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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  fall. But after three semesters, we finally felt that we were getting the ... , so we can struggle through it together. But even with this class, the ... together that much, since you really just needed to code your own solution

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Cake-offs, chariot races, and salsa dancing

  

  other jars. They raised $1300 for the Children”s Hospital!!! As you can ... As you may know, MIT has a strong and vibrant Greek community, made ... ”s Hospital Boston - Bake sale where all proceeds went to the Hospital

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  you can" and "Oh, DON'T WORRY, we'll be cool if you just SEND ME a page ... ANYTHING DONE YOU CAN SEND ME CHRISTINA?!?!" and "AHHHHHHH!!!! ANYTHING ... 's all, "Oh, I'll just do it tonight! Maybe you can come over and we can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  dollars. "Yes," he said. "Because the amount of good I can do in my lifetime ... I can do in my lifetime is worth ten billion dollars, but I care about ... morally wrong choice. But how can anyone truly blame him for it? Back in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  'd give you a window into a day in the life of reading applications. We ... applications, how bleary-eyed we get from reading them, and so on. But the ... least if, like me, you're a fan of both productivity hacks and science

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

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  responsibilities. You'll get to work with awesome cooks like Natania and Spang, both ... point where a 2-foot-by-4-foot plastic bin at the sidelines of the arena ... conspicuously bounces into my room and says, “I bet I did worse than you on the 8

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  really just sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day? Do you work on ... down during 95º nights. Pro-tip: if you want to build up savings fast ... day, and I think it’s all part of a plan to entice you to roll you out

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  two weeks. You know, until I arrived at MIT, I didn't think I had a ... generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I have a coke?" you'll be asked "What kind?" To me, this seems natural, but

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  So Facebook has this interesting application that lets you display on your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As ... you count Bermuda and the Bahamas, which I don't). This makes me very

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  usually about getting plastered (among my age group, anyway). You tip your ... verano! [red wine and lemon soda] Well, you can make it in the US, I guess ... ankles trying to get around you without setting off a domino effect across

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  ? Check. Getting closer to them as you learn things you never knew about ... ... Sadly, one element of campus life that 2 am video calls just can't manage ... this in some respect; you're chilling with some friends late at night

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  ’s all you really CAN do. Friends at other schools won’t get this. A good ... can get to come home next year and just veg and be with the fam. But ... laugh, and a “Shannon, you really need to get off the internet.” At MIT

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  LED strips that you can play with a Wii remote, and it's actually surprisingly fun. you can check out our Github for it here. it was super fun to ... put any thought into them, which should give you an idea of how hosed i

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  're coming). You'll get a mailing after the RD decisions are sent which will ... made. That said, you can call us and tell us verbally that you are ... explanations... The Beard. As you've probably noticed in the picture above, I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  when you get to MIT. And everything that follows from here is Kim '09 ... DID YOU KNOW? Pulitzer Prize-winning MIT professor John Harbison, who ... was so excited about wishing you a happy April 31, because, as Ling

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  activities and stuff that I'd want to do, I decided to get all my homework done early and take my free Monday off to get ahead. And so I did. Cue the fun ... where most of the action took place. Surgeon General's Warning: This

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  than we can ever remember. We loved reading your applications. Thank you ... rate for early programs at other highly selective colleges (where the ... smaller percentage of the class admitted early than many other places (where

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a ... report where I derived equations about the natural oscillation, center of mass of the frustum, etc. I can't even begin to describe what joy it

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  . So let me ask you, how are you? How are you really? Because I ... things are going great. I want to hear about that essay you finally ... to hear about the cool thing you did this week. Physics doesn’t make

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  guide "written by students, for students." You can get an idea of what it ... pictures to show you just yet[/caption] During the spring, I was able to get ... student, you get the chance to have free summer housing if you're hired as a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023