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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  gum wrapper? J.P. Licks shows us how it's done Oh no, I think we ... My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to ... . I'd been putting off this day for weeks. But it could be put off no

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  before orientation - but it's not because I've been doing it for so long, it's the response from you guys. Getting your comments and immediate ... spread it around to help me out, it's http

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  responsibility than is reasonable. And that's how you like it. Contentment with ... expected a wall, now wondered what they were capable of. It was in this ... received her advice. I folded the unassuming piece of advice once the long

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  Toscanini's run with some others and guessed how long it would take to run ... about college essays. It's interesting how life changes. A year ago ... . It's kind of strange and scary how quickly November 1st is approaching

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  . over. and. over. Like I am now, except now I'm not dancing to it. After I found this song (and immediately realized how positively musically delicious it is), I forgot about my Saturday morning cartoons a few times and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  , it's time to accept the fact that another class is about to start applying. I know it's fun to complain on the internet, I do it all the time, but it's time to move on. :) Speaking of classes applying to MIT for

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment

  

  -of-summer optimism), or at least stick to it as best as possible! (Also I swear that this is the least awkward of the 3 thumbnail options YouTube gave me. It does look like I'm having a crisis though...)

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  . Regardless of what it looks like, this is a tribute to our institute, not a poorly-spelled tribute to Matt McGann. It's Eiffel's fault, not ours! Why did I wear yellow plaid shirt that day? Stupid, stupid! Does this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  borrowed it, and how long I spent listening to it. And so… after forty ... Michener. I didn’t finish it. It’s 55 hours long. I tried really hard because ... ;1/3 of my music listening. It’s mostly to discover new songs

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  here so long that I've forgotten what it's like to be in love with a ... quickly how difficult it would be to come to a consensus via sporadic emails ... Howdy folks, I'm back! It feels like forever since I last posted

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  can't begin to tell you how quickly these past two years have gone by ... friends about how my school wasn't going to stick me with a random roommate ... , which has its own set of advisers entirely.. the different combinations

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  -Pakistan conflict and how it continues to affect even South Asians in the United States, and how it related to the promotion of unity and understanding on ... ... but it's snowing here, and it is beautiful. I'm overlooking this winter

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  assignment was a bit traumatizing because of how long it was (3000 words!), so ... . Summarize one of the claims he made and the arguments for it. Evaluate how ... and how the author uses rhetoric. After all, it’s not a very strong

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  .784. After getting off a rather long waitlist, I realized it conflicted ... another semester I’ll have to take it with class C which is an estimated 20 ... determine the class list way before Registration Day. It’s great for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  %, it does not mean that the chances of a given applicant who scores ... 't. That's how our admissions data work. It shows you where the decision wasn ... 've blogged before about how the dangers of reading too much into admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  's distracting me from 2.004 studying). Here's how it started, with an e-mail to ... flame wars and being used correctly, it's also a great way to let somebody ... 'm not just saying this to say it, I'm saying it because I just had a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  , it doesn't feel like a sterile box that does nothing to mitigate my ... enhance who we are. How do we have time to paint murals? After a grueling day of psets, papers, and reading, how can we not take some time away

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  hundreds of EC and non-EC residents, alumni, and associates. It's a public ... , which falls into the "thoroughly random conversation" category. It ... circumference. On which Amittai '01 helpfully elaborated, with... yeah! it

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  In review — it’s been a good year. In reverse-chronological order, I ... touched, and only knew about because someone else was sweating over it ... a while, and am glad it happened the way it did. I spoke in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  , how do people actually make decisions? How does health economics work ... this was a really good decision, and continue to highly recommend it. I ... 't mentioned here before is my feeling that it is super under-appreciated by

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016