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• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  through writing alone. To all seniors: wow. I empathize with you a ton. I ... fully, and much more. This led to a relatively fun creative writing ... greatly for your submission to Annalen der Physik. After a careful review of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  green holders on my bench) to make labwork a bit less depressing when it ... Hey guys, This guy tried to guilt-trip me into writing a blog, but ... not know this (kudos to you if you know what this is as a high schooler

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  they can, that they won’t have a chance to do their best because of all ... made a difference in our process – who you are, your approach to life and ... developed a dedicated COVID-19 FAQ topic to provide the most up-to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared ... closer to finishing than I was a few hours earlier. On his way through the ... -defined problems fed to you by a benevolent manager, then you’re in luck because the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  words: “Do you wanna… …build a snowman?” Yes! Yes! And so we set to work. He showed me how to create the base—start with a hard-packed ball ... him Olaf. But we had to. We returned to Random, cutting through a bunch

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  rejections don't seem to fit a pattern -- one person was accepted at School A ... accepted to the MIT biology grad program. Just today, I was talking with a ... in the 70s, so we proceeded to have a lovely chat about MIT housing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  IAP I took the MIT EMS class to become a certified emergency medical ... weeks of IAP was to take as many shifts as I could while a lot of people ... ’ve been spending a lot of time in the bunk room this IAP, trying my best to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  —usually after lunch to make sure people on observing duty can sleep a bit—we go ... together and input to a script which runs them automatically. So, you can let ... , which led to a long series of crying over graduate school applications

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  to an end. It would be great if I left more than bones and a carbon ... "]far-from-comprehensive[/annotation] list.   A handful of murals. In addition to the elephants I ... someone a surcharge to buy him a Diet Coke from Verde's and bring it to Mac

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  to get a sneak preview of a sold-out opera ten years in the making; but ... introduce us to the story of Simon Powers, a wealthy entrepreneur and inventor ... sinews that make us human. “What is this ‘death’? Is it a

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to ... been working in teams to design, build, and control robots to assist a ... drive up to a cabinet while navigating around obstacles and choose a

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  through a series of challenges (an application, as it were) to test their ... question to ask, and a very difficult one to answer. Part of the reason it ... convince to apply. What matters is making sure that we bring smart students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  , although I guess that actually makes a lot more sense than "lynn." I seem to ... cosecant of something so I'd have a reason to say "arccsch," which should ... have demonstrated, there are a lot of awesome UROP experiences to be had

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  year, then team Captain, Val (MIT ’15) and I decided we wanted to make a ... , or to put it another way, a total wuss. I avoid compromising situations, whether it be going to a party where I don’t know many people, or refusing

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  didn't even know about until a couple of my friends told me to register to go to it with them. It was described to me as a showroom-type thing ... devices here. I had a sort of spiritual reaction to being surrounded by

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  though, to meet me, that is. You know where I live. Here a special shoutout ... in a while. What have I been up to? For one, I went to West Virginia ... like a maniac, made two overnight trips to Connecticut in the same week

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Notes From The UK [by Mirat Shah '08] Currently in Cambridge, it is 50 degrees F and not only…

  

  to make a snowman, and no one seems to mind. [] Punting with the ... transition temperatures that allow you to burn information onto a CD. In ... . However, I am glad to be getting a taste of both because I do now have a

  • by Cambridge
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  graphic novels from a squat library. I gave a wide berth to a mom with her ... Sarah and I always escaped to the park.  One year we made a daily pilgrimage to Eegee’s, which is a Tucson sandwich chain named for its fine

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  inexpensive bike here. It also makes it easier to get to really nice places over ... .00 a ride), the MBTA also runs buses (these cost $1.25 to $1.50 a ride ... Worcester to see a Nightwish concert. Taking the T is essential for getting

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  wasn't getting out of campus enough. I knew I wanted to start a company ... (a well-balanced diet if you know where to look). I used the money that ... .   Within the past year, I flew to North Carolina on a propeller

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016