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• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  I'm currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ... friends remain here for another couple of weeks. That, and my family will be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs ... strong on my quest to get the Pirate's License. While I came for the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  adventures awaited them. For you see, engineers at 5 Wits got to bring people's dreams to life. They made it possible for people like you and me ... : To come up with Medieval puzzles and challenges for an upcoming

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  essays for our awards applications, was on the drive team at the regionals ... semifinals for the first time in our team's history. And I realize, only now ... always wanted to go to Hogwarts (college name pseudonym, for privacy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  build interactive exhibits for museums AND design/build interactive walkthrough adventures.  The company I work for is called 5 Wits and the CEO is ... being a lab instructor for 2.009 and I give back a bit by being a lab

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the sunny warmth with a spring picnic. It was a day made for frivolity. I procrastinated long enough to contribute mint-lime-honey-rolled strawberries and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Decisions Released Today

  

  An update for our transfer applicants: Emily Sheldon, who coordinates transfer admissions for our office, will be emailing all applicants with their decisions this afternoon, so you should expect to hear from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year well over 18,000 students applied for admission to MIT in the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute ... love to have on campus. For those of you whom were not admitted, know

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  design a control system for a YF03 robot at Kawasaki Heavy Industries ... to travel often to Italy and perhaps return for an extended period of ... fellow researching durable nanoengineered surfaces for improved power

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  from field observations will be crucial for my own future research. I really want to improve my qualitative research skills: for that I plan to ... prestigious centre that takes students from all over the subcontinent for MBAs

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... . Keeping up with the standard I had set by eating for the Internet, they ... hall. Here is the menu they set for themselves: Plate 1: Spaghetti

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  (s) (check all that apply)”. At least for myself, this is an easy question to answer: my eyes automatically scan the page for “Mexican-American”. Boom. I mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  position I think of as a dream job. For the previous six years, I had been ... not easy to give up a great job, but for me the chance to be Chancellor ... is responsible for “all things students!” From my perspective, this is

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  I think I get my need for notes from my mom. Every day of my ... records in the dead ball era. Same for songs. I swear I remember the lyrics ... are for longer narrative pieces, with a lot of meaning and effort behind

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Inventional YoYo what the what

  

  I'm completely hosed with post-CPW communications right now, and will be for the next few days and weeks. So though I've got a bunch of ... video while here on campus for CPW:

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections and Decisions Take advantage of every opportunity you can

  

  hold a place in my heart for Colorado, and I will be comfortable where ... sure it has been that way for the past two and a half years, but it is ... at MIT for only two and a half years of my life, compared to the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • December 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  under the bed. I can see the floor of my room, for the first time in days ... for the bags upon bags of swag: Conventional wisdom from upperclassmen indicated that for freshmen, there’s not much point other than swag

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  beside the lonesome bus stops in the middle of nowhere, waiting for the ... for International Communication – a.k.a. English for the business setting. So…..my job is basically developing test questions for the TOEIC

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Alums Direct New OK Go Video OK Go always has the awesomest videos. Jeff and Eric don't disappoint.

  

  video (among many others)? OK Go has a new video for their song "End Love ... directed by MIT alums! The video for "Last Leaf" was done by Nadeem Mazen '06

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  So we're almost an hour past May 3, which means you SHOULD have finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010