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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  feels a little like this right now (mouse over): I’m trying to take on ... classroom on campus, a small room in Building Four within hearing distance of ... , mechanical pencils, and glitter fairy stickers to put on my problem sets. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Roller Coasters and Dance Parties Sunday was the East Side party! Lots of loud music and prefrosh!! Still, no fun.

  

  from the party, enjoy! I even got to go on a ride ... about, including one of the new bloggers! I'm so grateful to be here at ... East Side and prefrosh (now frosh!?!?)  from all around MIT came to see

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 25, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

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

  

  and a promising new test based on CRISPR  This is an unprecedented time ... disruptions, where we remind students to focus first "on taking care of yourself ... evaluate each application.  In a blog post on COVID from early March, we

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  easy. It's a new class, offered as a substitute for 9.07: the notoriously ... contact, ignored our suggestions, and refused to participate. A couple ... - Thanks to this class, I'm finally learning MATLAB. This class is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  ’m okay, this is how i’m trying to sort out my thoughts. typing words on a ... a few flat words on a screen. marvel at this fact. and then talk to ... she does a beautiful job trying to express the ineffable. No amount of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  responded to a Craigslist personal ad which bore only a single coy statement ... , culminating in skydiving. Needless to say, he had a good time. This story has ... ultimate altruistic troll, but I bring it to you for a half-reasonable reason

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  He Zigs, He Zags MIT's new video podcast.

  

  MIT has an experimental new video podcast called ZigZag. Currently four episodes into its trial run, "ZigZag is a periodic video magazine ... ! Hosting is harder than it looks! I have a newfound respect for Jon Stewart

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  . There’s a lot of them. On the plus side, it really motivates you to add your ... room is a triple. It’s on the 3rd floor. ~~~coincidence?~~~ Yeah, probably. I want to talk about The Dorms though, because, a) It’s housing

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  strongly depend on the moral measure of intuition to arrive at a solution ... , directs the train to a different rail, which happens to have one person on ... patient involves introducing a new threat to him, whereas pulling the switch

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  to other bloggers']a run[/annotation]on Election Day, which was when ... impressive to myself and who I am as a person at this particular moment"]a ... late, refreshing the New York Times election tracker, attempting to work

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  had to look it up on a map. I also tend to know nothing about geography ... contest to be last. That should be a new one for you guys. ... fame on the MIT Admissions Blogs- send me a picture of you and your card

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  Wiesner as a corner to make phone calls, have lunch and leave trash on the ... brings computers to secondary and primary schools in Uganda. I have been a ... around to working on this exhibit until the last two weeks of January

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  and headstrong as this person was reduced to merely their number on the ... someone to notice that I was adamant on skipping meals because of how I felt ... and a feeling of cowardice and defeat. When I finally came to college

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  graduate. A lot of students pursue 5th year masters, some go on to industry ... In response to this blog entry: (As a reminder) Don't hesitate to ask me questions any time; you don't just have to wait for a blog entry

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  's still just a requirement. On the other hand, I got to pick whatever I ... a comment stating just that. Are you guys just out to get me or what ... allowed to discuss calls we've been on. That won't be hard- there weren

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  Science) at MIT, I am able to stay on to complete a Master's Degree. The M ... program because it offers a way to cap off a lot of theoretical learning ... understanding how humans produce speech -- more on that in a later post. Number 2

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  strongly worded email to the landlord. I splash a lot of water on my face ... went back to Reffen market. I wandered the streets with a new friend ... going to come home with half a novel written, this time.   June 4th

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  that story. Suffice it to say that declaring a history major on top of ... ) on Thursday morning. Home till mid-June, with a trip to Shanghai thrown ... think it's true. ----- Five days ago, I was tucked away in a lounge on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Conservative pundit Ann Coulter once described on a VH1 ... are supposed to be on vacation, but whatever. The exhibits were pretty ... , so we decided to a small café with over 85 kinds of cake to indulge in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  for this day to come, for this year to end. But now, a large part of me ... '14s, and to hear about prospective '15s, not to mention a few ambitious ... Center and got to look out on the entire city: Fenway Park I love

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010