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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  freshmen to cook with them, or to be in a food co-op with them. (yes, I ... taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a generally good principle: don't let other people tell you what think or how to

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February ... .2060 for answering a question in lecture. I've taped it to the inside of the ... -per-week labs in 6.2060"]Plenty to keep me occupied all semester :)[/annotation]

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  different or that you'd like to do and learn from), and then going straight ... feel that she was contributing to society in ways that she had imagined ... algebra class to confirm that I’d made the right decision in leaving Wall

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  that made all the difference in the world to me, or none at all ... Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me ... up here in Cambridge and I'm glad of it. It's easy to not know, but

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  pushing back my finish line in an attempt to build a stronger character or ... ="HI BRY!!!."]Bry[/annotation], recently told me she bought tickets to run in ... . So did I look up training plans or strategies on how to get my distance

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  single buyer in Italy responsible for supplying energy to retail consumers who are not eligible for competitive supply, asked NERA to assist in the ... Countries Will Be Forced to Follow In 2003, the US Internal Revenue Service

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  thing to my mom for even longer, as she is one of maybe three people in ... - Breaking Bloodless NightRaven, or something like that. Whatever it's called ... that they're badly written or anything. Considering the quality of teen

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  to Alive and Kicking Lobsters in West Cambridge"]actual lobster ... my apartment to come chill on [annotation note="the lawn in front of ... of us has been to a mall-like place in...months? also, when some other

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  every circle’s circumference to its diameter is exactly pi: in other words ... Manifesto (which was written in response to The Tau Manifesto :P). Since The ... traditionally releases its rd decisions on pi day, and hacks with pi in the sky or

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  to my left or right, etc.). In the photo, Mitra is showing off the ... classes earn a Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctoral degree in Charm. When I ... headed over to the European Career Fair, for students interested in working

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  committee knows you are applying to their MFA program because everyone in the ... "hook." A former student of mine applying to enter a master's program in ... to her; she had not entered the field with that connection in mind — at

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living (or going to college) in the Boston area is a real luxury because the ocean is only a short train ride or drive away. In fact, many of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  go to review sessions for 2.006 exams or Dance Troupe rehearsals and ... , where I'll learn how to open a bank account in Germany, why not to call ... DID YOU KNOW? Resistance is measured in Ohms, which are represented

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  span of moments in which you’re not quite ready to accept the fact that ... of the same page, or opening messenger every two and a half minutes in ... instrument while listening to a song. or suddenly becoming conscious of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  particularly friendly, or, to be completely honest, even as[annotation note ... my acapella group to serving as the president of a dorm, or the vice ... in particular, and I do like making high-level plans to get things done

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  burrito, or that you shouldn't put pita chips in the oven and then forget ... 's it. It's rare for any freshman to live in Burton-Conner for more than ... needs to evacuate. If something's on fire, cover it or throw it out the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  If your ability to apply to MIT has been affected by disasters or ... mind, and that you may need to focus on other things, or be temporarily unable to complete your application by our deadlines. In the interim
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to ... ’t prerequisites to success. in the end, you’ll be yourself wherever you go. mit is ... to you. the most important aspect of a college is how well you fit in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  exponentially. In just a week or so of classes I feel I have come to understand ... Nina Lutz for multiple hours in editing, to my family for being awesome in the videos, to my best friends Diann Huynh and Chielo Mbaezue for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  . As someone often who doesn’t have the patience to measure things in standard units, I appreciated Micarah’s instructions to cut pieces in “the ... large rectangle of the black cotton. I sewed in some pleats to add some

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022