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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  /Oliver Queen. Source: Imgur   Every time I go to one of these events, I get excited. Every time, I think about how far I've gone to be able to ... ride up the elevator makes me think about how I'm "rising" through the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  On the floor where I lived last year, Elaine L. '18 was known for ... , I would highly recommend checking it out! Here's her comprehensive guide to getting groceries as an MIT student. I’ve been quietly

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  – I use them often to reroute my train of thought away from worry or overwhelmedness – but I also find a lot of solace in kind, honest words. So that's what I can offer, because that's what has helped me most this semester

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  . Killean Court: Now, I'm stuck in the AXO house in Boston, where I live. A ... : Where did the river go? And now, well...I've been in the house for a ... that Marco Antonio Solis? I went to a costume party on Halloween hosted

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  January 12 Hostel Colonial House, Quito In retrospect, I do not ... several-month homestay, which I imagine will be an adventure. The hike ... into an awesome old couple from Colorado, who have summitted Cotopaxi (I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  flooded the Student Center and Infinite. I'd almost forgotten what a pre-teen looked like until I saw them navigating the cooridors and poking around ... (parents and students) recognized Ry on campus, and I wasn't even with him

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  "I've always been a knowledge junkie; facts are my hit, and Wikipedia is my dealer." (I was looking through my old computer files and found ... my final draft) In spirit, not much has changed since I wrote that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  After a busy CPW weekend, I was driving home on the Mass Pike basking ... heating up the front seat of my compact car. I was drinking an ice coffee ... Self. I was engrossed listening to Ms. Turkle as she described the need

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  talks, I'll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof. Jonathan ... current research focuses primarily on health economics issues. I am ... their choice of Part D plans and the impact on their well-being. I am also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on the waitlist? As I've said, the waitlist is not ranked. We will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  -over study guides, that I asked aloud, “What is 7 times 47?” In the space of ... , procrastinatory research project that I adopted in the dwindling time before my ... three methods: *i.e., everyone likewise procrastinating in one of Random

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  shopping and eating and sleeping and eating. (Did I mention eating? Eating ... up on top of each other like the laundry I forgot to fold on Sunday ... restaurant you were expecting eleven and having them spit in your sushi. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  of the Boston population. A while ago I gave everybody some Boston ... 's Worcester. I'm going to teach you how to pronounce it now, you ready? Pretend ... total n00b when you get to MIT. I'll help you out. First, pronouncing

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and, realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the next problem. This may have been, subconsciously, due to the hope that I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  Has CPW left you with this? :) So I learned two major things about myself this weekend, courtesy of you guys: 1. I apparently do not look like ... next CPW would help? =p) and apparently I look a lot taller. 10. "Wow

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  a daunting task. I discovered MIT fairly early on in my search, and when I read the Admissions Blog entries of a certain biology major (thanks, Mollie!), MIT rose to the top of my list. Even so, I couldn't help

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my ... Before Graduating From MIT” list. I e-mailed my sorority and asked to hear about their plans. Here’s what they said: “This IAP I was selected to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-Italy: Working With Ferrari The MISTI experience of Patrik Kunzler.

  

  [by Patrik Kunzler] Over the summer I had the good fortune to spend ... about. Especially for a car guy. Espresso at 8 am: I'm awake. Sounds of the Ferraris roaming the grounds at 8:15 am: I have arrived. A few days

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  celebrate, I was going to do an entry about the MIT marching band's slush ... or other, so I probably won't get a chance to do it tonight. Anyway, blame Ben, because I am infallible. But I at least wanted to start writing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  makes it stylish; a perfect combination of aesthetics and performance, I ... way I take pictures. A close-up: A glamour shot: Jesse explains ... design: (Fearing I might intimidate prospective freshmen with the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006