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• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  reflects another significant principle: that of working smart, and how it ... , since it doesn't have my laptop in it at that pictured moment (Yes, I am ... phrased in a different way: If it looks stupid, but it works, it ain

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  to finishing it, so naturally the best time to start working on it ... , you", and this is one of those times. WELL PLANNED, YOU.] Change - it ... change, we need change. On a more personal level, it's something that I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  , and everything felt surreal, partly from how thrillingly unfamiliar it ... top of it all was how to keep the varying levels of proficiency ... journey valid, I booked a bus to NYC and booked it there. Hence, when I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  saying it is bad to be influenced by those around you, in fact that’s how ... personal biases and cultural influences. It wasn’t until I took a moment to ... understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  it now. 6.006: Introduction to Algorithms How to write good code, and ... ? I like it so far. It feels like it'll be very useful, whatever I end ... -recorded differential equations spring semester freshman year. I’m impressed by how much

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  gave it a ceremonial sending off in the moat and sought a replacement. A ... -Snowman League, was attached to the traffic cone. Let it be known, to whomever ... awesomest hat ever, it should be here in about a week or two. We actually

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  based on how weird you are." ***** At the integration bee: "it's like ... "Overheard at MIT" and it's just a huge list of conversation bits that people ... that many MIT students have a general idea of how that works...but are a

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  -by-step book on how computers work, written by Edmund Berkeley. It was one of the ... world's leading IT media, research and exposition company") and ... MIT. I'm always interested in how such successful people get their start

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  , it's such a cool class!" I was enrolled in 8.02, and I was very excited about it. It's physics! What's not to be excited about? What's not ... how 18.01 is a prereq and 18.02 is a co-requsitie for 8.02. Since I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  Here's the long-awaited guest blog entry on the Cambridge ... is placed on long-term retention of learning, has been a good ... because it integrates the foreign student (either from Cambridge or MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  given. Mildly disappointing is how some choose to take advantage of it ... I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... action and fun, certain things along the way make you think. It seems like

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fitting In Fitting in at MIT

  

  get the idea. So it's hard for me to often answer the question about how ... students, people from home, and the like is: "How do you feel like you fit in ... now, we're not going there. What I do want to focus on is how in an

  • by Bryan
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  'm not sure it has a vibe yet. Seeing how new the dorm is, I thought I ... MIT's campus. It only opened its doors to students this winter, so the ... days like this it doesn't look all that bad. Welcome to New Vassar! Tim

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  Ahh Pi day. It's an important day for nerds worldwide, but it ... towel) You see, MIT is a great many wonderful things, and it's the place ... hours here – most of my sleeping is done when I'm on vacation =] ). It is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Diabolo, Pandora, and Bad TV Shows You figure out what they have in common, 'cause I sure as heck don't know.

  

  like it, but after honing my station over the past couple years, I ... go here to see how I defined the station, what I liked/disliked/bookmarked/etc. For those that don't know about Pandora yet, it's basically free online

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • June 22, 2009
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  was oddly invigorating and I don't really know how else to describe it ... to work up to it. It barely crossed my mind first semester. And yet ... interface didn't scale for different phone models, so when I showed it off on

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  So it’s been cold lately. And when I mean cold, I mean like our-room ... ’m from Michigan, so Boston cold is still no big deal. To be honest, if it ... this kind of breaks down once it gets below 0, because I kind of like to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  engineering isn't about how good at written tests you are, it's about building ... , probably more than you realize (ooooo, cryptic). Burton-Conner has all of its ... guess it's called a "Quiz," but they just call it that to lure us into a

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  , and in general how have you experiences been with the classes at MIT ... class. It's a HASS-D, it's a CI-H, and if you're Course 9, it's required ... at MIT take this class. The textbook is fascinating; it's something I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  skateboard for 6.810 final project. Spent over 10 hours in lab working on it this weekend with my partner.[/caption]   For the long weekend, I took it slow, taking time to rest up, take care of my body and mind, go

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018