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• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  likely to be, or perhaps a sense that maybe it's best not to know. As for ... robots to explore other planets. The high point for me was when I was on the flight team for the Magellan spacecraft, which orbited Venus and

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  .) Psets stand for Problem Sets, and they are the equivalent of the "homework ... classes, they count for little to nothing in your final course grade. You ... psets count for a fair bit in 14.01 (Intro Econ)), your cumulative problem

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  bed in a case that smells like mildew. Luckily for fashion, not everyone ... embellished garments and an umbrella that shrinks on command for space ... can be so much more than a mess of fabric! For example, Amanda Parkes

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  not only a fire fighter but also because he used to be a cook. For those of you who are out of the loop, fire fighters cook enough food for an ... for an army but only has to feed a family, the boy has to eat it all

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  questions, rather than someone like me, who wasn't actually looking for a ... satisfying. For example, the speakers explained their personal reasons for ... that there should be a huge price for declaring faith- that'll keep you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  for Visual Arts, artists-in-residence, the Center for Advanced Visual ... about the arts at MIT? For one: the students. The energy MIT students put ... MIT. A friend's mother told me she thought I was too normal for MIT. And

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  decided to read it and see if my personal predictions and goals for my ... that I was able to carve out a path for myself that I feel very happy ... mustache, for one. I wanted to major in Computer Science and graduate and

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  pretty much the perfect metaphor for what MIT has been like for me thus far. It starts out really exciting! You get accepted, everybody cheers for ... for what’s to come. Then, before you know it, blasted in the face by the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Monday Fun @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  the passenger seat. With a laptop. For the record, that's on 93 South

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 18, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  to my homegirl Jessica. She was my prefrosh hostee for an overnight ... in a while. What have I been up to? For one, I went to West Virginia ... into space. The launch is *hopeful* for 2009 2010 but one never knows. It

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  on their way for tonight's event. 8:20am: Ben starts spreading the word ... you design a pinball machine for a nursing home?" Kevin '11: "No! I designed an arcade machine for a hospital." D'oh! So close, yet so far. 11

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days

  

  Thanks to everyone who volunteered to write a CPW Blog Entry. At this time, I've got plenty of volunteers from a wide array of backgrounds, so I'm going to stop asking for volunteers. But, if you have a personal

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  , Dorota '10 said the same about Course 8, Physics. As for me, I've been pretty set on what my major for a while now (in fact, I specifically ... tours of some labs. As I'm a nerd for everything neuroscience, can you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? Your name in lights.

  

  Did you ever try to call in for radio shows? Ever want your five minutes of fame? Well here's your chance to be a blogger. Seeing that my experience at CPW will be very different than that of a prefrosh, I'm inviting

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

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

  

  two months working for one of the most exciting companies on the planet ... of the best architecture for office and technical buildings. Together ... readiness to dream, this made for a working environment one could only dream

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  After a ridiculously awesome weekend in New York, I’m home for Spring Break. Clearly, three days away from the Institvte is too much for me, and I’m finding myself searching for MIT news. The articles that I found

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  to create a model for global engagement for students and their partner ... water-related illnesses. Millions others remain ill for months. The ... ailments for this and surrounding communities. If you want to learn more

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  Some of you asked for pictures of a Senior House dorm room, and I ... , right now this picture is entirely misleading for a couple of reasons: a ... back through the window into the hallway. Oh, the things I do for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  New ZigZag video podcast & behind the scenes An inside look at the new video.

  

  below or at the ZigZag comments box. The idea for this episode actually ... Production Services (AMPS): the people behind ZigZag. Asking me for ideas for a ... for the filming and who were excited to participate. So, a few weeks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will show what materials we have processed for you. We should have ... the testing agency. As mid-year grades are not yet available for most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007