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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  When I was in high school one of the most influential non-fiction books that I read was Studs Terkel's "Working" (which was subtitled ... . "Working" had a profound affect on me as I thought about work, and the basic

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead ... immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and ... ...no joke. But I think the fact that we can name any precise location on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  during the day, and although I wore a hat and drank lots of water I got ... , and science textbooks they had. If they weren't so heavy, I would have ... another minibus to Manda Hill, a strip mall that lots of ex-pats frequent. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT ... , and I know that those students will be very competitive during the ... ) I know I speak for all of the admissions officers when I say that this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  % participation in donating. Sadly, I don't think our theme is as incredibly awesome ... this "assignment." I find this hilarious, since correlates strongly with ... inflation here. I voted for tshirt design B, with a simple athletic jersey

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Democrats, Republicans, sportsmanship, books The unbearable awesomeness of literature at MIT.

  

  sheep, at least one side of which is black." So today I came home and started a conversation with Mitra. "Blah blee blah blee blah." I said. "La la la la I'm going to read Interpreter of Maladies and then The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  -- I can go into his office and plop down on a chair and whine about my ... was really funny. My friends and I didn't get tickets, so we didn't get ... -shirt that said "In the future, I'm famous." UROP: Morgan Sheng's lab in Course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  celebrated with our friends with a cake and some quality reminiscing. I wanted to get party hats, but I couldn't find any at the store, alas. Dorm choice I get the feeling that a lot of people find MIT's dorm choice

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  , the company I'm working for in my UROP got into Discover Magazine again ... . Jefferson Tester? I know him! I biked 120 miles this summer, eating his dust ... online, which is way expensive. I'd definitely check out the magazine at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I ... I thought I would share: 1. At a networking event, always wear a ... say "My name is Joe, and I have three dogs," while that line might be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  More free stuff Free sneak previews of films and how to beat the casino.

  

  readers may remember that last year around this time I attended a free sneak of the film I Heart Huckabees, and also listed some other sneaks that ... , School of Rock and Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. LSC frequently (i

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  Three days until the US Open officially begins! As an engineer, I ... 's looking to win again) Ok, that's enough pretending that I know about tennis... I am predicting a Federer vs. Roddick final (would anyone like a wager

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  , my friend Diana and I thought we'd take a little trip out to Haymarket ... from the day: I just had to take a picture of this sign. Haymarket ... several pounds of fruit. We decided to work on the fruit salad first. I can

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of ... plan to visit, please leave your questions in the comments; I will answer ... to leave your advice on visiting MIT and Boston in the comments; I will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  Practices Take Home Assessments Where do I start? Resources My Personal Experience Introduction This past summer I interned at Microsoft as an Explore ... I took this internship to figure out whether or not I wanted to pursue

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Admissions Math Month, Part 1 – Duality There are two wolves inside you

  

  , [annotation note="I’m only counting blogs that explicitly use the LaTeX tag in ... non-mathematician, I think it’s hard to define duality succinctly yet intuitively. I usually just kind of wave my hands and say, “Uhh, it’s like when

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  I live on the top floor of a small pile of donuts named Random Hall ... ="Sometimes people ask to borrow a multimeter, and then they ask why I have a ... , because I forgot the mat in Connecticut a screwdriver with many many

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  at 40% of responding American universities). I understand the concerns; these are uncertain times. However, I wanted to share this brief to ... changed. I also wanted to share this letter that President Reif sent to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  years, there have been 89 30 Under 30 MIT alumni. I was interested in knowing how what industries Forbes thinks MIT is innovating the most, so I marked down which category each alum was in. (I'm taking Stats this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted by IDEO for the winter, with the stipulation that I would be working at the same office as my MIT sponsor, a Course 2 alumni. I had never been

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014