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• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  definitely aren't as varied. I like to play the same songs on repeat. Like, a ... for their rant.) This is also true of food; I like to eat the same ... loves to cook for myself. As I move through the semesters at MIT, the food

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  point of these meetings is for us to learn about the things that interest ... are also a good chance for you to learn more about MIT from someone who ... these conversations are a way for you and for us to learn about each other

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  In 4 weeks, you will leave home for an academic journey of 4 years ... compiled a packing list for students here, to be used with caution. Some things I’ve found helpful. Pack: -- a memento for your shelf or wall

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  APIs, i.e. VR headsets, fitness bands, IoT devices, APIs for delivery, money transfer, mapping, etc.  Without further ado, here's a quick guest ... : some cool examples are headphone-assisted navigation for the blind, blood

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  Discovered About Myself Freshman Year... 1. There is no substitute for sleep ... and cram. Really. 3. Shopping is therapy. 4. Naps: they're not just for ... gets a big gold star from me. 15. Money doesn't grow on trees... and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  decisions for me and suddenly I miss the innocence my parents had wrapped me ... road trip to take for a three day weekend? What makes a good partner ... ’m stupid for asking so many questions? How can I ration the number of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  to trivia games. Here is one of the design exercises I made for the ... I've blogged twice in a week so it basically makes up for it. I ... gaming experience on gaming performance, as our research has to do with the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  are some of them. All based on true stories, of course.  For those of ... got this. No matter what happens, I’m so proud of you already for ... experiences when they visit MIT for the first time is that the Infinite corridor

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  because I've been a sourdough bread conoisseur for like a decade, that ... sourdough starter, like having a pet, is very good for me. But also a bit tricky. For the first week, I was just feeding him the regular flour we

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  rained for the majority of the week and everyone generally stayed indoors ... . While I rested most of the weekend, Sunday proved interesting. Join me for ... to the Z Center with nothing to show for it, I headed up Mass Ave to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  ’ve been here for two years. At real college, not imaginary internet college ... allowed for tomorrow”. Now, I have to check the weather every morning to decide how many layers to wear, whether to bring an umbrella, etc. For

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  for working with me for the past seven weeks. I have learned so much and ... tackle specific issues. In order to do this, we created empathy maps for ...  social issues unheard   We then drafted up our problem statement that would guide us for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a shoebox pc clips of summer

  

  , this house i'm in already feels like home: i start to think for the first ... llamas and alpacas. the pc running out of a shoebox built solely for vr ... been like and smile. of course, the buses for my commute are always late

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  mater. For Sylvester, who introduced the term, a matrix is where a ... ; the former from Latin tangere “to touch”, and adding the prefix in-, for ... Esperanto for Splash, but conlangs in general fascinate me. I think Toki Pona

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  -2013 Admissions Interns What role they play in the office Why they are ... buy cakes for their unsuspecting supervisors (you guys are the best

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Engineers Assemble! It's not a double-post, it's a franchise

  

  Manufacturing guru), is among those selected for the job. You can read more at Business Week. I think Viggo Mortensen should play him in the inevitable Jon

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration Browser Issues Firefox isn't playing nicely with MyMIT...

  

  Hi folks, I just learned from the folks who support my.mit.edu that certain browsers (i.e. Firefox) may not play nicely with CPW registration ... browsers!) I'm so sorry for the inconvenience. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  design. this is one of those classes i'm taking for the fun of being with other friends in the class, my top advice for picking classes. i love how ... material changes every time it's offered and i can retake it for credit. this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  newborn.  In the 3,000 days, I moved to Washington, D.C. (for a fellowship writing for CityLab, then part of The Atlantic), moved to New Mexico to be ... for five years, reconnected with a friend I met on the first day of CPW

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  . Here's what I did! 11:30-12 I met with my supervisor for the Japanese tutoring organization I'm a part of to discuss my lessons for a student. I'm trying to prepare him for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, which is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020