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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  The scene: Friday morning, about 9:10am Me: *Sits down at table with ... the task inside that packet with your team.” Me: *looks around, blinks ... and problem solving skills so we can effectively deal with real world

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Salut! A look at Grenoble

  

  the heart of the Alps. Our lab works with extremely low temperatures, so I get to work with liquid helium every day! It's very cool (...see ... , I get to explore the city with friends, go to the farmers market, hike

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  "awkwardness" derived from verbal adventure-seeking and a fascination with ... spring semester after you're done with Mission. Among the many things we ... pieces of sound. I actually had no previous experience with listening to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day, Tau Time As the admissions decisions approach...

  

  As you know, MIT regular action admissions decisions will be released on Pi Day, at Tau Time (that is tomorrow, March 14, at 6:28pm EDT). Some of you, though, may be wondering -- what's the deal with Tau? Well

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: EA Not Admitted

  

  time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and with the best of

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  ELL, with most of the work happening in our weekly GEL 2 meetings on Tuesday nights. Most ELLs are recycled from the previous year with minor ... teams’ goal was to maximize points through negotiations with other teams

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Untitled "The work is untitled because meaning is always changing in time and place." ⁃ Félix…

  

  concerned with formal aesthetics and those concerned with the political. The ... right; heroic, even." With colleagues at the opening reception ... worked with curators Massimiliano Gioni and Jenny Moore on the New Museum

  • by ARTalk
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Different Kind of Learning

  

  , Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; and Hanoi, Vietnam with a group of 30 ... different packets with readings for the next few weeks, and I am finding that ... and I am excited to see how it intersects with my coursework at MIT, my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the ... in the top 20. Boston came in 15th place with 10.3% of its workforce in ... , with 14.1% of all working people in STEM occupations. Are you wondering

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  move on with my life. My grad student's policy is "you can make every ... -making as far as I have this summer, lol. Except with these three experiments ... 'm working with, and the latest in this hepatocyte-centered scientific field

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  vacuum, as I caught up on sleep, enjoyed an end-of-semester dinner with The ... off campus, but I ultimately ended up returning as I hung out with ... that week, I returned home to Maryland with two friends, for whom I

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  Sorry I haven't blogged in a while -- I've been hosed with the deluge ... buddy Tiffany, a Course I junior with a terrifyingly robust sense of work ... is a non-profit organization that partners with communities in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  spend a lot of my time working with the community around here: I work with ... leaders, I am part of Camp Kesem with Hamsika, working to make the most ... community in a brand new way. I've taken this opportunity with my brotherhood

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Not Admitted A forum.

  

  time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and with the best of

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  the group SouLoved 6:00 pm - watch last week's episode of Bones with ... wendy’s for dinner with friend 2 8:30 pm – ran home to change for the next ... with a few friends to hang out 4:52 am – bed time ☺ Saturday: (P.S. in

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  Admissions has been deluged with calls and emails from students who ... see your applications become complete over the next week or so, with no ... experiencing significant technical problems that have impeded our progress with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  around with computers, and circuits, and microchips (oh my!). Yeah, I ... ever particularly interested in doing so, with the exception of my ... with my hands. I knew MIT’s motto, and the sort of activity he meant, but

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  *’m not two years older than I was last Saturday, I was celebrating with ... you’re stressed. Mashing up overripe bananas with a fork is such a good way to vent!) with homemade butter cream frosting. We raided the hall

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  meeting was with a man named Jean Francois, who was in charge of the ... weeks of emailing, trying to get in contact with people working with water ... trying to get in contact with people on the ground here, so to be offered

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  've spent the past several weeks with many of my colleagues, working long days and nights to match up all 1,100+ of you coming this weekend with current student hosts. (If your host hasn't been in touch with you, don

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010