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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  or very excited about integrals to fit in, do well, or have fun at MIT ... quite sure either. But the people running the event seemed to know (or ... type of math. Maybe it’s the physicist in me. So when I heard that MIT

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  relevant or difficult to complete and que in infinite postponement. So to ... reminds me of my to-do list, which is in my to-do notebook, which is ... : What percent of MIT's total floor space, as in basement to top floor of

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  final exam in psychology. Even more conveniently, my room had a lot to ... , regularly heads down to a warehouse in Lawrence that's chock-full of ... took place in the early nineties. It was meant to motivate us and remind

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  trickled in, and sat down. Ashley welcomed us to the course, and explained ... continuing to move her hips, began tapping her feet in a rhythm that magically ... her, reverted to the hip movements, stopped, jerked her arms in front of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  watch a lot of the movies I've been wanting to see (or haven't had the ... ) leads to the phenomenon of "genoism," or the discrimination of the ... about anything when it comes to Tolkien. In fact, she's the one that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  a week or two.) - Taking an Advanced Technique swim class - Going to ... stands for Independent Activities Period. From January 8th to February 2nd, MIT students get the chance to enjoy everything that MIT has to offer

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  think in new and creative ways to optimize problems that relate not only ... /applicable to anything I do in the future. That's it for now - planning on ... 9 months to do all of the following: get through the list of 101

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even ... .   Hope this inspired you in some way. It's never too late (or too

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  in more than 700 events over ~3.14 days—everything from How to Build an ... .” Months before we get to showtime in April, the opening/closing show team ... headsets. While we mostly stick to what’s written in the run-of-show, having

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  sticky buns are really good, and all I want in life is to sit here and ... graduation will be in two months; that I’d get to have one gloriously carefree ... classes, and I’m still not where I’d like to be -- either academically or

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to ... importantly, whatever they wanted to know when they were in those positions ... draw MIT-inspired art similar to what you would find on Chilled Cow or

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  program or not (and was supposed to find out before i left for Christmas ... grateful that i get the chance to do this, though! every dance i’m in is a ... dancer—chances to dance in so many different styles in such a short period

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Withdrawal Symptoms I miss camp :(

  

  things that don't belong to me, I've spent the past 100+ hours staying up ... that should rightfully go to the extremely awesome '14s (seriously, I ... trying to do everything possible to distract myself from the fact that Camp

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  Saturday at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston. The event was a smashing ... courthouse. Not very impressive, is it? Every guest had to pass through a ... 's the lobby where people mingled and waited in line for their rings

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  surprised to find that most of that weird feeling lasted about 12 hours or ... this post a lot trying to break it down. In the end, I decided it came ... 's kinda a chonky set of claims, huh? I want to be very clear that this is in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  The only course that comes remotely close to being as badass as aero ... Unified Engineering your sophomore year. Mostly, you get to wake up at obscene hours of the morning to attend a 2 hour long double lecture. And you

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  had the chance to work with the actual machinery involved in ... to. Keep in mind, there are about 50 people in my section of the class ... , the project. In years past it's been customary for students in 2.670 to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  of my hall's freshmen, when one of them noticed something odd in the Guide to Facilities for Individuals with Disabilities campus map psoted on the wall. You can't really see anything in that picture. But what my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  and get it done while to "punt" a pset is to not do it or not hand it in ... booing. Some roared in disbelief. Others murmured to their friends. I saw ... the same 24 hours in a day. It's how we choose to spend it that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The seniors are tired but the frosh are fine

  

  to be a happy place, or at least, that's the lie I'm going with ... to things I shouldn't, and although it's going well, or okay, and ... , and the booths that need to be set up, or hall rush, and I'm no

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 27, 2022