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• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  bowlers in high school, Protobowl is the website that trivia nerds use to ... , and that feels...frustrating, for some reason. Growing up, the nature ... memorize for tests. Then I got thrown into the dunk tank of MIT freshman

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  the equipment in this photo is for 2.678, including the soldering iron ... photo, in the light blue box, is my DemoSat for 16.851. The DemoSat is a ... Tech is still getting printed and distributed to the dorms, so I was able

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  food; order more Wait for more food to come; browse memes They forgot the breadsticks; call back Eat food Wait for breadsticks; try to concentrate on assignment. Fail It is 2:34 am Eat breadsticks Try to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  boathouse was locked, so practice was cancelled. The day is turning into the ... the four-ish inches we currently have is enough to close down the ... now that the Institute is closed, I have the expanse of an unplanned day

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho

  

  I live in Burton-Conner, which is a cook-for-yourself dorms, but I ... pretty much lived off of avocado toast in the morning and Maseeh dining for ... , though, so when prompted with the option to buy a meal plan for

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly ... Prize in 1987 for his discoveries regarding how the body generates its ... Center. And since my postdoc is an MD/PhD and goes to the hospital on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  career or classes to mark the passage of time. For me, that is pages read ... purpose of the blogs is, and always has been, to give MIT students a place ... so on. There's The Tech for that. But sometimes, the true stories of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  Today is the official beginning of Spring Weekend at MIT. The ... above all else, for most students, Spring Weekend means the Spring Concert ... from the band (if different). For some of these bands, choosing a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  and covered themselves in ink as well. Yay! >.< For the sake of ... , how I'm going to China for a week over the summer, how sometimes I feel ... I feel like doing is sitting back for a bit and letting it soak in. I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  , the other three getting master's degrees at MIT. Tomorrow is ... . It feels weird to be doing things for the last time when I already sort of did them for the last time, and this time it’s different. As a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  material enough i can’t wait for the semester to end this course is too damn rigrous i hope the exam curve is generous i know i can’t keep playing ... long looking for the light at the end of the tunnel   water you

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  ="113867" /] the days walk by and i wait and i wait, i wait and i wait for you to ... measuring the times though it is hard to tell what time of the year i think ... just wait and wait but i am getting too heavy for my hope but the stench

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Making A Splash on July 4: The Celebration in Photos July 4th - A Photo Essay

  

  the day. And also, for more on July 4, check out Matt's Blog. Videos: Movie 1 Movie 2 Tom is a grilling MACHINE. Some friends pose while ... all about the BBQ and fun with friends. I took in the action from Baker

  • by Bryan
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  .  Like most stereotypes, this is not wholly accurate.  For example, I ... popular events is the annual Charm School Business Etiquette Dinner. So ... initial request for a spot at the dinner got turned down.  At the last

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. I am finished with my undergraduate career.

  

  for the time left is to spend as much time as possible with people ... think it's time we talked about things and I fill you in! But for now, enjoy these photos of me throughout the semester. [carousel image1

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  , and Saad Zaheer and myself from MIT. We'll each speak for ten minutes, with the remaining 50 minutes reserved for questions, answers, and debate. This event is especially important in light of Benazir Bhutto

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Who will have access to my application information?

  At MIT, we hope to get to know you better through the application ... understand that some information you may choose to share with us is information ... limited data with other offices at MIT for administrative purposes (for
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  [annotation note="To be explicitly clear, the point of this line is not that it ... . But really, for me the institute has been great in this regard. I hardly ... medical; y'know, places that have to deal with my legal name. For the most

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would ... as luck would have it, my gigantic CI-M paper for 14.05 is due tomorrow ... professional and academic culture of the discipline." Sounds like it's time for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  this is the place for you. I think in some respects you have to be a car ... to MIT? I think the way that I see it is if you've ever read one of ... kind. If you believe that the only education you will receive at MIT is

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007