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• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  (which is still pass/no record), and to a lesser degree in your second ... . In fact, you could call it a corollary to that folksy wisdom that I ... to MIT and that has been doing this bloggin' business for a while. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  November 2004, so I've got a handle on what I'm supposed to be doing in lab ... So another school year came to a close, and so begins the season of ... decided to stay here in Boston this summer which according to rumors is

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  looks like that. I hadn't been to a baseball game in a while, and I ... place one week at a time. For me, each week is like a round in a boxing ... friends to my first Red Sox game. I'm a senior and I've never been

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  MIT has participated in a legal challenge to immigration policies ... precedent. In a letter to the community announcing the lawsuit, MIT President ... students on F-1 visas to take a full online course load this fall if they are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mathematics for Computer Science – “Top 10 Proof Techniques NOT Allowed” 6.042 has been a very engaging and entertaining class thus far.

  

  reference: In reference A, Theorem 5 is said to follow from The­orem 3 in ... education for free in only a year" by dedicating themselves to online ... math in high school, when I came to MIT, I became disillusioned both with

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Into the Sunset [by Cadet Paul Estrada, '09] My fascination with color guard, and participation in a colonel's…

  

  to us later on, "Sure is a lot of brass in here isn't there?" When I ... the shoulder of the cadet next to me and said, "There's a general in ... similar to Col Wallen's at some point in my life, being presented a statue

  • by ROTC
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  !) of dissolving salt in hot water to make a solution strong enough to ... a friend from high school, who happens to be a pre-med (DING!) at ... found himself stricken with a case of influenza, exhibiting such symptoms

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  experiences in this profession have given me a ton of stuff to think about ... posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  that this class is going to kick my ass, but in a good way. This class ... ! Staying in shape: One of my goals this semester is to start running on a ... ="MIT's Writing course/major"]21W[/annotation] classes are HARD to get into. In the

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  awesome Nigerian food—how I missed that!—and looking forward to a wedding ... circular dancing to a synchronized warble my cousins shimmied to, the heavy ... did visit a Nigerian restaurant in Boston called Suya Joint (suya being

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  blotting in a Metro station! (By the way, a Western blot analysis is a ... it.) If anyone has seen a more nerdy/cute billboard, I'd like to hear ... Metro, to get downtown. While I was waiting around the Medical Center

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  , red- and yellow-compartmental bins are sloped in a way to keep the stand ... bottom layer is made of PVC foam identical to the foam used in a regular ... Mechanical Engineering undergrads in a class known as 2.009: Product

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Winter Storm Warning Brr, it's cold out there. And snowing.

  

  EVENING TO 5 PM EST MONDAY... TODAYS SNOW AND FLURRIES IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IS JUST A TEASE FOR WHATS COMING TONIGHT. SIX TO 12 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  sin in a past life. So, I always give some excuse as to why I'm growing ... Senate. It was a good, good night. MIT had some event to celebrate the ... ! And I hear Ankur was even there! I could have gotten to meet a reality

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  , so I took a picture of him as to not repeat pictures in these blogs ... , Judy, Kevin, and I met up in Next House to get waffles. Kevin went a ... go to a class in my prospective major, so I headed off to an

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  would have said in his entry - please read it. I'll just add that a couple ... and feeling a sense of closure to the '10 cycle. Congrats to all the ... Oh, boy, I feel like I have so much to tell you guys and yet things

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I designed a marching band drill for MIT and I didn't even need experience

  

  me to choreograph a piece for MIT. The app is surprisingly easy to use, even though I've never been in a marching band (or any kind of band). The ... every MIT sporting event. To anyone in MIT's music department: If you

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  'll deal with it later and just throw everything in a box". Graduating means ... had to finally empty out my locker for the first time in four years, it was like looking back through history, in t-shirts.  I've decided to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  even better than last time. In a way, it's actually quite similar to ... In my last blog post, I mentioned that one nice benefit of becoming a ... . Trying out new places in my neighbourhood Now that I Live In A Place TM

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  being in a hospital while also managing being a student at MIT:   1 ... are stupid   3. Sleep just doesn't happen in a hospital   ... . Basically, I want to go home. And I never plan on going to a hospital ever

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015