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• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  effect on my health. Specifically, I was curious about fat, which I ... . Over the summer I read everything I could get my hands on about fat and ... if you like pizza (and salad (and salad on your pizza (and other carbs

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  other things on your mind, and so much has happened between now and April ... flew across the country for California where I am currently lying on a ... be honing my laying-motionless-on-a-sofa and stuffing

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  's always a TON of things going on. Since it's my senior year and I have this ... , anyone can get in on the action by going to these public lectures that are ... Transfer and Chocolate." One lovely October day, Jasmine and I hopped on the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  organizations on the West Coast: Boeing, Blue Origin, JPL, SpaceX, and Northrop ... Yard. We passed around an aluminum wheel identical to the ones on ... . On the way, we passed both the Space Needle and the Hollywood sign, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  It's been a couple weeks, hasn't it? Now that I'm back on campus for IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs from this past semester (the MITx supplemental video-making one), I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  into the future and a look at what you might be working on if you go to ... ] as part of your protocol? Presenter: Yea, that was a bullet on my last ... presentation that you have heard of (if not see Kirsten's amazing blog on it here

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Written Post Oh man my handwriting is atrocious

  

  - on graph paper!

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... opportunity to go on that trip, and to help make connections and friendships ... business class tickets for employees who are going on company business trips

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  here in Texas - people up north are yankees, and people who live on the ... and helpful, and some employees have even invited us to hang out on the ... calendar on, and I like solving problems and organizing things around the R

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  annual winter skills program put on by the MIT Outing Club.  It's been one ... of connection between us and nature.” - Patagonia, on alpine sports ... serious disease: Signs of Winter School addiction: (1) on Wednesdays at 11

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  playing on the upper levels. The crowd exploded into cheers and applauses ... , each charged with making a new product on a budget of $6500 and a 3-month ... . Plus, cyclists have to be focused at all times, eyes on the road (so

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  no input whatsoever on the admissions process. NONE! - A.S. said, I ... 'm sure things will work out. A.S. replied, Based on what I've read on the ... literally their loss. On the calculus front, my teacher agreed to raise my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  up on work/sleep/fun/etc. Personally, I seized the opportunity to ... school who also ended up on the East Coast for university, see Big Fish and ... were taken on a phone camera… and are cropped in a thin rectangle… Nice

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  on one of those rare cold days, with icy sheets of rain washing the ... navigated the labyrinthine marketplace with the ease familiarity bestows on ... , screaming for my mom. Muddy water pounced on my legs with icy strength. A few

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  lost it before you could get it down on paper or somewhere else you ... . I love the feel of ink on paper, and there's a sort of thrill in ... labeled an "Institute of Technology" would be pretty focused on technology

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college ... week I've never heard before. Catch Up on Movies/TV shows Growing up I ... brother on the blogs but I do have an awesome 23 year old brother

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a ... eavesdropping on the telephone conversation of the pretty lady behind me, watching ... bottle. I was working on a longer blog post, a winding, comprehensive

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  a dragon? On the first day, the 5 Wits were given their assignment ... Wits began whittling down their ideas to the ones they wanted to work on ... decided they wanted to add some glowing gems for an added effect. On the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  , check out the page. They work on a lot of great projects in the office

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  Turkle, who has written/spoken extensively on how human relationships are impacted by our growing dependence on technology. This human ... discussion on connectivity and technology in STS.043. Click around the Thing

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012