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• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  late at night after watching a couple episodes of my favorite TV show and ... burned the midnight oil already, you’ll get to hear a couple of my thoughts ... how scholarly my future can be, or looking at internships to apply for

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  Just the other day, I joined a handful of parents at my 15-yr ... kisses in the bowl on the folding table near my seat and popping them into my mouth as I listened. In my son”s case, I already knew that a

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  IAP has finally started, so that means my grocery bill is much larger than usual. I’m reigniting my IAP resolution to cook dinner for myself ... at a dining hall, but now that I have the time to let out my inner Iron

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  , Shakespeare’s Pizza, and the Kewpies (naked baby dolls that were my high school ... school, hit deer, etc. I couldn't fall asleep my first night at MIT because of the sirens and seeing the Boston skyline out of my window was a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  Gaga defacing my MIT ID with a permanent marker. Be warned: the ... someone had stolen my pillow and replaced it with a laptop. Except the ... I had already paid for my laptop and filled it with useless PDFs about

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  periods of time and then come back mysteriously with scratches on my face and the arm of my coat ripped three-quarters of the way off. I always ... forget to blog that last one? My bad, guys), but I don't think this time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  Loved Rhetoric with Strang. I can say that now because I got my name ... this I'd have definitely had a freak-out or two before going to my only HASS-D and writing course, required for both graduation and my writing

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  accepted to MIT, I still clearly remember the day I received my decision. The ... room with my parents standing on either side of me, ready to either ... ?" my mom asked me. "Yes," I said. I clicked the button. Have you ever

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  So I thought I’d show you just what I was talking about in my last ... my 2.001 lecture. You see the double-angle formulas, don’t you? Yuck. After that, I was working on my 2.001 pset, which thankfully didn’t cover

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  night before. My clothes were laid out for me, my lunch would be packed, my backpack would be loaded with paper and colored pencils, and I ... classes (Course 2) and filling in the rest of my schedule with classes in my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them ... able to update my blog this summer! I feel so guilty for my prolonged

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  (Google Maps, you're on my enemies list), I had a spectacular time getting ... The Jay with Alaina. Thanks guys! So I thought maybe I could display my ... in playing, which was my senior year in high school when the entire

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

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  unless they are in my dinner.) Luckily, I don't think the test will be of too much consequence in my graduate school application, since I already ... plants! I hate you! EDIT: I sent my personal statement to the professor

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  important task in my life, such as a semester, ends, and I am adrift, searching the empty cavities of my skull for words.  I was busy and not ... without knowing it since my first tour of MIT. There are displays of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  Last week, I started lifting. Again.  During my last semester here, my suitemate and I had gotten into the habit of it. We ... of different exercises, but my main focus is gonna be on SQUATTING

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  ’s one of my favorite platformers. But there are spoilers. So. If that ... My Head [annotation note="Right now I plan to keep finding music to go with my posts until I deem it cringe"] Song:[/annotation] Voices in my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  very flexible with your teacher recommendations. The MyMIT Tracking is up ... to worry at this time about documents that are not showing on MyMIT; we ... early to MIT without attaching a research abstract. However, my research

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  clarification. 1) If my document has some LaTeX mathematical symbols, it is not accepted in the space online. Can I send it my e-mail? If yes, where and in what format? 2) If my document conatins pictures etc, I ask the same

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  on and so forth. I feel like I'm doing that with my time here at MIT ... through my time at the 'tute. Two years down, and two more to go. Since then, another year has passed, and I have another one to go. Oh my god time is

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to republish it to show how absurd this CPW's weather will be. I updated the ... wondering what the weather machine is, you should read my CPW history post

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023