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• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  you don’t like MIT… I think you’re on the wrong page. Maybe you ... cold. Why-is-the-air-trying-to-kill-me cold. Something known (rather ... was actually the warmest that it’s been outside in a week. This has

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  If you've been following the news, you may know that the Trump ... conditions to work and study in the United States. This reevaluation has been ... . A few months ago, after the Presidential election, I posted an entry

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  year, the brothers participate in a rather chaotic room assignment process, with all the tranquility and order of the Republican National Convention, except that at the slightest hint of instability we throw out our

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Ended Up Working for a Reality TV Show

  

  around the U.S. and it's entrepreneurs, will be premiering next year. I always liked the idea of reality TV - capturing real moments with real ... something different. We want to take over the medium of reality TV and use it

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  ) Powerlifting is saving my life (RIP The Toast) 2) My officemates are food-shaming me for bringing huge containers of steel-cut oats into the office and ... mean to be an admissions blogger? Here is the opening paragraph from the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  Two weeks ago I flew to Pittsburgh, PA, to attend the Intel ... ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public: The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Approaching Adulthood In which I spell out my semester to hopefully feel less overwhelmed

  

  MIT and Boston are in the middle of the actual Snowpocalypse, so what better time to whip up a blog about the beginning of classes? The lighting was a bit sloppy, but I do need to get back in the habit of vlogging

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  ***UPDATE*** If you're taking the SAT on the makeup date of 11 ... October 31, the day before the November 1 Early Action Deadline. Here are some brief updates. Sandy: If you have been affected by the storm, for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  I think) Getting my first taste of Chipotle with the bloggers Spending a lot of time in the Unified Lounge (Unified is a course 16 class ... . During July, I worked for the Office of Engineering Outreach Programs (the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  I want to keep the intro to this post pretty short because the ... to the history, growth, and, most importantly, the culture of MIT. The ... experiences". Lili S. '15, and Alina G. '12 found their fresh way through the

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

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  This weekend, as I was reading the Sunday Globe magazine like I usually do on a Sunday morning with the dog, my partner, and the wood stove ... two nights at the Marriott in Cambridge?" asked my partner now peering

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Renewable Energy in Spain

  

  detection of inefficiencies, which is important in the manufacturing process of the cells. Specifically, I adapted an electroluminescence imaging system into a photoluminescence imaging system to analyze the benefits of

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  2:47 am, better known 26:47. Three hours and 13 minutes before the day rolls over, by Random Hall Standard Time. Destiny, the southern half of the first floor of Random Hall. One of three all-male floors in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... posting it up on the web. I polished off an apple at the end to keep the ... did kill an extra large pizza from Papa Ginos during the first quarter

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  without the constraints of pre-drawn lines to color inside of.  There are other things that draw their inspiration from the ether, like spontaneously reaching for the flip video camera when my son refused to eat his

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  , and I thought I'd share them on the blog as well. MIT: The Motion Picture (1992) You may have seen MIT: The Motion Picture on our homepage or ... remember videotapes - it was, at the time, a major production. It cost

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  Networking is important. Probably one of the most important skills you'll use. The MIT Career Development Center collects statistics on the ... collect information on is some kind of networking. The only rule of

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

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  weeks ago, and spent the first week in the comfort of my relatives’ home ... , touring, eating lots. There in Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan Province, I ... Cheng Mountain - Fun Fact: The scenery in Kungfu Panda is based on this mountain

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! from post-blizzard New Jersey.

  

  , basking entirely in food and sleep. A few days after I got home, the “Snowpocalypse of (dec.) 2010" hit. New Jersey was smack dab in the middle of it. Where I live, we got 2 feet of snow overnight. The blizzard crippled

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 31, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Alums Direct New OK Go Video OK Go always has the awesomest videos. Jeff and Eric don't disappoint.

  

  You know the band OK Go, right? You remember, the guys with the treadmill video, and the Rube Goldberg machine video, and the marching band ... directed by MIT alums! The video for "Last Leaf" was done by Nadeem Mazen '06

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2010