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• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  retrospective of all the times I've failed since getting to MIT. This one would be ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA   And it seems like I'm going to be leaving the blogs with a ... going on, but I really want to write up at least some of my scraps. To

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  . This was done primarily to create the illusion of actually having time. Said illusion is currently failing to function. Case in point: Where did ... After considerable twisting and tweaking, I have contrived to design

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s new and exciting? You get to pick a blog topic! Yes, you! Definitely not me!

  

  on my way to biology recitation, I was stabbed by a deep, instinctive urge to blog about my shoes. Understand, reader, that I had journeyed by foot through many a congested intersection to the Cambridgeside Galleria

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... looking to dive into a theoretical physics book. Truth be told, you're looking to do something as mindless as possible. And this is where my

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  sometimes get a bad rap with regards to social interactions.  We ... Charm School, a series of classes during IAP that aims to help members of ... initial request for a spot at the dinner got turned down.  At the last

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big ... supervisor is Andrea Dean, CEO of Sustainable Initiatives, LLC. Andrea, along ... to create a "Think Local First" campaign^^ for this island. I’m working

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  beautiful words by my dear friend Amy F. '20. It's conclusions she's come to ... ado... How do I meet know more people (To new friendships! A special thanks to my dear friends Matt Q. ‘19 and Noah M. ‘20) Recently, a friend

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  bad at physics. If I were to fail 8.01L, I'd have to take 8.011, a ... This past week and a half I've been slowly adjusting to life at MIT ... California and practically begging my mother to send me back to the cold

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  trying to be (but is failing at being), but Ellie's songs have such high C ... reading led to this: (I call this one Shoot Buttons, I Knew I Should Have Taken a Math Class at MIT) See, I wanted to write a post on stuff I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  Back in October of 2022, I flew from Boston to LA and drove two hours to San Diego to attend TwitchCon 2022. Perhaps to no one's surprise, I ... stuff, what have you -- I try to always keep a tab on what's going on in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  2021 is two-thirds over. To celebrate the newly abandoned month, I play ... , blinking into the mid-afternoon sunshine, trying to recall how I got here ... other days, except my boyfriend flew up from Georgia to see me. Later, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  also frantically looked for stuff to do) that said, "Keep Calm and if All Else Fails, UROP." Good news--I did find things to do. I applied for a ... searched the job postings and email lists for something to tide me over the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  , and since all of us are used to showering in the morning instead of at night, my mornings tend to (1) start early, and (2) be a little hectic ... order. Time to make lunch! Salad + fruit + almonds + a roll orrr PB

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  it finally became time to find a new solution. My solution for the ... to splash those walking besides me). I’m not quite sure how guys do it ... drainage. Very large puddles next to very large mud pits are common

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  Come one, come all to CPW! I don't know about you guys, but the ... packed with hosts and pre-frosh running to class and with families taking ... Center are thronging with people - and I know thing are only going to get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? After failing to acquire MIT no less than 3 times in ... . Baker to establish a school for engineering in Cambridge. This college is ... an entry this is going to make! Well, it turns out that MIT is such an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  that my days are a constant stream of checkboxes on my To-Do list; i ... swept away by my next assignment before i even have the chance to reflect ... find it hard to stay engaged since lecture is punctuated with problem

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  is to me.   (P.S. I wrote this on the plane initially, but we ... least one of us knew left and right--students going to London, Iceland, Geneva. It seems everyone on campus was trying to get away from the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  on a team Fellowship project initiated by the PSC... You do not need to ... ! ------------------------ 1. Public Service Center (PSC) Fellowships -- the PSC aims "to enrich ... interest to the PSC and its donors, so students who apply for these

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: CrowdMath, by Art of Problem Solving and MIT PRIMES, is a thing now a brief note in between committee breaks

  

  initiative called CrowdMath. Richard sez: ...inspired by Terry Tao's Polymath ... problems for the students to tackle together. If the students reach ... the opportunity to collaborate on a large research project with top

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2016