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• 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  it under wraps until its official release. Today, I'm finally able to show it to you, since the Next Big Mailing has officially been shipped ... course of this year. A lot of them were very wordy and long-winded. Some of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• 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 / Admissions

  Won’t Be Long Now… Some pictures to tide you over.

  

  'm not the biggest fan of paper cuts) but it's rewarding in that it provides a bit of closure to an important part of the admissions cycle. It

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 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 / 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
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  status.  It helps that Ikea has a long history of supporting LGBTQ ... choking hazard to young children. Blahaj is a meter long, nearly body pillow ... [/caption] But how did this shark plush get so popular? Blahaj’s rise to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  a pressure sensor to measure how much gas collects over time. It also ... finished trap to my sister, Ruby, and explained what it does: [carousel ... do enjoy it now. I love the novelty of this, how every week I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• 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 / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  's how it works. You should accept the offer of admission from another ... people got waitlisted?" Sophia wrote, "Oh yeah, does anyone know about how ... wasn't admitted, though I can understand how it might be easier for

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

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  , but it completely changed how i understand the world, and now i'm doing ... is. That’s not very long. It’s going to be as important, as fun, and as ... be closer to or further from home? How should they evaluate perceived

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  works the way it does. It is the best, hardest, and most fun big-game in ... -surprised by how easy it was to give Up-Goer Five names to these groups of hard number-like things. Of course, it would be harder to talk about exactly how

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Events

  media we’ve been into recently musicals, food videos, memes, and misc.

  

  heartstrings. We love how hopeful it's tone is! It's a very I ... it is *top secret* stuff for now. So, look out for that post around mid ... recently released a new song!!! And we really like it!! It reminded us a lot

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 9, 2018