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• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  , as some people see it, I signed up for a preview of hell to replace my ... desperately trying to keep from crashing down. Long story short, stuff did come crashing down… right in the lobby, making the scene I had so dreaded. It was

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  you can't fix it? Do you really work for the Apple Store?" BARGAINING: "What do you mean I need to pay $1,200 to fix it? I'm still covered under ... computer for so long (except non-working vacations or trips). ACCEPTANCE

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  It has been far too long since my last entry, and I have an excuse ... wrong with it.) I learned how to use a power drill and table saw at the ... the final steps in the long journey that is the medical school

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  , Peter explained how coming to MIT for the first time can make it really ... graduate, you realize, ‘Wait a second, how did it go so fast?,’” Peter said ... physics -- just do that.’ So, I've been here a long time,” Peter said. Peter

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The things that can change your life…

  

  't remember if I have ever told this story here before. If so, it was long ... we wanted to do hall rush the way it was supposed to be done, not to ... , we came upon a short, stocky young man with a black tank top, long

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Look At Stagecraft [by Susan Shepherd '11] And axes!

  

  does not disappoint. The play follows three story lines that frequently ... !" than were strictly called for by the script. I'm still citing it as an ... must-see for anyone 13 and older (it's rated PG-13, and deserves it

  • by ARTalk
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  What does August mean to you? For me it used to mean that school was ... little while longer), but it's not depressing, because I'm taking classes ... means to me right now, and it's kind of weird, because I'm not used to

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  Okay, so it's really 52, but who's counting? So far I've been fairly ... it's time for me to lighten the mood around here. So to all of you uber ... , you want to know the skinny on how to get into MIT. The more I try to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  I know that it's been a long year, and now that you've had a week to ... your applications, I know how much energy and care you put into them. For ... applications, I was also reminded of how different things are today. Not so much

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  terrifyingly short. Life is so long that you must fill it with things you enjoy ... Hi everyone! It’s good to be back here, on this familiar platform but very different website. I’m so not used to it that I still drafted this

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  I took too many classes this semester. It was an accident. Usually ... have semester-long group projects. My French class is also an ... ’ve had several weeks where I have deadline after deadline and it’s hard to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  night of sleep for a long time. The next morning I met Sara '11 at South ... my picture taken with Matt at 9:55. Then it was off to the Stata center ... time at this one, but it's worth noting because it showed up on the

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  town began to reassess its very existence, and how it could continue on ... , August 2nd! Snap to it! AND NOW BACK TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED READING Unlike Snively's "Alaska" post of a year ago - which read, in its entirety

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  that it did and I made the most of it. What does this all say about life ... not to read until I had graduated. Having unearthed it from beneath the ... decided to read it and see if my personal predictions and goals for my

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  had a problem.   In my head, work is an escape. Working is how I ... do not want to do; working is how I run from my fear that nobody will ... , and sometimes it helps me get to cool places that I didn’t really know

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  'inappropriate' intellectual interests, but I have long been grateful that my ... the process of teaching, you learn more about your stuff, and how others think about/with/through it. For more than ten years I've taught at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  resolution to cook dinner every night? Well, I did it!* *Okay, I mostly did it. There were a few nights where I went to our student center ... carbs after a tough run and I’m not in any mood to assemble it myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  year knowing three new ways to juggle and talking about how I was being ... , an empirial technician, and an ewok in a grueling three-hour, two-intermission-long ... academic life, it's mind-blowingly refreshing to have something in my

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  Slam, a week-long, no-holds-barred celebration of poetry that's part ... one event at the Stata Center, which featured - you guessed it - a nerd ... can tell these aren't my photos because of how awesome they look. Full

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  FEET LONG. THIRTY TWO!) and the shortest ones are six inches long. It ... Handel and Haydn. But I've never studied it. I am completely aware (and a ... , well, I hear this technique and that technique, so it must be Mozart." I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013