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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  around on campus. The goal for now is to get stronger (without teetering ... seeing the way that this person took the heat for their weight made me ... scale, but I digress. For the most part, my family was pretty heavy

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  weeks. Now it's mid-August, and the situation is the same. hey caragay ... live fully independently with friends for the first time in my life ... who wasn't related to me for the first time in five months. I still can

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  and outside the classroom – is simply astounding. The selection committee had their work cut out for them.” The 590 admitted students ... admitted to the MIT Class of 2014. There were 5,684 Early Action applicants

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  This is the third rush to happen since I graduated MIT. And most of the time, MIT is not at the forefront of my mind. I've got code to write ... -finals bonfire. Our notes for the semester were the guests of honor. I remember

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? ...what the most awkward thing in the whole entire world is? Well, I will tell you. It is going to the Zesiger Center to go ... over the summer, and of course this only increased my appetite for toast

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  every commuter for several miles! It was a lovely start to the day. We ... of the day)EVERYONE I KNOW: There are elephants being marched down Mass ... true; you only know us. ME: Oh, right. Every year in October, the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  vienna & prague, in 194 photos iap '26 #1

  

  continuously forgot that Prague is in the Czech Republic for like, a decade? Ever ... options and noticed that Central Europe is more realistic than the beaches ... ? Ever wondered what it was like for a random college student on the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 6, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a ... , compassionate human being who plays well in the sandbox with others and is ... – they're not great – but as the blogs already have four years of Keri-is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the moment. In the past three days, three separate experiments have gone wrong ... . This is turn explains why I've spent the last two hours of my life

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  , technically, is a tropical fruiting plant, even though it's mostly grown for foliage in the north, and not for its fruit.  Only the lemon tree has ... you are planted, as the proverb goes. This botanical vocation is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  whiteout conditions is a song by the new pornographers, and it ... bad hand". the chorus has been stuck in my head for the last few days ... crumbled, you doubled your dosage / you wanna go, said the inhibitor blocking

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Facebook. Because social networking makes you cool.

  

  Mark Zuckerberg-approved location, I'll suggest the group for this year ... on passing the aforementioned 18.022 exam. Final in 8 hours, you'll hear from me after that :) However, in the meantime: Congratulations to

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Psycho kitten, que’st-ce que c’est? Settling a long-standing question in the midst of finals week.

  

  While everybody else pores over equation sheets for 6.041 or 10.302 or 17.40 or whatever, Ruth '07, urban planneress extraordinaire, is ... , at least it's not as bad as the freshmen on the floor who, thanks to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  earlier tonight while waiting for iTunes to load*. *Not that this is ... thought of the title. After my advising meeting, I loitered for a few hours ... for my UROP supervisor to finish his phone call. In the meantime

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  , MIT is difficult. This is partially because the courses are inherently ... work right at the edge of their abilities. But this difficulty is what ... doesn't really change through the upper years. Adam is an aero

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  Okay, now for the next post addressing one of your requested topics ... key is to try to maximize what you do get out of MIT. For example, I ... for crew (I was on lightweight crew as a freshman). Not really the most

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  groups, it's a lot more interesting to cook for myself. By the way, I hate ... Here For The Food" and was reminded that the three modes of heat transfer ... . While you're punching the cattle, Sam's Mom is punching the dough. You

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  I'm in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central ... than 700 [CDS]. In the end, it is being a good fit & match with MIT that ... will give you credit changes year to year (this is set by the faculty and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  much detail except that the Make Faire is an event organized by MAKE ... You're flipping through the TV channels, bored out of your mind between all the reality TV and cooking show. Then you come across a channel

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  fined $25 for not doing our cleaning duties, and the serious shame of ... . Pictured above is the route I took to work: the Harvard bridge, past building ... is actually run by a bunch of zombies. Since the original plan of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008