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• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  travels. But what if you throw a ball up into the air and catch it at the ... about 15-20 minutes. Every day, at least one hour out of the many that I ... sleep at night. And I don't get much out of it. One hour spent and very

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  that school has resumed. After landing in the Keflavík airport at 4 AM ... : Here we are at Gullfoss! From left to right: Ryan B. '18, Mitchell G. '18 ... Vík's beaches. (1) Me enjoying myself at a stop en route to Vík

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  function at any point. That’s how chaotic it is. Major Evolution: Math & ... ended up taking two Political Philosophy classes this semester, one at MIT and one at Harvard. Afterwards, I wanted to take many more Philosophy

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  class by “stretching”—aka sitting on the floor pointing at your feet, or ... pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small ... . The weight room in MacGregor.   At this rate I’ll probably be

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Español Foreign Languages at MIT

  

  forensic science. I bought it at a hardcover sale at the Harvard bookstore on ... last 6 years. You’d think by now I’d be at least vaguely proficient, but ... class here at MIT, because I have always wanted to travel to a Spanish

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  -shirts and two sweaters. We are at 10,000 feet, so I guess the cold temperature ... Ecuador!) and gazing at Cotopaxi. t When I finally dragged myself out of ... fruit. At breakfast, we met Feyi (a young woman from San Francisco) and an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  , in my graduation speech, with strangers I met at conferences. After I ... it's been collecting dust. On Monday, at the beginning of my Chaucer ... middle of our Middle English quiz. At 5:30pm, I followed Professor Bahr

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  purchased so much food that other shoppers at Costco mistook their shopping ... downhill at 8% grade with sweeping views of the desert playa at nearly every ... Engineering) at 340 watts, followed by a series of intervals up Montezuma grade

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  princess, and at 7 this morning I was being stretchered to MIT medical's x ... you doing at 8pm on Saturday Dec 8? Sam: Probably laundry. Me: Would you ... (except that Sam was wearing a suit jacket at the time) which drew a lot of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  in a lab at Stony Brook University back in New York, supervising my ... .  I looked at my computer and I saw the e-mail, and it was just ... Rachel, and I love course 3 (materials science).  I love looking at how

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  and what you’re good at. It’s been almost two decades so ... and effort to. But at the same time, you’ve always wanted to ... thought to myself, why didn’t I start piano at six? Six is so young

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  grades where life is at its best. Where one stays up until 4am, not out of ... your first semester at MIT, Calculus, Chemistry, Humanities (Writing ... , Physics started the week off at 9:30, bright and early. This was the one

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  - although, at this point, "night" is probably the wrong word, since the sky is ... clearly not socially acceptable options at this hour. (1) is less than ... fellow undergrads) and at local community centers and neighboring schools

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  Taken a Math Class at MIT) See, I wanted to write a post on stuff I ... 's all totally not subjective at all - I mean, I spent a whole two ... . "Meet Me Here At Dawn" covered by Andrew Bird feat. Priscilla Ahn: This is

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at ... Sacramento only to arrive at the extremely foggy (extremely, I tell you!) mid-60s Muir Woods. (Left) At first, my hair behaved in the humidity

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  At this point, the admission website must appear to be "all about CPW ... and at home on our campus and the best way for you to be comfortable ... at MIT -- how your financial aid award was determined, when your

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  enjoyed making things; that hasn't changed at all. This summer, for example, I built a bike. Working at MITERS, one of MIT's student groups which I ... 't want to bring the nice bicycle I had at home, which my grandparents had

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  During your first day at MIT, after you check in for Orientation ... up in her room. At last count (beginning of the year this year), I ... laureates and study their theories in the lab." Although at last count, there

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  . Remember that compassion isn't a prerequisite to becoming a professor at this ... 't really talked to for a year can be immensely satisfying. At MIT, we have ... 's greatest cities. It'll take you at least four years to explore everything

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• 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).

  

  at one of the local high schools. She's starting her second year, and ... authentic Mexican food (which I know many would yell at me for not doing), but ... schools, we hosted a central meeting on Wednesday, 9/17 at a place called

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008