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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  they were on and use simple light sensors to determine when a single ... majoring in CMS and looking to get a job in the gaming industry next year ... conversations. I can't tell you how often I find myself having in-depth and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Sport CPW cpw at senior haus

  

  descriptions I could. So, in a particular, but not chronological, order, here are ...   BBQ With Tireswinging A historic tradition in Senior Haus, we had ... hamburger buns pretty early and had to improvise using hot dog ones. Trust me

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  250 word limit for a reason. You CANNOT use the FUN form to submit new ... as much as my family did: Anyway, I come to you in 2018 bearing ... below first. If you can’t find an answer here, leave a comment or feel

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time ... respectful, thoughtful, and in many cases difficult to answer. Especially for ... to decisions, can be answered by two things: having a little zen, and a

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  his room and attended 6.006–Intro to Algorithms, a course located in the ... potential use of fluorescing materials in real-world applications. It felt a ... CPW allowed me to capture a glimpse of MIT culture in a super

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have ... sure there is a single "right" answer to that question. I wish I could ... important things in life is to be at peace with where you are and what you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  the use of ropes to descend from heights (such as going from a bridge to ... school summers, I strongly recommend you to make this summer a meaningful one. Just a glimpse of what I did in high school: Summer '04 - Canada

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  I wrote to a few of my friends, but I hope you find the material ... source project, which is a great idea. I urge all of you to join me in this ... a crème of the crop Venture Capitalist in Silicon Valley to expand and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  --seldom is a space used for only one.   Barker Library In my experience ... in Stata A brief tangent--I have always loved to explore. MIT is great ... discovered that if you’re ever in a place you think you’re not supposed to be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  person I had planned to use my entire housing stipend on a very nice ... a meal. I try to sneak in a quick YouTube video, or progress past an ... this post by saying that I am extremely lucky to have an internship in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  , until this summer when I officially moved to live in a hotel (aka Maseeh ... you in high school who want a taste of MIT culture from home and to ... bloggers (Alliteration! Woo! Sorry if that comes across as vain…). In a few

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I spent a substantial amount of time at each arrow tip. Where? In order ... Week 1: IAP Week 3: IAP Week 4: I spent a substantial amount of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  of this story, however, is that it took us twenty minutes to find a ... have to struggle to find a vending machine ever again. (Special thanks ... inexplicable desire to drink soda. As in, I had to drink soda immediately or I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  got tired of listening to us complain about a particular topic, he ... this meant: "I'm already up to my neck in BS, I just want to save my ... were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  fire alarm in the middle of a deep sleep. Right. Back to what I was ... , there is the potential to create a community and find a sense of belonging ... emails like "pink lamp in 2-232" or "one and three quarters of a gallon of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life But make it four

  

  silver balloon in a kitchen]   9:00 AM: J: Heading to lab to do ... previous work. T: A few friends joined me to lock in at the Breakerspace! My ... spends their day. My roommates and I wanted to do the same thing but in

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days. I haven't written a blog entry in 6 days. God created the Earth in six ... long long time ago I used my camera phone to take a picture of Katie? '10

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  finding an area you're interested in and start asking professors. After a ... about housing now, which isn't something I'm willing to touch in a liveblog (too much there to talk about, I couldn't do it justice in a setting

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a ... . You’ll have a place in no time. Anxiety: Okay, but what about that ... month of work for 6.009, dropping your A to a C, and you still felt

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  manage your time, certainly, that crucial skill you can show off in a job ... 't be surprised to hear that writing an essay or studying for a midterm ... taken up already, you'll be surprised to find that without time you, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021