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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  beeping oh god the beeping it's driving me insane I am so tired and then it ... beeping it's driving me insane I am so tired This has been going on for about twenty-five minutes. It seems like the right time to start an

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  of the freshman perspective, and compare it to how I felt a year ago ... -tripped DC for some work meetings (6.5 hours each way makes for a long day ... works as a director for a rather large freight railroad in the West. It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  for thirty years, and how helpful it had been to science, and then I was ... it is possible to get an adequate amount of sleep at MIT, as long as ... Even though I am rarely directly asked this question, I know it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  woods to feast upon it  What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? MIT ... It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: every morning I wake ... potted Cattley Guava is fruiting (in USDA zone 6!) it is time for those

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  PDF, this is exactly how the admissions committee will see it. Recommendations: It is okay if your teacher or counselor does not include the MIT ... processed all materials. It may take us up to two more weeks for your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  of the year they'll know more about it than anyone else; I like how it ... annual fall showing -- before it is loaned out to students -- is open to ... to the campus gallery to view art, and waking up and living with it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  specifically at technology and how it affects culture. From surveillance to ... understand things makes it easy to understand how the world is so complex ... registration. You could all take it with me if you wanted to (and you should! It

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  uncertain about the process of identifying schools and how to apply to college ... conversations about how to select the final school that she will actually attend ... it is. This is our conversation from last night

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  just sits there, shuts up, and does it. She finds it's the path of least ... that and sometimes, yeah, it does keep me up at night. Sometimes I think ... my best trait and instead replied with my worst, saying that it was my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  whole time just f r e a k i n g  o u t about how cool it was and then ... other other homework So... it's been a long time. There was a week or so ... clean everything up.) It took so long to get anything done, and afterwards

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  while the rice cooker does its thing. And if you’re still busy by the time ... is proportional, but it should be. I can definitely see how it’s ... timer that indicates how much time it will take to cook. When that timer

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  *then* it dawned on me. How STUPID I'd been. These thousands of people ... you can see just how many people where there. It's incredible.) Enjoy ... people have been singing? Me: does it mean anything? Spanish friend: not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  content of the conversation. Instead they measure how long each person ... factor" . The weight assigned to each feature depends on how much it ... it's carried out and how current research projects use the concepts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  succeed, but it’ll be darn awesome if it does. Every day is completely ... haphazard and does not emulate its keepers. Hard work doesn’t always pay off ... with its camera pointed toward the sun sent the first 500 GB of its daily

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  . Like, I could see how it had hurt others, but it would be different for ... balance [annotation note="or as Ana Sanchez ‘22 puts it: learn how to exert ... schoolers, prefrosh, and people in general. And in case at any point it feels

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  , four dimensions. I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently when it ... for nothing because it didn't pay off in the way I had wanted it to. And I really wanted it to pay off. I put a piece of myself into that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  . Winnie also pulls up a tutorial on how to do it properly, unlike Dylan and ... than I could’ve come up with.   Since it’s celebrated on the [annotation note="this corresponds to sometime in May or June — it’s not

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  It's 6:30am. The natural lighting floods in past the courtyard ... ever since I got back from my trip home for winter break. It's making me ... change nonetheless. I am left thinking about how much has truly changed

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  throats and chests. “Life sure does suck sometimes.” “Yea.” It was $6 for ... because of how cold it was and I’m going stir crazy. Tomorrow we’re having a ... a single now and it’s pretty huge. I low-key hate him. “Eric

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  Midyear Report.   Got it. Ok, how do I fill this thing out? The ... how to submit their latest grades.]     Hi Everyone, The MIT Midyear Report is now available on MyMIT. Wait! Don’t fill it out

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013