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• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  . It was a big, nervous change for me because I am not only change-averse but also terrified of heights, but it turned out to be a fantastic idea ... recommend you loft your bed, and loft it high. My fear of heights—at least

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve ... least for now -- "How to Succeed at the MIT Mystery Hunt by Being Really Really Awesome." Here's Dan '03 announcing it in Lobby 7: 11:40pm: Wow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  , and although it's not like how things used to be, I'm happy that the ... ="88836" /] and that's that! it's interesting to see how current art compares with ... of hanging canvases that are dispersed throughout our floors. it's a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  questions for me. Is it hard to study at MIT? How did you get into MIT? What ... Kazakh snacks. It turns out it was another one of the school’s unique ... shoqan[/caption] Something I really appreciated about Shoqan was how

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  horizon for who can say how long, moving away the closer you get to it. In ... inside its pot for too long, with all the water that it needs, its roots ... ; it would depend on how competitive the application was or how many

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  long in too much detail. To this day, when I think back on it, I can ... out as long as I did had it not been for them. Don't get me wrong, I ... warnings: suicide ment, depression ment 1. The first time it happened

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snacks on a Plane And other minor horrors of leaving MIT for the first time in a year.

  

  , except that it starts with a strategic and misleading adverb. One of my ... worst one-word sentence hooks ever. See? Apparently, I forgot how to ... without actually integrating it” and “I like Feynman” after one year

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  'm loving it. Deciding what I'm going to make in the next week, buying ingredients, and putting it all together is so satisfying, especially when I can ... during the last ~2 minutes of cooking. It's so filling and gooooooooood ugh

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  half years and 3 billion miles later, it has reached its destination and made its closest approach to Pluto. It sent back a preliminary photo of ... facing towards Pluto to collect data. Once it's finished, it will turn back

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  parts, and it is far above my capabilities to explain how it is done. But ... . I guess I find it hard to see how to incorporate both punches and ... how to describe it, partially because my own understanding is kinda

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Additional Questions & Answers Regarding Music At MIT If you've pursued music in high school and wish to continue doing so in college,…

  make every effort to include as many students as possible. 3. How does ... [email protected] to see if it is still possible. 5. Are the ensembles available for ... , it is necessary to pass a short playing exam on the literature at the

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  be centered. Stupid HTML. It's not my fault though. Seriously. Three ... : $75. This camera has served me faithfully and it's been all over the world. It's one of my most prized possessions, but it's mostly useless for

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  ." I shrieked and slammed my computer shut. I sheepishly opened it up again, re-read the e-mail, and confirmed that it still said "Alan Guth ... , it's worth mentioning that for a number of people here, "office number

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  like they could be the second half of a year." "Hmmm, how does this ... Mystery Hunt ended just over a week ago and I think it's safe to say that many people are still recovering from it. I've been trying really

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  class ring, or Brass Rat, is an integral part of the MIT experience. It ... being halfway through your degree. And it's also been a hot topic to blog ... late, but Sarah said that it was fine because they were actually starting

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  ) We participated in UPOP!! It’s a year-long program technically, but the ... animation alone will make you cry (at least it made us cry). cameo: person ... projector working, we just went up to her suite and watched it on her laptop

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  Writing is difficult. It's the last day in July.* I find it very easy ... misty background of my mental landscape. Knowing me, it really is one or ... through this cold season, long and bleak like the emptiness of this blank i

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  told enough how hard it is. I came in hearing “yeah, no one gets an A ... and free food. It's all very exciting. Everyone is very excited! Ahhh ... excited along with them. It’s weird that only seven months ago, I was a pre

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  audience and his far-flung fans. Maybe that was the case for you. It ... both locally and globally. On that night, and many that followed it, Jon ... school, alone, with my brothers, or with my best friend Shane. It was the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  - but it was also not long after I'd moved to Burton Conner. Let's just ... rolling backpacks and headgear. It's not that my throwback to the early 90s ... - why, that IS Ace of Base playing on my boombox! Tae bo, anyone?) - it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010