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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  behind those goals are good, I’ve never found them actually very helpful ... I was a small child. I’ve now (presumably) grown out of it, to the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  the absolute absurdity of the US college admissions process. But you've ... released (and possibly after you’ve been denied from one of your top schools

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  across Saturday and Sunday. It was the most information-dense weekend I’ve ... blogged about it, but don’t tell my future employers, OK? I’ve thought long

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  , our world remains protected by the MIT bubble. I’ve had few encounters ... of the piece, I offer extra thoughts. I’ve awakened a deep fascination

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  buildings on campus, or at least all the buildings that I’ve encountered ... you have Internet access at whereis.mit.edu. I’ve marked buildings 66

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  drive around from a basic list of materials.  By the end of lab, I've ... 7 days until our robots are due??? I've got my hill climbing robot

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  as an undergraduate I've happily engaged with people through teaching ... ideas and numerical techniques. All that said, I’ve been told that the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With Pizza, Constipation and Hell-Sucked Villains Written in the style of TWoP’s recappers, to mourn the website’s closing. Weird things may…

  

  I’m fast asleep, probably snoring lightly and elegantly. My body’s shut down. Why, you ask? Why, you really ask? Why not? I’ve just had all ... see their HASS grade. (P.S. I’ve actually seen a Course 18 see his grade

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Climb Every Mountain: a Guest Blog Post by Davie R. ‘12 Davie R.: MOTH HUNTER.

  

  . Ficus trees are so charismatic that they’ve run for Congress. There are ... just looking for moths? But if I’ve learned one lesson, it’s this: If

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  decades ago. It's a HUGE deal, albeit a little confusing. You've heard of ... and the astronomy community are abuzz with excitement: I've been getting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  2011 single), that "If Your Dad Doesn't Have a Beard, You've Got Two Mums ... 't think I've seen a snake that big, except maybe in the zoo. Or in the first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  At MIT, I've taught for two Splashes, three Sparks, and two HSSPs. My classes have evolved with my interests: Spark (Spring 2011): Rockets and ... February, Chelsea V. '15 and I received an e-mail saying "You've been

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  , and has been teaching the class for longer than I've known what a ... follows. So far, we've covered various coordinate systems (my brain has a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  sample tile that my sister and I have since rediscovered. I've also ... far, they've found this piece of art :P" Thanks, Eric. Anyway, this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  I've talked about how humor, networking, and great ideas are all important items that engineers should add to their personal wish list. Now it ... ’s house. I’ve been meaning to do this all of IAP; what better time to do so

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  semiweekly reading handouts, the oral debate, or the 3 essays we've crafted, I ... we’ve been examining the political reality and rhetoric surrounding

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  The scene: East Campus Talbot lounge like you’ve never seen it before (since last year.) All of the furniture has been moved to the edges of the ... last Saturday and for the past week I’ve been working nonstop on EC rush

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  amounts innovation for over 150 years. Look, now I`ve gotten all riled up. This is why, I`ve reminded myself, I want fast paced. I want progress. I

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  began my job here at the office, and while I've learned a lot (a lot) over my two admissions cycles, what I've learned has been mostly limited to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  . I've always felt this resonance with math, but I think I'm starting to ... students I've met. Get them talking about the right subject and they

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011