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• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  , the start of school: countless syllabi, new Goodnotes folders, and fresh resolution to stay on top of everything. I remember being a freshman this time ... , I had to meet new people, I had to go on exciting College Adventures

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  , working out how to compute integrals on my own or creating new methods of ... 's move on please.) The first day of physics was spent reveiwing derivatives ... kindergarden teacher handed out 100 snacks on the 100th day of school (10

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

  -cranked generators, and a few other circuitry elements. The purpose of this lesson was to learn about power distribution and to gain a sense of the how the ... small group discussions about online privacy and a range of other topics

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  on asking RA questions right now, there’s plenty of time for that ... ; Early Action applications should be submitted by 11:59pm Eastern Time on November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  excerpted on the entry announcing new bloggers: The smell of decomposing ... New Hampshire this weekend, but I wanted to take this brief moment of ... 't know yet, but that's ok - she somehow spilled like a gallon of water on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  transition at once. All of this abstract, though. Aimless musings on an aimless ... , kind of? I feel aimless, but in the best way. Life goes on. Things are ... post a few weeks ago"]birthday[/annotation] today, and one of my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  lounge at the bottom of the New House 6 staircase: And, as is our nature ... Secret Santa gift exchange. Each resident spends ~$20-$30 on some number of ... traditions that outlast any particular generation of residents. I live in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  would have quit long ago. Anyway, the rest of this post is on a somewhat ... heating oil. Not only do you get rid of agricultural waste (without feeding ... of it as well as some fertilizer and coal byproducts if you're lucky

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  important new area of research. The effort will reach across the MIT campus ... developers of Bitcoin to continue work on technical development, as well as my ... managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  Hello, Class of 2012! There's lots of fun stuff now on your My ... hundreds of events listed on the schedule, from formal events like the ... for CPW on March 31 or when your travel plans are solidified, whichever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  audience of one: the microphone! Fortunately no one ever walked in on me ... Spring term classes started a few weeks ago, and hence all of us (students, faculty and staff) are back into the rhythm of the academic season

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  Welkowitz of Keene State College in New Hampshire hopefully speculated that ... lot depends on definition of geek, which to Wired is more a compliment ... Earth." Jor-El was the father of Superman, born on the planet Krypton

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  . i work on my two-octave scales, moving around the circle of fifths. i ... since i got home 19 days ago, i've been... playing the new animal ... activities and already-brimming corpus of memes has kept me sane in this quiet

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  , and actually didn’t know anyone in House 4 of New House. I became ... of my lofted bed in Simmons until I agreed to go on this adventure with ... . Going to college is a lot of adjustment! So many new people to meet, and a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  little idea on how to tackle a certain problem; you will walk out of ... , the onus is on you to stay ahead of the game. Don't take any day for ... blog, right? Okay. Now we've got that out of the way, allow me to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  pass/no record. This has become my new mantra; instead of #yolo for all ... because I thought I’d be spending the rest of my night on the erg. On the ... of my friends. Even though I sometimes only have two hours of class on

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  novel of the same name, which was based on a creepy story of a convicted ... on Guatemalan manufacturing and exports.   One of my favorite ... Growing up, I wasn’t always a fan of movies. It may have been an

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  : under my keyboard, behind my monitor, on the side of my computer. Raphael ... hid in the biggest one, on top of the bed. Heroically maintaining a ... . The company is one of the big plusses of a summer research program. On

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  comes to curiosity and the receptiveness of kids to new ideas and the ... Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in touch with one of my favorite English teachers - indeed, one of the best

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  enrichment programs as the coasts. I like Bebras' focus on accessibility, both in terms of geographic outreach but also its structure of different ... teacher and suggest they consider signing up. If you're not an American any-of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017