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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  Since I'm returning to blogging after quite the unplanned hiatus ... moments to address the elephant on the table - or, as it were, the elephants ... foot by considering that option. Allow me to demonstrate by using this

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  the lack of sound judgment, I urge you to see how long you can live on a ... To be honest, my weekend mornings are probably less exciting than ... 'm stuck on a deserted island of pre-afternoon hours with nary a soul to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  Equations. It's too early to tell exactly how manageable this class will be ... . We begin by learning what makes a toy a toy, what makes the fun, how to ... design. This is our professor demonstrating how something doesn't need to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  wondering how large of a range of places people are coming from to visit the ... 't know what to put that day, but I was surprised by how much personality ... the fact that it was going to get erased eventually. Really shows how

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  structures that allow computers to accomplish anything, ie. how is it possible ... of the projects were interesting and enjoyable to work on   i ... theory classes at mit. it assumes the ability to read knowledge as well as

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  things. Here are some highlights. Learned how to weld for 4.314! We also ... To set the mood: i'm so tired... by lauv & troye sivan   ... the semester already. I envisioned my final semester to be ~ c h i l l

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  all strive to know how those brains work and how to fix them, if ... back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for one… I chose both. It’s Week 5 now, and I've gotten used to taking the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  work. He showed me how to create the base—start with a hard-packed ball ... closer to our dorm. I couldn’t believe how much the morning had been full ... , like unicorns or people that don’t like Taylor Swift. What’s not to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  learning how to mix concrete, testing the failure limit of concrete cylinders ... exactly how and why everything got done, what it took to stop bad ideas, and ... is basically to teach you how to read a financial report. We’ve gone

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  surprised me; where, despite the odds, my heart is full to bursting, bringing ... soul. These feelings usually sneak up on me—I never know when exactly to ... 'm over the moon right now, this good thing just happened. But it is odd to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  and EMT!  Little did I know, my new skills as an EMT were going to be ... out of bed and walking around, trying to force myself to fall asleep.  I ... hours for me to fall asleep and it is really hard to stay asleep. At 1am

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  what was profitable or how to defend their existing offerings or just ... about how hard they had to work, you will glance at the other MIT grad in ... , remember how silly they really are. How little they mean relative to your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  checked off. How do I know if MIT got the scores? Do I need to send them ... application in. How do I get this added to my application packet? @Elise ... , had written an essay on a topic very similar to mine--how our physics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in BRASIL! my summer in january

  

  summer). For me, it was especially impactful to see how our readings and films for that week (including Sinners) related to the music and how it ... .[/annotation] Approaching from an urbanism perspective, this course helped develop how I read

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 5, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  details as to why or how and what lessons I'm taking away from that, but I ... , framing myself in a movie, I realized just how crazy it all is. That I go to ... back home to New York. I took my last final exam, for [annotation note

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  anyone that does that). I can't really tell you how to best learn ... how few hours they slept or how many hours they studied. I want to see ... This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  countless hours stressing over how to distinguish the various ancient sources ... experience. So, going back to the original question: how did I end up mass ... professor smile at me and ask, “Hey, Dora, how’s it going?” You come to learn

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  how much do I need to score in order for it to help?" A good AIME score ... applications, and about how many apply to MIT from Pakistan. Secondly will ... applications have you (personally) read so far? How many more do you expect to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  hike the desert pretend i am a lifestyle blogger

  

  [annotation note="one of the biggest changes in coming to Boston is how distant ... quiet mountain, and then realize we had to walk back."]in fall,[/annotation] I vowed to go hiking. Tucson is gorgeous; and, importantly, in Tucson

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

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  from MIT]. 0:00 to 0:10: The question from before was how did she feel ... :02 to 6:44: Guest: "How do you fund your education?" Berta: "90% of ... about how to tear it down afterwards for the Facilities people." Berta

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008