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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  reflecting on how I've spent my time outside of class. Of the various ... commitment] 40 hours (5 hours on Saturday, for 8 weeks)[tasks] Scratch is a ... compete in a Science Olympiad event called Game On. I quickly fell in love

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  're working on devising a federal bill to regulate smart city transportation ... too much time on the projects simply because I'm so invested in it and I ... our relationship to ecology, agriculture, and the land we live on. Our

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  overwhelming number of requirements/GIRs that are on there. Now if we take a ... in edtech, so I think that this will be a cool thing to work on. This ... ): I actually tried to ASE Biology when I entered MIT, but I got a D on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  from wondering how things could have been different. Did you miss out on something? Are you missing out on something right now? Can you do anything ... two comically oversized suitcases down dorm row to MacGregor, but on the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  stressful nights and over 1,700 miles on the Oregon trail, the finish line was crossed! Unbelievable Scenery at Scottsbluff, NE PC: Ashisha Persad On the ... the Hastings Motorsports Park on July 6th. During this section of the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  surprised by how quickly my students caught on to code. These were students ... because of the stronger emphasis on competitive individualism.   Final dinner with my students and another MIT GTL'er   Day 21: On a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Spotlight: MIT stands with the people of all nations we are one MIT

  

  post on the early history of international students at MIT, particularly ... time away from reading applications to remind everyone on our homepage

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The project will involve a lot of ... she blacked out and (in her words based on eyewitness accounts): “I ... Jake told me it had been on one of the 5.111 lecture slides and i had

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  enrichment programs as the coasts. I like Bebras' focus on accessibility, both ... students can participate on any day from November 6 – 17. If you have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and ... an airport and i was in the second-to-last row window seat on a redeye

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  and just kind of doing nothing but chillin. However, on the other end I ... also on pass no record so it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. I just knew ... increase in social life and decrease in hard focuses on studies my first

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  it is on the forefront of the ed tech movement. As early as 2001, at ... for students in on-campus courses (and you can follow along with MIT ... works best for students and instructors? How can we prevent “cheating” on

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even ... , 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants. And that was just on ... slept sitting on a chair by a coffee table. It was so uncomfortable and I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Home, not just a Haus fighting the good fight

  

  handing in on time, there are no more days where I have to worry about ... winter-me. I’m on the train heading into the depths of New York City, about ... ’m riding the subway alone. The signal on the train is spotty as it dips

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 12, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  on the seal playfully arguing about the merits of theory vs. practice ... ; Here's another view of the spotlights on Lobby 10: ...and of course

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to-take-on ... -and-a-half room apartment on the northern tip of Cambridge, not too far from MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter

  

  , but everyday objects take on a poetic aspect dusted in powdery white. As ... of a snowstorm on Saturday. And I'm sure we'll get enough snow over the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  I wanted to give everyone an update on our campaign to feed the homeless that I started with my friends last month. On November 11, 2015, Veteran's Day and the last day of our campaign, we set up at one of our MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  'm working on getting a better camera so apologies  ahed of time)"   I ... perfectly describe how I felt when I first put foot on campus, but sadly I don ... Heaven on Earth.   Now let me be completely honest with you guys for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  needed to be shot on actual campus with actual drones and actual tubes. So, last October 5th, Loren and I met up on campus with my uncle Andy and my ... :   Noah was going to be on campus for MIT's SAT test prep

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015