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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  Astley 4. If I Ever Fall In Love by Shai 5. Somebody to Love by Justin ... -tufted grey stone of Killian Court. Valentine's Day fell on a Thursday. I ... troupe filed in behind her, clustered behind my seat, and began singing. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  take the midterm today in two hours and 19 minutes, as of the moment I’m writing this of course. But I can’t find the motivation to study. The ... in the room was just the stress I used to feel standing in front of the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT ... arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front ... and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  that went on at the same time. Here's a compilation of the ones I can remember. Playing numerous 3-5 hour sessions of Dungeons and Dragons in ... could try (and likely be unsuccessful in) compiling a list of activities

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  2, which is red. And I can hide everything in the layer by clicking ... objects on layer 3 will show up on top of all objects in layer 1. You can re ... outline I made when I scale both: Instead of tracing images, you can

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  skeins of yarn and unfinished crochet projects, I can say that I ... logistics of crocheting at MIT. How will I pack all my yarn? What project ... store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  I can find one of my friends who can give intelligent advice on ... I'm interviewing at five of the top seven programs in biology -- and ... morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  were: the process by which I knit a replica of the spawn of Cthulhu coding in history class...instead of playing Starcraft FIRST Robotics and ... In spirit, not much has changed over the last three years. Hi. I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  hours of sleep a night, I can never go back to surviving on 4. Back in ... College allows for a lot of freedom in gameplay, but that can also be the ... in general, I think I am less of a mess than I used to be. I have a few

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  to make your decision (in favor of MIT). Also, I've added some new ... world" programs in a double digit number of languages -- I never got ... 't think I'd talked to him in a few years -- when somebody isn't in any of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  or recitation This is one of the few I can use as a general note of ... on the world out of everything I’ve done so far in my whole life. This ... be interesting to explore some of the less-than-optimal decisions I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  this. And because of it, I've been thinking a lot about what he said. In ... after she told me this. In many ways, I can see how similar my mom and I ... that really hammered in this "angry" kind of attitude. In high school, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  up late, and climbing on roofs, I met the start of school with a dangerous sense of nonchalance. Consequently, I spent the first month of ... noble intention in mind, I woke up bright and early on Sunday morning

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  “What will you major in?” asked one of my senior year teachers. “I ... joke, that in all of MIT this one person alone seemed happy, so I did not ... coat back in the 1960s. I don’t know if that sort of error happens much

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  of me; once in place, I could follow them where I wanted to go. So ... set of materials that I can use over and over again, and I’m not scared ... ; *         *        *   I used to think of decision-making as a complicated optimization

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  In my sophomore fall, I wrote the art of trying new things, where I ... . This class has also been interesting because I'm one of the few people in ... behaviors and beliefs of people who live in it? How can we change our

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  in, about what kind of company culture I like (hint: Google is awesome ... with that beanie. I kind of want the weather to get colder just so I can ... If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  :) Based on yesterday alone, I feel safe in saying that the MIT Class of 2014 ... Standing Exams in physics, chemistry, biology, and math (maybe? I can ... later, can I e-mail you? Of course! ~*~23 days till CPW!!!~*~

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  as I think about all of the prefrosh that will be checking-in throughout the course of the day. All the things I’ve taken for granted in a ... before our eyes, I can’t wait for all that is in store. My own prefrosh

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  ? The only thing I can think of is that I must've been struggling pretty ... can only assume references T.S. Eliot's Wasteland, in the middle of some ... far, I've deep cleaned my dorm room, put in necessary work orders for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022