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• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  decided to start something. This one’s about how jaded I am about buying ... waking up at 10:30 AM everyday to nothing but enjoying sunshine, pointless ... forward to the alarm ringing at 6:45 AM. I drive an hour to work – which

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  , ranging from ever-welcome three-day weekends to (most beloved of all) the ... any class. But on the other hand, most professors still expect us to put ... the MIT populace as a whole, but I have some amount of work to do - or

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  . I don't want you guys to go getting the wrong impression about me ... free time the average MIT student has (ha), so I decided to be like that ... routine for the past 7 years, and I'm not about to stop now. (Although

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  particular fan of question 4--it involved figuring out how long to heat a ... I've got an exam in twenty minutes, but I wouldn't be able to ... ] From: Dan Kirsch To: [Burton Conner Discussion] Subject: Massages tonight

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  't know how to conclude my blog, so. ... and final part to my previous blog. I spent last semester trying to catch my breath. Now that I finally have, I'm not quite certain what to do

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  and how we may be able to replicate intelligence in machines. 6-9 is an ... At MIT, students are able to declare their major starting sometime ... when it come to what I want to do, so I was dead confident that nothing

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  really just me trying to work through my t h o u g h t s ... back, head laid down on desk seemed to have a 1430. Each turn down the ... to lead up to this four-hour exam. It blew my mind that it could all be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  flight to los angeles to [annotation note="dope, right??? i get so many ... ."] completing various errands [/annotation]. i've never been to LA, so i formed a ... was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  joint letter to President Obama from more than 150 colleges describing how ... to join the party. If you don't know how to do something there ... opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  proportional to how much my ears hurt. Also, because I didn’t expect the glass to ... 's point. Without further ado, allow me to introduce you to... 8.03: Physics ... to some speakers, and turned up the volume (I covered my ears) until it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  Unni, how are you supposed to put the lock in the holder?" "You slide it ... locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy ... few people walk by and I wonder vaguely how much it looks like I am

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  actually did this week and wondering how in the world I'm going to fit all of ... ashamed to say that I adore that place), and picked April up at the bus stop on Tuesday night. I spent the rest of the week showing her how the real

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  will learn at MIT is not a collection of facts, but how to think about ... student here, learning how to think is still the most important thing anyone ... 's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  disagreements with my history/grade teacher, I am not sure how to make that clear, as I am uncertain whether he would. Therefore I would like to ask how ... advance!" Good to hear from you, Isabel. I don't know how/if our algorithms

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  would both lose to zero. How can you stab a gaping hole? How can you bust ... : "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in becoming an MIT student???" I'd be happy to answer your questions (or direct

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  /tutorials/the internet will tell me how or b) it will be edited by ChatGPT to be recursive ... I famously have perfect taste, and with little to do over the summer, I'm left to just sit around and ponder endlessly, refining my taste

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  apartment hunting, and figuring out how to use a dishwasher. Not entirely ... things in college (missed)   Let’s say I want to learn how to do Pogo ... temperatures you see are how it actually feels. Compared to seeing 23F on the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  . specifically: why I chose to major in physics and mathematics how I decided to go to grad school what I focused on during undergrad how helpful ... met, but I hadn’t realized how important this was to hear from a mentor

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  UROP! ...learned how to weightlift. I took Intro to Weightlifting for ... sitcom.] R: I taught myself how to write again. That's pretty important ... to work with them. You do a lot of shows and they teach you how to do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  There are times when I feel incredibly lucky to exist in close proximity to so many creative and amazing individuals, and right now is one of them. I present to you: A BOBA MACHINE LOOK AT THIS MIRACLE THAT HAS

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017