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• Blog / MIT Life

  Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment

  

  . Hopefully I'll be able to keep up this schedule (hooray for end-of-summer optimism), or at least stick to it as best as possible! (Also I swear that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 31, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  something fun for the 10-year blog birthday!" so, of course, I say yes.  It ... . swear at deer eating plants. do other stuff.  eh." "Wow Snively, you ... . 1)  Yup, still skydiving :) This picture got me famous on Reddit for

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  of the best things that's happened to me at MIT. “These are all ... It's easy to get overwhelmed at MIT.  From the pressure cooker of ... topic.  People have many ways of dealing with the stress.  For me, winter

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  The first substantial snowfall was yesterday, December 9. Things about snow: Don't welcome it with a fire alarm and evacuation at 9 ... ). overcoat. (d). sweaters for layering. (e) boots. Things I now wish I own

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  interested in working at the Admissions Office Randomness Seriously, though ... buy cakes for their unsuspecting supervisors (you guys are the best

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two cakes and six cupcakes ...they may or may not resemble astronomical objects.

  

  I mentioned that I'm in the midst of a summer research program at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory - there are eight other summer students ... we made an epic cake for him, but didn't have pictures to show until

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21W.021 – “MIT 150: Inside, Live” Comics!

  

  I want to keep the intro to this post pretty short because the highlight here is two amazing comics made for my writing class last semester ... as a participant-observer at MIT and find a fresh way to present your

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  . LeaderShape takes place at an off-campus retreat site in southern ... was the first of many times when we ate way more than we should have at ... President for Institute Affairs and Secretary of the MIT Corporation), who led

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  people you know for help. This may be your parents, professors, friends, or ... field you are interested in, went to the grad school you are looking at ... for their contact list (something you too should start forming) and for

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  for the holidays at MIT. I'm on their mailing list, and this morning

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• 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

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

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  Keller '48. He lived in the Bay Area, was chairman of Chevron Oil at the ... fact we're preparing for it on campus already, there is still the opportunity for many of you to attend spring meetings hosted by ECs and alumni

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  and was immediately confronted by a colossal display for the Twilight ... -written at all. I was not lying when I told this man what I thought. Take this ... can get." He looks at me as if he is all about the antifeminism, so

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  I'm living at Bexley for the summer and working just a short distance away in the Kavli Center for Astrophysics (Bldg 37) on Vassar Street. I ... I'm happy to be here again for the summer. So I did this once my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT ... , apprehension, and expectation all at the same time. Last weekend, as I waited to ... joy; when others of them weren't, their sorrow was mine, too. And for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  Have any of you read “The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT”? If ... experiences at the ‘Tute. I read it before starting college, but I have had many ... known for being the breeding ground of the next big idea in science and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  relationships over the course of doing problem sets together. That's cool, but for ... -- alums come back and recruit for their employers; everyone looks better ... Washington Chilli Duck -- "if it's not working at Chilli Duck, it's not going

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  sense that, I believe, for the most part, the MIT culture is well conveyed. You get a sense of what it is we do at MIT, how we play, see the ... is. So, is every day at MIT as jam-packed with all of those activities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,020 students this year. Based on our ... of you may be saying, "C'mon, MIT is really good at math. They have to ... -- and I am hopeful that we will -- the odds are that it won't be for large

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  Communications Officer at Harvard and former writer, editor, and columnist for The ... Ever heard of Alan Lightman? He’s one of the most famous professors at MIT, with a unique talent for both writing and astrophysics. Perhaps you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007