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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  . I rarely ever see any highschoolers at any of these events. That all changed when I went to Next Gen Summit. I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows ... the first day. How did I find myself at one of the most incredible

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  nutrition handbooks for the discussion portion of the course. I lowered ... , I want to see who is interested in demo-ing a Fitbit for the remaining ... data collection?  (Ō̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ ԑ Ō̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ ૢ) I couldn't fathom what I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  chat up celebrities. I had a lengthy discussion with Aurora Flight ... really cool and there is a special place in my heart for CubeSats because I ... -and-coming celebrities; for example, today I met Planet Labs, a start-up in San Francisco

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  change the way you think about writing. I keep Orwell's rules for writing ... good. When I say they are "not very good", I mean they are either boring ... railed. Orthodoxy runs deep. Last year I was traveling with a colleague

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  I'm not new to the blogs (though we do have some wicked bloggers up ... confused you into thinking that I am. Nope, I'm just a sophomore that's going to MIT and that has been doing this bloggin' business for a while. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  I just wanted to say that please don't give up hope, and I know that ... you choose to go - even if it's not at MIT. I want to share with you a ... the next step. (and for those that think I'm too verbose, please just

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that ... simplify when it comes to complex world issues. *I speak from first

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  few days had driven my mom into incoherence. I received an enigmatic ... area to see which would take them. So I heard this and even though I was sure just a semester ago that I could never take care of an animal and a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  I bet you’re really eager to come – not just for Campus Preview ... surprising, but I’m willing to bet that in that year off, you’ll learn more ... year of college.) In my case, I took two years off and arrived on campus

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  Since all I can think about recently is graduate school, I thought I ... of arrows on that page, so I'll try to clarify. First you finish your ... for them. Actually, they'll pay you! I mean, it's not a huge amount, but

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  day of Spring Term! I'm a little behind on the questions, so here goes ... to attend, and I wonder if parents are welcome as well? Will there be ... hotline at (617) 258-6085. Nbot1 asked, "Since you like Hindi music, I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  group of friends, I swear! Alternatively, mansplain manipulate man…ufacture mischief? In which I mansplain how my friends manipulate each other ... to yap has taken hold, and I shall oblige it, because orientation is

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  quarter, I felt like a spring. Specifically, like an undamped oscillator. My days swung wildly up and down. The more I pushed myself, the greater response force I'd feel on my energy levels. Calmness remained at a distance

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  There is this class I'm taking called 18.100B (Real Analysis) which I can't tell if I love or hate. I’ll be working on the problem sets and thinking like, "man, this is amazing, I can feel myself getting smarter by

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  From 9th to 12th grade, I was on my High School's FIRST Robotics team. More about that experience here. After I left, my team stepped up their ... - woah. I just made the connection between "stem" and "roots". the plant

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  Immediately after the new site went live I left for group travel with ... report for Stu & crew; I figured I'd blog mine! Wednesday, July 13 ... , which had really quite incredible gourmet hamburgers. But I digress

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  . Maddie and I planned on leaving for South Station at about 11:45 PM so at ... , and tie for me while Maddie just packed clothes to put on later. I brought nice shoes but there was no way I was going to wear them all day, so

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  the class council, I believe). The Ring Committee spends the first half ... called Ring Premiere. I was really excited about Ring Premiere, until the Ring Committee accidentally leaked the design early (oops!) so I heard

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  So in case anybody's unaware, I finished my project at the lab at the end of July so I could spend the month of August working on Ben's couch. True story. I'm going through and tagging all of the bloggers' entries

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  , fellow blogger Kano and I decided to conduct an interview to document their ... physics -- just do that.’ So, I've been here a long time,” Peter said. Peter ... that passion. “I wanted to shift more into teaching and I was lucky that

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025