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• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  . I had been on the lookout for other options, and ETH seemed to be the ... semester, and there aren't any previous Course 6 exchanges to rely on for ... credits to transfer over, but it'll be work on our end to petition for those

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  students can't have fun? On Saturday, I met up with a friend of mine who ... monument has been on my bucket list for a while. It’s 294 stairs to the top ... chowder. We got pretty lost on the way back to campus—turns out riding a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  . Basically, at CPW we have 10 faculty members give 5 minute talks on whatever ... moment. This year, we had: Heather Paxson from Anthropology on the culture of cheesemaking Ariel White from Political Science on voting in an

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  in response to Trump's immigration freeze on seven nations. MIT has 38 ... immigrants (reflected beautifully in Vincent's post on Unity), it's been ... institute-wide update on the situation and a reaffirmation of our values

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  class by “stretching”—aka sitting on the floor pointing at your feet, or lying on your back yelling “I really like this stretch!” Then we would do ... how to perform each exercise. From then on, we dove straight into our

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  beautiful sentence from his upcoming book on queer black social dance. He went on to discuss the "politically embodied concepts and dances originating ... questions to ask.   Killer Mike on Race Relations    On

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  always on the move, always trying to figure out where the next place I can ... the course of my life and set me on a path to learn more about ... California (there were others too!), I decided that I would sign on for

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  the class of 2014. On one hand, we are proud of their accomplishments and wish them only the best in whatever future lies before them. On the ... time on the court spent running around in circles and laughing with my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  vs Cambridge for IB Computer Scientists (it varies heavily based on ... supervision is largely dependent on the supervisor. And thus we get to the point ... to the halting problem. You'll spend hours working on a problem only to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  up nicely when he posted on Facebook today that "the differential in ... the MoMA: On the way in, Kandinsky tells the visitor what to think about. I'm a little rusty on my art history, but I was very excited to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  company had a project ready for me to start work on the second I stepped in ... offer recommendations on behalf of my organization. They also designated ... research on my company’s background information. There are co-workers here

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  on campus before heading off to Israel. Winter training basically ... ) Back on campus, IAP was in full swing. On campus, IAP is a time when ... team. I went to some seminars on GIS and Transportation Planning, which

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  , you're well on your way to knowing how to survive some crazy snow ... dressed for tropical weather all goes a long way. On top of that, the rooms ... on DVD, and enough Easy Mac and Poptarts to use as food. To play it

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  group on campus called the MIT Outoors Club that caters to the ... car trapped on the road in 8 degree weather because there's 4 inches of ... been crammed full like my carry-on. In fact, I just returned from a trip

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Construction Thoughts on a major.

  

  *Ahem*. When I applied to MIT, I put down on my application that my ... forward a year, and I've had some new thoughts on the matter. I've always ... criteria, on the cheap. Yeah, I'm picky. One day this summer, the very

  • by Cam T. '13
  • December 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  confession in her blog on the college Web site. "There've been several times ... -time messaging. As she wrote on her blog, a hallmate once told her that "M.I.T. is ... embracing student blogs on their Web sites, seeing them as a powerful

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  developing world on their effects on public health. Plus every week we learn ... lantern. 'Nuff said. So then, after all that, hopefully (knock on wood), I ... . June 6 is moving day. I was on the phone with my mom the other day and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  sure. For example, on my first test of the year I got two standard ... a standard deviation below. I didn't actually score average on a test ... actually wears on you. Really wears on you. Ask anybody who knows me, I came

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  glass shelves with fluorescent lights on the inside. They were called ... -Swedish-while-still-using-words-that-sound-like-English fashion. They were also on clearance, and thus marked down from $70 to $10 ... go out. On the one end, DMX travels on top of a protocol RS-485. That

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  meanwhile, but leaning toward course 9 with a focus on molecular ... 't intend to take any computer-related classes, any engineering classes (hands-on ... was a good target for being changed because, in truth, I was only on the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007