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• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  crumbled, you doubled your dosage / you wanna go, said the inhibitor blocking the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  On this otherwise lovely three-day weekend, my suitemate Jeremy '09 found himself stricken with a case of influenza, exhibiting such symptoms ... might then dissolve whatever's blocking your nose. Apparently this was a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  this post: Birth to ??? 5th Grade?: Whatever's on the radio/whatever my ... memory of my first ever video I've ever watched on YouTube being the Club Penguin Stranded on Rockhopper Island series and as promo for the series

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  favorites. SEM.142 Sex and the [City] Institute: An Exploration of Gender ... roles, gender stereotypes, and sexuality. We will especially focus on ... impact that "Sex and the City" and other media have had on current college

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be quite helpful! How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about 1,040 students this year. Based on our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  sandwich guys at La Verdes, the people who hand out Vitamin Water on 77 Mass ... reason. First semester is on pass/no record (P/NR) in order to give ... probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  process so that everyone working on the book, including myself, was aware of ... ask for an extra week), I am proud to say that we are completely on time (pending nothing apocalyptic happens in the meantime...knock on wood). That

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  Oh, I was going to answer a bunch of questions today, but it turns ... you give me a little information on its orchestra and chamber music ... or even some larger liberal-arts type schools, it helped to know that a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  schools, we hosted a central meeting on Wednesday, 9/17 at a place called ... like Droopy the Dog's cheeks. My legs feel like cement blocks. I slump ... throughout my time in South Texas (and especially on this drive) is that people

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  objects attached to them. Here are the things on and around my desk and also ... : My desk and some of the trinkets on it. When I started college most of ... her REX. We live in a 5-room, which means we have separate rooms that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  6 AM. I've come to rely on a natural light alarm clock to help me get ... 've written countless posts on reading in the abstract: what we look for in your applications, how bleary-eyed we get from reading them, and so on. But the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  wonderland as I'm reading applications today, and it makes me feel calm, very ... States, and how it related to the promotion of unity and understanding on the Indian subcontinent in the film. Peace has been on my mind a lot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  mostly for me to get information on the role rather than anything on their ... puzzle lead (Sophia) and the art director had worked on Haunt the year ... time though, we ended up on the MBTA theme (at the strong behest of one

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  did this actually help us improve on the reading and writing sections ... One month ago, we helped out Lauren Avalos (an MIT Admissions ... specify what you contributed to). We’ve chatted a couple times with Lauren

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  year, I lived in a double in New House. My side was colored yellow and ... under my bed. I spent at least a third of my nights sleeping on it instead ... ’t sure if I’d even be on campus junior year so I didn’t bother coming up

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  in one night 2. watched experienced the Rocky Horror Picture Show, live ... on this. For now, let's do a time warp and go back a couple hours. It ... missionaries (they're awesome). He spotted some of the other missionaries on

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  problem set on an empty stomach. Dominos stays open late, and La Verde's is ... . Now here's my take on all this (feel free to ask around for other ... the problem sets live up to their names a bit more. They're problems

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  cutthroat behavior. Any time I had a question or needed help on a problem set ... than its number at MIT, you know it's bad news). Each year, there are ... ; literally all of them would gather on campus and work on problem sets together

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  are all very welcome. I hope it helped you chill a little about the ... 'm sure sometimes undergrads and grad students work together on them. Right ... , but go check out Melis's UROP blog, which conveniently focuses on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  before this summer, and I always have problems with cooking them evenly on ... (being a biologist, E. coli make me nervous)... bad news. So after making a ... on all sides by the time I put in the last one... and since I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005