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• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  , I was reading some articles from “The Cut”, a section of New York ... satisfied. If people put an equivalent stress on their life outside of their ... ways too. Some were expected--I reached new levels of independence and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  of the two dozen folks who went to Peru for the weekend went hiking on Saturday, but I had to rest on account of (a) the fact I was feeling a bit ... New York to Boston thanks to this). But, that afternoon, several of us

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  filesystem, which is one of the major filesystems used on Linux today. Here ... This is partially a plug for a friend of mine, but it's also a really cool system that I think some of you might like. Ksplice is system for

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  Apparently opening up the new Apple store on Fifth Avenue was only ... on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is least awesome and 5 is most ... of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• 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

  

  's in New York City. We gotta go!" Later that night, one of our mutual ... student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even

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

  Application Reading Season Kickoff We are indeed looking for human beings in every sense, not just looking for numbers.

  

  review over the weekend. Despite the fact that I'm a fairly new reader, I was pleased to find that I wasn't too far off in any of my ratings and recommendations - and in many cases I was dead-on - which means that my "calibration

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  I raised my young self on a steady diet of self-help literature. I ... . My anxiety, which had centered on feelings of fear and uncertainty ... Science of Self-Help." Algis Valiunas, The New Atlantis Journal of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  particular, one of the strongest memories was overlooking the view on the ... last couple weeks of my senior year? Holy fuck. Looking back on it now ... 'm proud of you for going on for four years strong. Just make sure to stay

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2029 are now ... the MIT Class of 2029, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have ... tinkerers  — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous academics, high

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus, version 2.0 More pictures!

  

  As promised, I come bearing more pictures, Some of these are courtesy of Hanna, Dorota, and Jake, all fellow frosh. Here are some from the ... lounge Some of the Haus frosh hanging out in one of our suites: In the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  , but the proliferation of new bits and bobs available in the past few ... ’s a bit of a Star Wars nut, and recently, he’s been on a quest to build ... model of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and landing it on a mini-barge in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  Alley," but to make matters confusing all of the dorm addresses are on ... how to do a bunch of 2.005 so I don't fail it next semester 3) Work on ... Diffusion, that's what's happening now. Finals, all of them, are

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  trying new things like paragliding or kayaking! What's one of your goals ... sweet. What are you up to for the rest of the summer? I’m working on ... ? Work on my weightlifting and increase all of my personal bests

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  I subscribe to the New York Times (paper edition!) and reading it on my daily commute is one of the joys of waking up each morning. So I was quite surprised when I got to page B11 (national edition) of the sports

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  7 at 11 PM on Friday. ¬∑ When I visited the headquarters of the ... ,” it sounded pretty vague to me. Despite the massive listings of events ... ’t quite know what to expect when I arrived in Cambridge on Thursday. In fact

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  constituted, at some point, a hell week. But dead week is on a whole new level ... expert, you might be calling shenanigans due to the lack of paint on the ... rounds of paint to turn them into walking canvases. In fact, on some

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  first Mocha Show performance was on Friday night, so a good portion of my ... , grabbing dinner as a team, and putting egregious amounts of stage makeup on ... casting light on important facets of the feminine experience. i really wish

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  Rat” emerged in 1929 to reflect the prominent beaver on the bezel of the ... on the path to receiving an MIT degree. The Class of 2022 (my original ... the new Brass Rat design. I went to the Class of 2022 Ring Premiere in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  to work on it. So Kim, who is a good painter, asked me if I wanted help, in exchange for helping take down what's left of the wallpaper in her new apartment and painting there. I, of course, agreed that this was a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  adjusting to my new schedule and new classes (also more on that in a later ... schedule, and you never really are able to stay on top of everything. The ... It totally hit me today when I stumbled upon a copy of the Tech and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016