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• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I ... Basically, I got hacked. Can I just say I love this school? :) ... You know how in Saturday morning cartoons, there's usually some guy

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  check, I glanced in a vending machine and saw a mysterious brown ... combination of yuck yuck and gross," and I don't know that I can really improve ... campsite (with outdoor showers!), I spent as much in one day in Venice as I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  week and next. I remember this week in late March as a very scary time ... , you’ll do amazing things anyway.” I can show you all the world ... satisfied enough to embark on the eight-hour grind. I realized the error in my

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  though I will likely have very little to do with structural engineering in ... In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  all to me - so now, I understand it in a kind-of-not-really sort of way. How I wish I were like my friend in high school, who would fall asleep ... me. 7. I can make fun of Aditya '13, Swetha '13, and Pooja '13. Why

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. "Agh, I'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP 2006

  

  living. Mmm, I can go running in the park if it's not too snowy. Someone in ... can apply to up to 3 positions in the San Francisco, New York, Los ... advice you can get from alums in your major who have gone into different

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  trader joes for the second time in two days (obsessed what can i say) and ... note="i live in Burton-Conner and thus am free from the shackles of a ... [annotation note="in Toronto specifically… I didn’t research or travel far

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  questions remind me of a time when I was coming out as gay in my 30s, when I ... hand, and their scooters tossed on their sides in the driveway, and I ... until recently. And I suspected, not in a very clear light when it did. It

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set ... doesn't cure cancer. But it's a fascinating subject, which I doubt I can ... remember most about Cambridge. As for Biochemistry, I hope students in either

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for ... , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... until you live here you just can't know. Be completely honest in your

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  build myself in ways that I can't predict now. I still have imposter ... that I should've worked harder in my classes, even though I also know ... try my best to be forgiving towards myself, but I still slip once in a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  and b) 18.02 is asynchronous, meaning I can watch lectures ... (Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2PM), when I am in 8.021 giving my full effort and ... campus living at MIT, I would try to never study in Random. I found it was

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

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  dear past me,  I moved in last year on August 17th, a couple days ... circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and ... Island, I stayed in my room overlooking [annotation note="Kresge Auditorium

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  I spent this summer in a relatively “chill” state. My UROP that I did ... and on my own hours, which was very useful when I was in Pacific Time ... finished a tv show in its entirety; i hope this will be the first. i am

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  The burning question in my in-box is "Can you tell me why I didn ... with your app in committee, and I can't recreate or try to determine the ... school in the world to get into to begin with. I can use that fact to try

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  , and can I just say: SO THERE. Study Shows Boys and Girls Equal in Math ... , I bring you: a totally useless sneak peak of Orientation. This is what my desk looked like as I planned out BC's REX schedule. It's going

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  So I'm currently at NACAC in New Orleans. I'll post more about the ... has changed over the years. When I joined Facebook, in 2005, there were ... ’s mission and role in people’s lives. So that's one thing that I'd like to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  -five blogs. Although I can still bring it up in my mind, the MIT that the blogs ... very limited unsupervised screen time, but I did, and I fell totally in ... 've changed and how I've stayed the same. When I fell in love with the blogs, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  , the internet is forever), and I look forward to the ones I’ll have in ... , practices became focused and I began to compete in individual tournaments. I ... family. Everyone brings something unique and amazing to the team and I can

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014