kind of do feel like this is sort of a blogging rite of passage ... , in an era in which we have a female president and a female running as a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  this term, which is a pretty normal load. Those of you that wanted a ... 's also my advisor - in case you didn't believe the "you, too, can have a ... Scheme as his language of choice, which is a great language for focusing on

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  your opportunities or access to resources. In conclusion, here is a list ... professors are top academics of the world. MIT is the #1 school in the U.S. in ... what I’d do without math. Now I’m a double major in Political Science

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  decreased in a geometric series. It is predicted that Paul would have finished ... chowder, Kenan Diab '11 commented, “Yum.” A Junior currently enrolled in 14 ... considered a success, feeding 15 students in total for less than 0.1% of the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  discovered K-Pop in 4th grade (it was actually because of a Ke$ha phase ... throughout my life, so they're pretty great how do I find dances? this is a ... a story? how emotive is it? if not, is it hype enough? is the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  ’d like to get there eventually from the answer is not a hut in the woods ... is the picture i have in mind: i was so preoccupied during undergrad ... strike at a high level my life is not so different from what it was like

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  sounds like a fire alarm, which causes me to wake up in a panic but is ... In a recent concentrated effort to create a 'professional Tumblr' for ... unread in a tiny corner of the internet, so I can dust off the MIT

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  . Organic Chemistry is a great class Loved it. 4. Pie Charts are good It is ... Awfully Named "Segregation" is a type of "assortment" and it notably has an ... to no explanation. Feel free to argue in the comments...I'm ready to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  . For web.lab, which is an IAP class I said I was taking, we made a ... . The way it works is that the first week is a bunch of lectures, starting ... for feedback. Work on the website began in the middle of week 2. A

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  'IHTFP.' In the background is a panorama of the Institute, complete with ... played a prank on us this year. Actually, the Brass Rat is one of the most ... Premiere. Ring Premiere was tonight, in Kresge Auditorium. There was a huge

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  course will end in a couple of weeks time?" Yes, that is fine. You can fax ... so many subcommittees in selection before a final decision is rendered ... fit into a tube. This material is not ready in time to send to the EA

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Go to one in a town near you, and send in your pictures/reviews.

  

  list is just a subset of the many parties going on) Saturday Reno, Nevada ... (recognized as one of the top private collections in the nation), including a ... a dozen parties on the last day of March. Sunday Honolulu, Hawaii, in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2007