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• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  living at MIT since it's so easy, healthy, filling, and storable. Quinoa is ... 's happening right now is...uncomfortable, to say the least. Given the circumstances, I can't help but feel that the tone of this blog is strange and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day ... prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... things you do at MIT. To be honest, I really enjoy them! I get weird looks

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  MIT, won the Nobel Prize in Economics (officially, the 2021 Sveriges ... someone who blogs and is very interested in labor economics and methods of ... . Much research that happens in economics is very different from what you

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  amazing. I wrote this essay during my freshman fall here at MIT and thought ... watched, clutching a clipboard to my chest. Exam Room 1 is not a normal ... through 12, 13, even 14 years of school. What is four more at that point? Or

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  room or outside to the fort that is beginning to be built. The floor has ... sorted on the tools table, but here and there is a drill, a crescent wrench, a measuring tape that someone is going to come back to. Every color of

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  people, horizons beyond horizons" (人外有人，天外有天) - this kind of mileage is ... basketball confusing (it is still, to this day). How are you supposed to know ... meters. Later, I realized that this is where the coach put all of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  so up until the very end. i know this is a foolish endeavor from a ... very different from each other, but i don’t think one is more interesting ... . this is a disorienting realization to have because i’ve spent my whole

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  Putting together a semester’s course schedule is a nontrivial ... another semester I’ll have to take it with class C which is an estimated 20 ... .  Even better, there is no standardized system for determining who gets to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  sorrow, but somehow, emptier than I had ever felt before. “Your joy is your ... sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup ... ? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  double. My room is huge, and I have two sets of furniture, which really ... Tech is still getting printed and distributed to the dorms, so I was able ... the equipment in this photo is for 2.678, including the soldering iron

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  So. I had a COVID false alarm this week, which is why I'm currently ... ="when your vision is encircled by hundreds of tiny pinpricks until you can ... calm myself down, which is why I am BEWILDERED about doing it while half

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  's going on?" Friend: "..." Me: "...is that a parade?" Friend: "..." Me ... surprising -- it is, after all, a port city -- but that's far from all that makes Seattle the city it is. For lack of a better word, it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  about. But instead of a police presence, and maybe a trip to MIT Mental ... , there's a class called 2.009 that is one of the Mechanical Engineering Capstone courses, and it has to be the best class at MIT by a long shot. You

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  He’s Making A List and Checking It Twice The things that I found important when looking at colleges

  

  I graduate. This is my promise. So similar to the list of parameters ... ? - What is the graduation rate? - How hard are the classes? - How reputable ... students around? - What is the weather like? 3. Extracurriculars What can I

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Kelly Clarkson is the first artist to have five top ten ... reduction to the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" and how Professor Dalzell is ... 5.07 is taught at 8:30 AM, Professor Hughes's earring, Professor

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  time at MIT. Some semesters go by better than others, but at this point ... , which is honestly an okay ratio in my opinion. Especially at a school ... everyone emphasized the fact that MIT would still be here when I came back

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  successful MIT semester I've had to date. I've gone through a series of ups and ... requirements. Though this conclusion is rather obvious, I am happiest when I ... me realize that the idea of pursuing an PhD or Master's in media is not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  ’d be guests from serious organizations like OpenCourseWare, MITx, and MIT ... awesome): To note among roaches is Nadezhda (translated as “Hope”), a ... cockroach is considered one of the fastest running insects. One roach

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  jersey, bringing my ball out to practice – all of it is so simple and ... just run, I can sprint. I lead my own line at warmup, because now is when ... is the feeling I wanted to regain the most. As the spring season

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  more. why is this so hard wayne: you know that if you like, point your ... once, in a past life wayne: oh cj: tries going a little more. why is ... 's the same thing cj: okay but usually my foot is big and not a tiny line

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022