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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  't know how to get people to listen to them," she said. Perlman believed in herself and got people to listen -- fortunately for computer users. Perlman ... at an MIT lab that taught programming to children. Always aiming for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a ... for a new plot. These stories depend on each other, but no story itself ... easy for me to recognize why I tend to overthink a lot - and it’s because

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  Mechanical Engineering course 2.009: Product Engineering Processes took to Killian Court (the big grassy quad by the Great Dome) to fire birds at pigs ... to fire I'm sorry, but this is the best action shot I could get -- it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  translates to a lot of verbiage. And while there's nothing wrong with new posts, every now and then I get kind of nostalgic for old posts. Some things have ... blogger alums. (Apologies to the new bloggers...) Matt '00: The Years of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  getting a PhD by offering a gift to his committee beforehand--while most of ... soup spoon tied to his reactor for good luck. And he says that he gets ... can see exactly what our soldiers actually get to eat out in the desert

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  are for. I have to say, it's going fast. When I applied to MIT and got ... and get ready to head home for the summer! I haven't spent more than two ... That's it ladies and gents, sophomore year is over for yours truly. I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  this is great for MITers, but it seems rather arcane to the outside world ... words too fast and people can't understand me and I have to repeat myself ... sciences" five times fast.) So I'm going to teach you the numbering system

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  at the last minute to find new placement for the summer, and I’m really thankful for those in the tech world who tried to find new positions for the ... open to new opportunities and new friendships and I try to take chances

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  legendary new unit of measurement, the smoot (now incorporated by Google ... track this far through the August sun must’ve cared greatly for his guests. The marker points to the location of the MIT Club of Central Ohio Summer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  . When I get back to my room, I realize that only an hour has passed. I ... Today, I woke up and walked to Trader Joe's. The elevator was taking a particularly long time, so I opted to walk down eight flights of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  through hard times. We even have a play put on by students to provide useful ... Water War and for the Top of the Sponge roofdeck party. It's funny to ... now, as a junior, we're the ones running these events for the new

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  school anyway (scholarships, man). For some reason, I went to mitadmissions ... . After all, MIT is one of those schools that you strategize to get into ... contacted the new EC and we set an interview date for the sixteenth. I went

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  of around twenty questions, and, after a few months, managed to get ... ="Alan: also Cameron gets a special shoutout because she went to my high school ... were put together by me and have been edited lightly for clarity. only

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  be fun, and you'll get to meet all of the students you've been reading ... Campus Preview Weekend is fast approaching, and I'm sure many of you ... Scandinavia and I think it's time for a little update. Forgive me, though, for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  's a time for new friends and new experiences and new places. at the same time, seattle feels like home by now -- i know the way to the churches i ... -night craving and wandered to safeway for ice cream, where we discovered that

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Answer these 13 questions and we’ll reveal the perfect dorm for you! What does your favorite dorm animal say about where you should live?

  

  !!) Graphs Generated by Google Feast thy eyes, and thanks for reading ... answers and their corresponding dorms to create the quiz for the blogs ... residents responding to the poll. New Vassar had the lowest response per

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  all my work to prepare for my boyfriend staying over, but now that he ... to read, draw, write, cook/bake, listen to new music, and journal to be ... Google Calendar to manage all my academics and events, but i put my lists

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  means to me, both because I am ultimately responsible for the makeup of ... over-enrolled by several dozen students, due to high yield rate that ... [/annotation] with Scott from New Jersey and Victor from Lynn, two guys I met by chance

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  to the ground. Luckily for my head, he decided to let go at this point ... ! Better leave it off for a couple of weeks to let it dry out. 3) The company ... for funds from the Student Activities Office. Getting funding isn

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to participate in real research with ... Muthukrishna, just graduated and is off to get his PhD. He helped catch me up to ... astrophysics. Coming from an EECS background, I had to Google some of the astro

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024