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• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  "Mankind has always had a yen to travel. Millions of years ago ... 'd say, "Marge, I have a yen to travel." And Marge would agree instantly ... 've noticed that my personal yen to travel is particularly strong after a long

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  , what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a ... to America to live with my parents. I'd left everything behind but a ... every once in a while it takes on new meaning that makes it all worthwhile

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  embarked upon a journey -- a long journey! An arduous journey! -- to visit ... then wind yourself through a bit of awkward hallway to get to the library ... was really nice: I got to see familiar buildings from a different angle

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  Blown Back to Oz the close of the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition: day 4.

  

  had one more mission to fly and we wanted to re-fly a mission as well in order to score a little higher. We were on the clock--the weather ... assignment was to carry a two-pound payload (distributed between four blocks

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  comprehend my state of mind back then. I want to have a conversation with that ... math major. I had a clear life plan to start in the first semester ... major for almost a semester, and still plan to take more physics courses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally come to a close and I was trying out my shiny new label of "MIT student ... community and want to help make your transition as positive as it can possibly

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Candyland @ MIT Not your average gingerbread houses!

  

  My dorm’s study break tonight consisted of a Gingerbread House Making ... hour. Though they were given the option to build anything they wanted, three teams decided to model MIT buildings. Check it out, who do you think

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  future, coming back to MIT, and feeling a bit lost. He gave me a lot of ... health, and even have time to have fun once in a while. Although your ... for the metaphor, life isn’t exactly analogous to a marathon, where all

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  wants to make a decision like that assuming that it would determine the ... started off at MIT, I thought that the only way to learn was to take a bunch ... think scaling back was a good idea for me. I was able to devote a lot more

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  A few months ago, I posted about how to clean old whiteboards. Of ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] from 8.033[/caption] I learned how to make dotted lines ... .999% of the time. But alas, I cannot teach you in person, so here is a how-to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  equipment, etc) and managing the camp website. On a more personal note, this camp means a lot to me (and that is an understatement if I've ever seen one), as I've attended LAW as a camper since I was able to and it has

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a week in europe pictures of munich, vienna, amsterdam

  

  -ending projects just outside my window keep me awake as i attempt to make our 6 ... outside and it's dark. i need a break. i want to leave. on saturday, i ... boston logan, and join my friends. i take a plane far, far away, to a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  make. 9. Make strained metaphors to a technical topic This is likely your ... disastrous compared to an error in a small one." "Which makes it more ... was possible, was it truly a choice?" make certain to reiterate that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  meat. I also try to make a vegetable or salad near the start of the week ... make a salad or some pan-fried vegetables to go with it. For the second ... ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  optimization. Often, you have to make judgement calls of whether to launch a ... us is: It’s better to make a bad decision now than a good one too late ... investment. Better yet I had to make my decision in a week. Everyone deals

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  to the Bay Area, followed by a trip to the Rocky Mountains and finally ... interview and give you some advice. This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  A recipe for releasing decisions our LARGEST pi(e) day celebration yet...

  

  recommend you do this now to make sure everything works for you. Strange ...    We decided to bake this enormous pie to remind you that MIT ... available, you will need to access decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same

  • by A Delicious Pie
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  where they will be required to 'make' something for a final project or ... /or if you like people who make things, this is a pretty great place to be. ... opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  theory is about making messy systems behave the way you want them to behave; this can be as simple as making sure a toilet doesn't overflow or as complex as making a self-driving car follow a set path. 6

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  [/caption] This rice cooker holds a special place in my heart compared to our other ... family a few weeks after we came to America. At this point, we didn’t have ... combination of spices. But when I went off to college and tried to make the same

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020