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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  together and eat fruit."]Fruit Bowl[/annotation] on Wednesday, and my first ... ’ll continue my theme of talking about my problems in public, and I’ll walk you ... me, and I feel that, until last weekend, I didn’t really have a day

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  their research to MTL's industry sponsors like Lam Research and Global ... get together and have fun before the spring semester starts. Unlike ... during MARC and thought the snowboarding people looked so cool, so I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I arrived in Bath bright and early around 10am. That means waking up at 5 am and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  Robin and Joe Dominguez: Honestly, I wanted to read a book about money ... encouraging readers to calculate how much time and thus money actually goes into one’s job and what the real hourly wage would be. With this calculation

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  labs, launching bottle rockets, and eating lots of free food. But as much ... ) lack of physical conditioning and folded over, panting. We stopped for a ... , 12 syllables, and a state name that I am still completely incapable of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  , because I work at a university, and because there aren't any admissions ... summer is a key time for us to travel, work on dormant projects, and take ... figured I'd blog because I've been quiet for awhile and there are some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  council I was a part of that involved free food and skipping class. My high ... of free food (it never worked). I got my first taste of the real power ... , and I just finished my second year at MIT. Until recently, I was the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Supporting our DACA Students MIT’s commitment to the safety and well-being of all students has not changed and will…

  

  conditions to work and study in the United States. This reevaluation has been ... reaffirming our support for undocumented students and outlining the relevant MIT policies and procedures. Yesterday, in the Boston Globe, MIT President Rafael

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  terms of what to do and what not to do, what works best for me and for the majority of my friends, and how to essentially survive my first year at MIT ... hackathons and conferences and make some money off of it. it's cool. These are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  cute date ideas or like. hang out ideas

  

  Square and made a fool of ourselves. Pretend you have money We went ... It’s Veteran’s Day, which means it's been one year since my For Real ... list of fun Ellie-tried-and-tested things to do with one or more people

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  concrete terms as possible. And the Blogs reflect the true experience of ... addressed to you. It’s a long weekend and thus an excuse to pretend that ... and shouldn’t be used in essays). This post is addressed to all

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  hey, why not, and filled out the online application. For the in ... IAP 2013 was a logistical (and medical) nightmare but a fantastic ... London for winter break, then flew back to Boston and got an x-ray at MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  finance for a few years and make as much money as possible and then spend ... 2040?”, as a justification for impulsive short-term behavior. and for ... no classes on tuesdays and thursdays, i’m trying to make progress on 2

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  in the intersection of [fruits] and [red things], because they’re both fruits and red things. My friend used ‘intersection’ to mean exactly this ... intersection of their everyday language and mathematical jargon is non-empty. In

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  BANG!, pull the trigger all the way back and keep sight on target even ... keeping your arm steady, if you're like me and have almost no muscles above ... instructor) tells his classes that shooting is 90% mental and 10% technical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  and weeknights totally pset-free! Hallelujah! And happily, my summer ... time in the city before. Plus, this was my first real full-time job! In other words, the past three months were a completely new experience…and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  free time and leisure. I think the balance is something to strive for. It ... from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time ... 's rewarding. We've had an exam and two quizzes already, as well as three packets

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  , just like the real pyramids, and later invented five separate games using ... , Simon '04, and Nick. Now, you might think that would be fairly expensive ... . Sam paid $3.60 tolls and $5 jacob's ladder. Nick paid $5 ring toss

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  whiteout conditions is a song by the new pornographers, and it ... the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a stage of grief so demanding" and "maybe you riot for nothing—it's just a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  ago now (goodness, I'm old). And it's the age of many of our excellent ... was awarded to MIT Professor Peter A. Diamond, along with Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides, for their work on "Search Frictions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010