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• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  best color in the box. From the ages of 3-10, my life goal was to be ... they come one right after another. I happen to be a bit of a nerd. I ... to MIT entirely barefoot due to a massive blister, and have a tendency

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  , and at a quarter to five, the mailman came to post the letters. Sadly, I ... and deny letters each come in a standard #10 window envelope (4.125" ... reading and for being a great audience. This isn't to say that this is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  whatever). Put them all in a pot except for the potatoes, cook for two ... cream. Stir the soup, bring it back to a boil, and season to taste ... minutes.   Let the soup cool enough that it is safe to handle. Food process

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  intending to stay there. What value is there for me in looking at different ... are interested in FSILGs don't have a hard time understanding why they ... decision will allow you to make a stronger contribution to it. Let me try an

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Doonesbury Follow-up on Alex Doonesbury's college choice.

  

  consists of emfs and resistors into: an emf plus a resistor in series (Thevenin), or a current source plus a resistor in parallel (Norton). They ... heat anyway. (and the "resistor" in a source like that isn't really even

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! from post-blizzard New Jersey.

  

  , basking entirely in food and sleep. A few days after I got home, the “Snowpocalypse of (dec.) 2010" hit. New Jersey was smack dab in the middle of it ... transportation in the Northeast for a good few days... And I was pretty much snowed-in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... double major in both computer science and business. What a winning ... to look pretty appealing. And besides, I wanted to keep computing as a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  From May 9th to May 13th (a Friday, naturally), MIT students endured ... 's like calling everything and everyone a flurg - you start to wonder what ... in New Hampshire, which is to say we went paintballing at OSG. Among

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  we named 2124 cities of the world fridays with 4W

  

  around 2:30 am, after a game of trying to name all the sports teams in which I was just a spectator, we decided to try to name all the cities in ... entire world.  They tried to name all the cities in the US. I wasn’t there

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  to get a head-start on - in four of my five classes (the only class ... Institute. These beautiful, glorious lulls come in a variety of flavors ... in a reasonable amount of effort over the break. (Kind of like high

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Jebby Awards 2024: See All the Winners Here having fun with hyperlinks

  

  -called important people in the show business pass out little men and women to those who they think did a good job at making movies and TV shows in the year ... Guy Joined a Band in College, and That Small Animal is Riding a Huge

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across ... . WHY DID I COME TO THIS SCHOOL.”), and with classes wrapping up today, a ... sort of wandered around the floor for a while trying to work some of it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  department of defense to pay for my education. I'm sworn in as a midshipman, participate in a week-long introduction to the Navy, and on August 28th I take ... me a bottle. Fast forward to 1991, and I'm a little boy playing outside

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  that Sunday before we arrived. As a result, we arranged to stay in two ... , complete with a kitchen to cook. We would stay in this hotel until Wednesday ... , and learn how to yo-yo. Kylee Kylee is a Course 8 and a UROP in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  . Here are 10 things I remember: 1. Taking a good two minutse to cram four ... get the first half down. We practiced in a courtyard with two giant ... in the drill, and then taking large bows. I tried to remember slow

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wish I Joined the MIT 100K as a Freshman four years of this would've been great

  

  I applied to be a student partner at several VC firms in the area ... makers of Guitar Hero, to Terrafugia, who are in the process of making ... our spring Launch Competition, I got the opportunity to sit in on the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 8, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  , just because the dome is so visible and I'm more likely to see a hack in ... and contrast in order to make things a bit more visible. Ahhhhhhh ... " and it's a wee bit difficult. Difficult in that since Friday morning at

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the ... vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... applying to college. A funny moment while filling out applications. What it ... some of your thoughts and feelings with your peers, to show a spirit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  Premiere. Ring Premiere was tonight, in Kresge Auditorium. There was a huge ... . Admittedly, this line partially formed because the first 300 in line got a free ... constant fight to achieve balance in our social and academic lives. Athena

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006