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• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  first task was to figure out how big the room was. This posed an immediate ... long and harsh journey down to Economy Hardware (how did we know about ... So in Burton-Conner, you're allowed to paint your room under several

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  you're finally going to take that shot and how magnificent it's going to ... , inspiration and optimism. I’ve searched high and low, from Facebook to Instagram to Reddit but to no avail. Motivation was nowhere to be found (a.k.a. I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  into a department once they've declared it? How easy is it to go about ... does the academic calendar look like? How easy is it to get a research ... shuttle to take me to SFO for my red-eye flight to Boston.) I'm really kind

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  walk, how I am or am not in the flow, to how it takes me time to relearn ... how much it takes to learn English, let alone pick up on nuances like ... Stepping between closing elevator doors, it doesn't even occur to you

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  our energy is going to flow in, so when you're doing magic, you want to keep your mind as single-pointedly focused on whatever you're trying to accomplish as possible.” it took me another viewing to realize that much of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  said: i don't really know how to say this but i've been trying to find a ... , but I wonder how hard it is to keep a pet at college. Do you have a pet ... So first off, props to Evan for answering all these questions in his

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  jumpsuit reminded me of how magical this place was to me during that weekend ... to learn how to DJ next semester!). My friends Dylan, James, and Niko ... the beginning, so how could it not all turn out okay? I’m glad to have

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  power plant to build in a town while taking into account how the residents ... , you have to prioritize which input is the most important in your final ... covered that. Let me explain to you my life in the context of those ELLs in

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  how long it would take the '12s to notice. We wandered into line and ... Snively! So, you want a fun activity to blog about (since we all know a good blog is the only reason to even wake up in the morning ;) ), go to the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  semester ends, it's pretty customary to write something about how the term ... think it speaks for itself, I can't begin to describe how glorious this ... fitting it to how I wanted things to be. It was pretty rough, but I was very

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  : nope. can someone explain to me the passage of time? how to avoid growing old? can someone tell me how i got here, and there, and to all these ... foundation crumble. I could write about how no one knows what's going to happen

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  everything about my life thus far. How I was able to be standing at this venue ... 've undergone is so, so stunning to me and I cannot believe how far I've come ... I wanted to share that with you all. trigger warnings: talks of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  issue with my group was that we had no idea how many people would able to ... , no matter how frustrating it is! Questions To Start: How big is your ... rent. It's pretty wild how easy it was. ...Then, all you have to do is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  I've stopped watching this sneezing puppy long enough to ... decisions online next Thursday, 12/15/16, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET). To ... your MyMIT username and password.   In order to verify that you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  Own Bicycle (exactly what it sounds like), 2.670 (learn how to use a ... known how to MIG weld. However, I did not. I had been trained on TIG ... 'll burn holes you don't yet know how to fix — but not too quickly, or else

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  about the requirements of 21E, and were inspired to make a diagram, sine ... 've taken to meet the req's! Legend GIR = General Institute Requirements ... = Fun and Games: Cross-Cultural Perspectives CMS.100 = Introduction to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  waitlist committee has been working hard since May 1 to determine how many ... waitlist. Within the next few days, we plan to admit approximately 60 ... with aid packages. Admitted students can then choose to accept our offer

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  whether war is intrinsic to human nature, what causes war, how particular ... substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog (Naval Open Source Intelligence) to a relevant MIT OpenCourseWare course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  schedule, and I figured out how to eat. Anyway, I've figured out that you ... apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have ... to have full internet access from work until Tuesday, so don't expet

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  One of my favorite classes this year is CMS.100 -- Introduction to ... worldwide fan communities. The idea is, people tend to think of media as ... means long meetings with production staff to determine the feel and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014