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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  ... and then we immediately realized how immensely useful it is. Now, we use ... : I am informed that "literally everyone else" does it the other way. Me, I just think it's pretty cool how I get to live with a whole bunch of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  beaten down by the stress of it all. And, there are some cool perks. How ... Con had closed door discussions about the logistics of it all: how could ... a lot. For the sake of clarity: Senior House is a building. It is

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  "]forgot[/annotation] how hard this was until I had to go through it again. Writing is hard ... three times in my life. It’s a pop-science book about how scientists ... it strategy-proof, how “good” it is compared to alternatives (on bases

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does MIT help student entrepreneurs?

  The MIT Venture Mentoring Service (VMS) supports innovation and entrepreneurial activity throughout the MIT community by matching both prospective and experienced entrepreneurs with skilled volunteer mentors. VMS uses a team mentoring…
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  ’m ready. Let’s see how it goes. ... start five minutes past the hour."]late[/annotation]anymore, and I know it’s ... semester. In some ways, MIT is close. In other ways it feels distant, like a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How does one attain a Pirate License?

  arrrrrrr! Come to MIT and earn your Pirate Certificate. All MIT undergraduates must complete eight points of physical education classes to graduate—but students that complete courses in archery, pistol shooting, sailing,…
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  ?   4. Does a snowman need to have 3 snowball parts for it to be a real ... ? How much can it? ... few weeks ago it looked nice... On Saturday there was significantly

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  doubt the power of the weather machine, but I assure you it's real! How does it work? Magic! Like a lot of things here. So what events should ... know what that means right? RIGHT? That's right, it means you guys will

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  forgivable given the rate and quality of writing. “It doesn’t matter how ... to the 2016 film Arrival. It has long been said that air (which others ... . Despite being written in 1988, large parts of it still describe how Kerberos

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  , where it’s just long enough to be stubbly, but too short to hurt your ... particular: “I’m not sure how much I wanted it before he actually started doing ... realized. ← How can I be more generous with myself? It’s been difficult for

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  other half was taking it in another room and thirty minutes into the hour-long ... "]                                    featuring me holding the pencil weird because that's how I hold it when I ... A fire alarm went off in the middle of the first 20.110 exam. It was

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  Whether I like it or not, my senior year at MIT is coming to a close ... Vegas). This flight is 6 hours long, but for the past 6 hours, I’ve been ... goodbye” kind of way. Rather, it’s hard in the sense that I don’t know what

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  teach a bunch of aliens how to play baseball. It's like 50 pages long and ... 't live without it. Or something. But I mean, it does seem like a shame to ... 't remember why I wanted to be a mailman, but I guess it just seemed like a fun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  don't see how they could resist giving him tenure this long, really. So ... myself, "Wow, you're so dumb. How do you even, like, get dressed in the morning when you can't understand how e-mail works?" Heck, I'm almost ready

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  that was how it should be, and I wasn't sure how to make a decision to ... I hoped we could still recognize people in the class; it'd been a long ... Well, that was a crazy week. If you've been reading the blogs a long

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  ? How much of a role does money really play in my life? I've been ... 've learned how to be small and meaningless and be okay with it, or found some ... think it's going to be the same, but it's not. And you're going to sit

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  Hiiiii allll!!! It's been far too long since my last post! Let me ... . Does it make me scared and nervous? Of course! Am I going to stop ... music tech! My physics class continues into IAP (more on that later). It

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  . (For an idea of what Roadkill Buffet does, check out the long ... Internet! Long time, no talk. Why such a long time and so little talk ... avail: A post about Family Weekend, with pictures and videos A long

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  quarantine: doomscrolling downloading TikTok deleting TikTok after it ... movie does not exist"] stressing over fall semester plans lying in bed ... Moore of Aevitas Creative Entertainment. If you’re curious about how that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  campus, taking classes and doing research. How does it feel? I don’t know ... this reference? Is it now possible to date oneself with Kesha? How time ... where about a third of undergrads are EECS majors, it’s a popular option

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022