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• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  from the somewhat ambitious "Find a UROP to turn into a thesis!" to "Keep ... to use!" which rapidly degraded into "But I need to set up a server ... , for reals: "Find a UROP to turn into a thesis." Until then, home sweet

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  -and-drop Windows tool. f) Want to put a period after your middle initial in the MIT ... say that "having a pass makes you inclined to use it." To get a pass ... a student residing in a dorm, you are entitled to four static IPs

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

  in German has helped me to speak German more freely. As a tutor and ... determining when students don't understand. Reluctant to speak in a language ... in a group with five other MIT students. For Physics, we designed a

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  students they meet. To give up a gorgeous weekend afternoon to sit in a meeting room in a library says a lot about their commitment to the process ... :00 am alarm seemed just way to early) I arrived in Seattle in time to go

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  . There are so many ways to find your people in college, and I want to talk ... floor lounge to find dinner companions. But with a non-residential friend ... Alternatively, how to build a cult! Only it’s not a cult, it’s just a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  worst of the damage. (A system like this could be very useful in the case of a large-scale natural disaster in the US, when more commonly-used ... . In the future, the Radio Society is hoping to develop a couple really

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  pointers on how to find a date, things to discuss with your date, etc. They ... would be a great idea to use blue and white striped plastic bands that ... much. Prom is a nice excuse to dress-up, see what your friends look like

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  , travelled to all parts of Boston in a mere 4 hours, had fun at REX events ... 't limited to pizza), spent a night in the New England Aquarium, and finished ... the people who read the blogs brings me here to my computer on a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it ... of religious fasting, so it’s really nice to find a nice vegan place ... , I guess.  Social Experiences  I realize I go to Oath a lot. In the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  ones in which I get to dispense laughs or in which I get a chance to ... blog seems to really resonate with many in cyberspace. It is hard to ... you even weighed in with clever suggested names for my soon-to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me shooting outdoor footage from the terrace in Simmons Hall for a practice ... people in Paris and Saint-Tropez. There is a cathartic moment involving

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of ... topics of writing in your subject. If you do not wish your students to use ... to begin with their assignments. * They can be used as a thought

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  find ways to drive action, create drama, all in a theatrically compelling way. In particular, I found myself wanting to say big things ... training wheels of the class helped. I learned to think in terms of change

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  I’ve learned to accept that my life can be in shambles. Being a human ... place where it occurred; I remember the directions to my aunt’s house in ... can sit and watch the moisture in the air fluoresce on a foggy night

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  flashlight in the process. Once you've completed the course, you're free to use ... a mini mill in your dorm at MIT? And do you get time to work on your ... there lots of CNCs? Is it okay to use the shop in the wee hours of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  a fire alarm and have everyone in my dorm freeze to death in the ... scarves arriving in a box that literally said “CHEMICAL TEXTILE” in big bold letters. They also didn’t look or feel like other silk fabrics I was used to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  . Typical for an MIT student, I am used to not a day going by without a ... I have to relearn how to learn, in a lot of ways. I am grateful that Course 1 allows me the opportunity to participate in a program such as this

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  can only see a short distance away). This isn't to say that flat ... some extent, make sense. A perhaps less controversial way to understand this can be seen through the use of cameras; taking a photo of our three

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  stall, and a urinal. (MacG used to be all-male back in the day.) It's up ... As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers ... store Adam's planes. This one, in A Entry, is more a place to eat

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  successfully after a while, choose to take in the things that bring color to my ... lies ahead. I am in a bit of a corny mood tonight, so I want to leave one ... right now but don’t want to say too much yet write a lot, in particular

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025