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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Bad Haiku What better way to welcome spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create…

  

  weekend. I'm seeing the first signs of spring. What better way to welcome ... Break, and somehow it feels like the whirlwind that surrounded the mailing of decisions was ages ago (due to the fact that last week felt so very

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  Chamber Music Society, and the Symphony Orchestra. First of all, I want to ... , conversations with TAs, and guest speakers, with the intention of finding a super ... and has $22.5 billion in sales. Basically, being the CTO of such a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  really early when I got to the front door of the dorm and saw: No ... because of the email from the night before, and I quickly discovered the ... has already increased the amount of greenspace on campus by 0.0005%. And

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  and turf dinners at the houses the first night of rush. Parents, to a ... fraternities and greek life, but just a lot of the opportunities you'll be ... meet the houses, eat free food, go do really fun activities, and if you

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  filled of Cranium. Some of my favorite quotes from the night: In a "Club ... doodles weren't working. In a "Club Cranium" round of Humdinger, Diana and ... during the session, for a quick test of your single variable integration

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  prequels and sequels. I also read The Robots of Dawn and The Naked Sun ... participate in discussions at research meetings. And in the past couple of ... enjoy the communication and social aspects of science as much as I love

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  algorithms class and possibly the most important class of my major. RIP my GPA ... time though"]a bit late[/annotation] to the first lecture, and was ... more into the design aspects of technology, and the work that i do at the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Wir fahren nach Berlin! Bullet holes in the cemetery walls, plus Liv Tyler.

  

  with history, and I want to get back and see the 99% of the sights that I ... the US tied with Italy 1-1 in the first round of the tournament, I think ... was having a lengthy relationship with Todd Rundgren around the time of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  last two weeks.  The most frustrating part of this experience is that ... the dungeon and fight the final boss in his airship. Then, the credits ... at writing something, and the deadline is so close I can feel its

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  to visit me and we went to see a semifinal match of the Legg Mason ... 'll give some numbers: - 125 = number of years the US Open has been around ... = number of Grand Slam tournaments, the US Open is one of them (along with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  , and the positive developments attributed to “getting out of the way ... from the college process.  While the specifics of each situation varies, the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  's Today's Big Thing: And, of course, the Pi Song: And actually, if you ... an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of ... pie in the shape of pi while singing your favorite pi song and reciting

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  after I ran myself and select members of the engineering department into ... of the time.   It’s funny. I have carpal tunnel, and ... long — the sparks should be more mild — but I thought nothing of this and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  , seeing your friends for the first time after the summer, and helping a ... Sciences (Course 9) What's next: Entering the Biological and Biomedical ... small seminar-style classes heavy on reading and discussing the primary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  quickly that he should find the platform and get out of the pool and get a towel and a slice of pizza and flirt with the lifeguard. Then, being the ... , which is one of the top three journals in biology. And I get to be co

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  the first month just learning about the type of research that was ... culture and the density of people. I don't really expect to continue ... field (Physics, Mathematics, Urban Studies, etc). One of the most popular

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  the space of a week. I was constantly overwhelmed, and yearning for the ... forget to stop and appreciate where I am, and the curious mixture of ... jackets and furry boots from the light parkas and easy leggings of fall time

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  ’t think about physics at all for the first half of 2020, and then I got to ... It’s almost the end of 2020, which is terrifying. And hopeful, of ... point of the above, but this was such an important and new experience. Not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  echoes of the lush vineyards and wildflowers that would cover them in ... women in STEM, and the blatant biases of children’s toys. The sparse ... seconds of fame, as our event was featured by the local TV station and a few

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  my first trip of 2017, bringing along one suitcase and carry on. It was ... across the U.S. and immersed ourselves in the fundamentals of principled leadership and reflected upon the heritage and ritual of Beta Theta Pi. We

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017