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• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  talked it over with me today. His final words as we parted? "You've got a long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these ... Of Toolage, cementing its place in history. As long as there is MIT

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  smells of wine, how long it takes to build a fire. (Although there is a ... . To quote: It's funny how I feel a little bit frantic a low ... surviving in a car. It's lovely to recall how much of myself I poured in to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  metal surface after we beam light at it. Then, each pair does three more ... structure, and how it's rotating. THE SPEED AND MEAN LIFE OF COSMIC-RAY MUONS ... they stop moving, how long do they have before they decay? All these

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  , "How does someone become an admissions officer? Was there an opening when ... , would it be too long in the past to interest the admissions committee ... your essay based on how well it's written; rather, we're reading your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  anymore. It helped me learn how to communicate better (oral communication ... /prepping presentations. It also does a good job (somewhat indirectly) of helping you figure ... next semester. This week, it's time for a slightly different discussion

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  which it most definitely does not actually equal? See here: One of my ... . Secondly: what does Nozick tell us about how property can come to be held ... proposition that “appropriation is just” as long as it is done in a way such

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  long-distance marriage thing. But I've had a pretty productive year: I ... hitching up my covered wagon and hitting the Oregon Trail. (Is that not how ... professional aerospace engineer does in his free time. Build model airplanes

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  tends to confuse these groups of people is the housing system, and how it ... admission to MIT.how can i improve them.? any help would be highly appreciated ... , your living group is more than where you live. It's a way of life, a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  -dimensional than most media gives us credit for. It makes me sad to think how many ... worth it. It always does. And as I packed on the stage makeup before each ... (MTG) put on its last performance of “A Chorus Line”. I was exhausted at

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  impressive” these days (thanks, Marvel), “quantum LED” really does describe how ... fiber, it would stretch over 1 billion km long![/caption] At the very ... Do you ever stop to think about how incredible computers are? I don

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  If you are reading this, it means I am successfully on my way out of ... Record, implying that it isn't reported on your transcript at all (for what would be a D or F). There are a few existing camps of advice on how to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  this time, I know it's probably the last time that I'll sleep in my bed before I go off and become an adult. It's kind of strange and at the same ... things. Coming back to Texas allows me to think about how my MIT

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  All the food in my cabinet Like an unboxing, but an uncabineting

  

  access to a Costco: it's pretty far away, and although an MIT shuttle does ... , but it's got a pretty good cabinet setup, with plenty of space for all ... are full. I have my own big cabinet, and baby... it's like Tetris in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  - it will indeed be in mid-March, but Mail Day depends on a variety of factors, one of which is how long selection takes. And as you know, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  it's interesting whenever i blog because i've always been using what ... necessary, i end my sentences with a period. This is how I usually write on ... Kahneman and in it he talks about an intuitive, impulsive System 1 and a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  overworked at some time. So how does one avoid a fall? With support and ... give myself a pat on the back for how I welcomed it. Now I know 2016 was ... adolescence. 2017 is a revolutionary year for me. It's almost eerie how I can

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  ) how difficult is it once you're there? any general advice would also be ... essays. Once you’re here, the work is hard. How hard is it? I don’t know ... It’s mid-October, which means that life at MIT is crazy right now

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  with its rush of cars. I'd forgotten how quiet the desert is.  I was ... outside my house. The river in Tucson is dry, always has been, but it goes ... [annotation note="one of the biggest changes in coming to Boston is how distant

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  So how does a boy from Texas survive the oftentimes harsh winters of ... called No Flip Flops which was full of pointers on how to survive a winter ... learned a bit about winter fashion, and how to dress appropriately. I was

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  MIT is like that—the journey is long, and it's not about going as fast ... regret how I spent my undergrad, but rather that it is a modality of living ... to go on a long walk, and so I dedicated a day to preparing for it, a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023