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• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... writing my undergraduate research (UROP) proposal*. It's like yoga for the ... misleading because I actually poured it into a bowl before drinking it

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  on the same day. Yes, I'm not very happy about that fact, but it ... 't matter very much in the long run) - but rather because if you come to MIT ... general may seem now - you can and will find yourselves equal to it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to ... that really disappointed me about the ring - its complete lack of controversy. I would've loved to see a woman on the seal. It seems illogical

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  It's been a while since my last entry. Right now I'm visiting my mom ... I interact with who have known me long enough to know what I talk like ... brand name (and that would be "Coke" with a capital 'C' anyway), it's a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  getting back from Harvard Square, we decided it'd be best to bike. But it ... ? Luckily, Matt was ready to show her the ropes before too long. Prior to the ... not in Massachusetts, thank God!" --audience reply "Hey, look, it's the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  I had a great time last week at ISEF. This is what it looked like ... students/projects I wanted to visit during public hours, and I sadly made it ... . Last year's MIT ISEF Lunch (actually, it was a dessert last year) drew

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  art. I honestly could not be happier with how it turned out...I feel ... orientation/recruitment events. It's been a lot of fun, but also quite ... decided to not include it in the final version of the website... burton

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  , but it is actually uncanny how déjà vu senior year of college feels. It’s ... We are in our senior year of college [annotation note="how???"]now [/annotation], and were recently discussing how much this reminds us of senior

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  .g. malaria—we know how people get it and how it works). So, for the non ... one… I chose both. It’s Week 5 now, and I've gotten used to taking the ... get my Course 9 - Brain and Cognitive Sciences minor. It’s Week 5, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  furtiveness when someone asks a scientist or engineer this question: perhaps it is nervousness about how thorough and multi-syllabic the response is likely to be, or perhaps a sense that maybe it's best not to know. As for

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  busy week. Yeah, there were p-sets, but there were also crazy kitties. It ... brunch, electronics, and numerous hijinks involving Tetazoa and long ... to the Z Center with nothing to show for it, I headed up Mass Ave to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  IAP for short. It's an excellent chance to do whatever you want! If you ... without knowing what day of the week it is, you can spend all your time ... unstructured decompression sequence in my 2019 IAP and loved it. (I also tried to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  teach them how to use Illustrator so I've decided to write a blog about it ... Paint but better- I mainly use it to make diagrams of my projects, label ... name it but that doesn't mean it's saved anywhere- you can press ctrl

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  meet seems to have figured out how to keep it under control, and ... these thoughts!) I guess that's how it is here -- most people at MIT seem ... barbeque pork (or at least, that's what I think it is -- browsing google

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  Thoughts on September: Me, now that it's October: It feels weird to be a senior. It feels weird to be a senior while excited ... submitted: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I hope they publish it. These days, I spend about half

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  organized with academic work, but I still can't gauge how much time everything ... semester than in the fall. And it's not because I was less involved in student activities, or spent less time with friends, in the spring. It

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  familiar living room sofa. At this point, I should be familiar with how quickly 13 weeks go by. And just how little time there seems to be to ... of the ocean. The wind had a refreshing coolness to it, and as we sat

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  -hours How do you measure, MIT time? In psets, in physics In midnights, in ... thousand thirty-two hundred eighty semi-hours How do you measure, measure frosh year? How about spam? How about spam? How about spam? Measure in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  adventure, but then again, it's college, am I supposed to expect anything else ... of logistical issues like housing, etc. So how do I go about finding a ... do have a couple offers already so that's exciting. It'll be pretty

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  Imagine: you arrive on campus. It’s awesome. Breathtaking ... greatly. It is a special MIT gem. Talk to your family. Stay in touch with ... ’t overheat with excitement. Orientation moves at light speed, and it’s easy to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015