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• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  In times of economic crisis, Random Hall perseveres in upholding the ... frequented by MIT students and hockey moms, for the purpose of buying more ... considered a success, feeding 15 students in total for less than 0.1% of the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  's conjecture sums up the year nicely, as of right now. I came in, as countless ... fire hose of learning was opened at full force. I'll try to sum the classes up in 100 words or less: 5.111 - Principles of Chemical

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  of SOC-STD 98LH. In the end, I couldn't take Philosophy of Education ... class time at the end of the semester to just chat about her field. I can ... around. If I can. In the meantime, I can at least tell interested friends

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  I had lunch at Harvard today, on the stone steps of a building like any other Harvard building I’ve never been in. I sat with a dear friend ... School of the Museum of Fine Arts) appealed to me when I applied here, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  their MIT application. In my three years of reading applications, I can ... I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my fall meetings this Sunday in Plainview, NY. Yesterday, I went fishing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  predict the turn of events by fiddling with a can of Budweiser and pacing around his small, money-sucking apartment, a pinprick in the vast mix of ... unsteady smile. “I know, babe. I am relaxed. Just…I haven’t seen mom in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office ... MIT community. The purpose of the FSILG Office is to enhance the out-of-class experience for the students at MIT and be a proponent of the shared values that
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  have a pretty comprehensive knowledge of the game now, in that i can ... can list all the possible events in each act, that i know the ai of each ... picture of my old room, with my key: and here is my room now. i am in a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  agreements and the threat of prison I can't tell you a whole lot about it, but I can give you a basic feel for what I do. I'm given bags of action ... , back to the first line of the post. I can steer myself any direction I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  ,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to ... cognitive sciences, I could do chemistry or biology, or any number of ... during sophomore year I'm noticing a trend in physics problems: they get

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  the airport and time to head back home. I haven't been back in a year ... winter nights. ———   So much has happened in the past year, as I ... -night psetting and last-minute cramming. To recharge in the comfort of my family

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• 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

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  *")----->O/H---->OH--->Two components in liquid rocket fuel--->EXPLOSIVE action. I can almost ... intensive project hence (most of) my absence from the blagosphere. BUT I ... 't speak more than a large burrito worth of spanish, but here's what I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  basically the first day of school. i can't tell you how many jobs i've applied ... can help me get one then i'll do anything it asks of me"]satisfy major ... way back when, i wrote about the mistake of a courseload that i took

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  we are deriving in class. The class makes you think most of all. I like ... complete internships or study abroad in some cases, I spent my first IAP here ... cooking for myself this month. I bought a lot of soup. A tad too much most

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of ... climates have streams that are dry or have low flow most of the year and can ... semesters in classes like 1.050, 1.035 and 1.036 learning the fundamentals of

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

  [guest post] time passes from spirit island a board game that i picked up 3 years ago is now my life

  

  . we ended up playing a lot more in the rest of the semester. i would ... closely. of course, that was back when i was a prefrosh and didn't know him ... really got to know [annotation note="cj: the amount of times i am mentioned

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  plenty of things I did in high school that brought me joy, fulfillment, and ... ’m finally back in a place where I need scarves and hats, and now I can make ... engagement, and for simple patterns I can even look up most of the time

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  lot of torque due to its size. The Nerf Gun In order for this to work ... were pretty hard to come by in Boston so Raymond ended up buying one off ... of it, a pusher motor that pushes the next dart in and the flywheel

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  call argon) is the source of life. This is not in fact the case, and I ... of Homestuck vibes when I read it, mostly due to its presentation ... one of the longform pieces I mention, read this. Has an equally

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020