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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  boorish man took the heroine to see a Wagner opera. Being a frilly type of ... to get tickets but also find an opera buddy steadily dwindled, until I ... a request that she give up the ring to the Rhinemaidens or the gods

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  I really like driving. I wanted to go to college in a city with ... or so on the weekends) because I needed to drive. It's a calming ... /con Should I go to MIT? list was "I can't take my car with me." Freshman year

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  almost had to change into liederhosen in 45 seconds, but somebody with a ... through the alps, he would probably opt to wear something that chafes a ... in a blog? Anyway, it's good to see fans getting along. The motto of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  gives you a few silent hours to have personal help and you find a group of ... 've been using since Interphase to make my life a little bit easier ... your psets and tests and it's much easier to fail a faceless name. Office

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  . Was your research output impactful enough to lead to a start-up?” I ... MIT faculty on cutting-edge research. Typically, a student would find a ... learned in classes to create a tangible product. Did you know that Collier

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  indentify with her more and to find it hard to fault her that without being a ... dying to publish their findings quickly to get the credit for the ... some questions. So they threw in a generic thank you to the people at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  then proceeded to not move it. Two weeks ago, I walked 21 miles as a sort ... walking at 9 and finish the marathon by 5, which requires me to walk at a ... drink a little water, and I start to realize that I might not have enough

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  ! Lots of 'em. I talk to a few of the representatives, and I find out that ... . I haven't even eaten lunch, but I find some chips and a banana to ... the same day as the dreaded first 8.01 exam in addition to a 3.091 quiz

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  pursue a career in advertising, then you might be able to find someplace ... all: What are you going to study? Would a degree from MIT really be ... need to decide on a major (sometime during sophomore year) and then study

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  note: you are required to purchase a meal plan if you live in a dorm with ... of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... additions to this post. Bonus: a recent post on Save

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A point to clarify

  

  for a flimsy reason of short-term convenience like it being easier to move your stuff within a dorm than between dorms. Thanks to a lot of ... In response to my last entry, Drew asked: "So, how important is it

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  New York. I went to Europe for a week, where I had more great food. I am ... something in the lot, Teaching English to a class (and watching them sing "I ... by the locals. After a week of this, we went to Lima and Cuzco for a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew ... like math. The story I hear too often is that they loved math up to a ... sense to them and they hated it after that. It's a sad story. Math

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  .5 hours before boarding starts Try to find a water fountain Wonder why ... latter. So if you ever wanted to find out how to do the airport ... online shopping Give yourself a pep-talk to write so many blogs on this

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  people refer to the recipients as a Genius because they are awarded a ... everyone else I know does keep up. Friend: Your UROP advisor is a genius. Me: Yea, I know that. She's an MIT professor. Friend: No, she's a GENIUS. Me

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  around 10am, got my pass and a guidebook around 10:45, and headed over to ... independent games as a product of wanting to make something you’re proud of and ... feeling inside a person, something beyond just finding a niche market or

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  i'm going to make, like whether to go to mit or choosing what to do this summer. i fall in the same traps when i think about what i want to ... over again, without evaluating it differently. i find that whenever i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... topic of blogging. I want to reflect on a couple of points -- this ... ... The MIT admissions blogs are, as a whole, supposed to convey a diverse

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is a little harder for your situation. You may be overwhelmed thinking about prices, distance from home, community, and/or ability to perform

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can get one. I put on a light jacket, text a friend who wants to meet at ... to the gas station to grab a few drinks. Fifteen seconds outside, and I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016