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• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  the cool kids, and it's great because I get to customize my planner the way it fits me best. This is one of the pages I've made for myself: [caption id="attachment_92314" align="aligncenter" width="768"] notice how I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  things like how hosed i am, scheduling conflicts, or randomly changing my ... last three years where i really only used it to record classes. i frequently check it, because i know that i'm the type to forget events or

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  have approved), and so this was somewhat significant. It turned out that ... shoes exhibiting the minimum amount of traction possible, and so it ... -zero friction against the floor tiles, it became pretty clear that the bottom of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  locking (!) piano room Steam Cafe -- no, it's not a sauna or spa Tech ... Washington Chilli Duck -- "if it's not working at Chilli Duck, it's not going ... top it Yum yum -- romantic dining Aujourd'hui -- at the top of my list

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  subject I'm poor at, and applies it to biology, a subject I'm good at. We'll see how that turns out. The application part ought to make it easier to ... know what it's going to be about. Meanwhile, since I'm being hosed by my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  even in the cool loner way, regardless of how I played it off. It took ... from wondering how things could have been different. Did you miss out on ... about it? This is an image from one of my favorite Twitter accounts

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  . With all the recent varsity team stuff, it can't hurt to show our teams a ... play varsity, after picking up the sport not long if at all before coming ... you just want to congratulate Crew for beating Princeton--Have at it!

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long as I can remember, I've found that writing things down is one of my ways of decompressing - imposing order on chaos, as it were. So I figured

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) Day Burton 1 celebrates Pi Day as we generally like to celebrate all unofficial nerd holidays…

  

  only take a second, and I haven't blogged in so long that I got pushed ... off the front page is grape-flavored anything (it's not even a flavor, I ... .) (You are passing your classes, right?) From: jess Subject: IT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  , etc. I agree that it is easier said than done, but I'm in the same boat ... my application read, I have to press it. 2. I don't own a time machine ... bit of faith and optimism can go a long way. 4. I've tried my hardest

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the Safe ... Hockfield: Other attendees (according to my handy RSVP list; it was too ... is, of course, chocolate. Lots of it. Including a yummy chocolate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  lessons. Some you would prefer not to learn, but in the long run, I'm sure I'll be better off from it. Here are just a few highlights of what college ... is the worst grade to get. It means you were "this close" to an A- but

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  This Sunday, QBert, a long-lost friend of my Nintendo days, and I ... describing to you the journey would be a faux-pas on my part, so here it begins ... I decided to stay the night, and it turned out to be the right

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  it is the hot girl summer //   went to The Eras Tour and over-thought, over-analyzed, over-felt every moment of it // dyed my hair purple ... way too short // didn’t regret it // caught up with old friends

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  complete the form and submit it by April 25, 2014. In the meantime, be sure to enroll in another college/university by May 1 (even if it means ... -May, once we know how many students have enrolled and thus, how many more

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal ... shot from far away. Note how the medal design has a hole in the middle ... construction and securing details. It was a very windy day, but the medal

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Graduations

  

  I'm on my way now to my brother's graduation in Pennsylvania. I'm not really sure how it will go, or how it will compare to MIT's Commencement, but I'm sure it will be a great time. This year's MIT Commencement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is ... be angry with us. I know that it was insulting and made an already ... understand that it was wholly unintentional. Some have remarked that it is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope for the Axolotl: On the Amphibian Extinction Crisis Happy Save the Frogs Day!

  

  the axolotl does not metamorphose, its cells are capable of reverting to ... you could tell it was one of those disappointing educational gifts that was actually picked out by the parents. I found it almost a year later

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  Once upon a time, there was an application to MIT... It's a Monday ... it's a "Reading Day." I have already picked up a big stack of ... pretty surprised how many communities we do know about) with resources like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005