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• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  so...for the sake of social distancing, everyone's trapped in their ... lot and are either binge-watching Netflix shows or sleeping for ungodly ... ="300"] mood[/caption] for MIT students, this period of time is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to ... .303/11.003: Methods of Policy Analysis. I need this class for my humanities ... Probability. I need this class for my major. On day 1, the professor said this

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  and my teammates who are also my friends, I’m excited for my classes, I’m excited to finally move in. I’m especially excited to be a blogger for the first time! While most of my friends have been back in Boston for at least

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  trying to find a UROP because of this, and instead waiting for an opportunity that felt right at the right time. This did not happen for all of ... remote graphic design work for the MIT Teaching Systems Lab. We did not

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  infinite corridor is total chaos as tourists and students battle for ... and with a full schedule. Here is a look at how I am keeping busy for ... grapefruit, and sat in front of my Real Analysis class (18.100A) for a solid

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  of this semester. Perhaps even enough to compensate for the fact that ... the same lecture, but if I sit in office hours for enough time, it ... year, registration for this class is lotteried probably because Professor

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  . [ASK] me about traveling for 2.5 weeks in two carry-on bags. May 13 ... , before heading over to a celebration dinner for Jess K. '10 graduating from ... also had the idea for a plunger that would scream at you while you used

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  for some logistical reasons, and then the start of the semester was ... established myself somewhat now. In my UROP, which I’ve had for 5 semesters now ... ) to really be working on path-critical items for our project, and to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  $50000 grand prize in the search for hidden figures contest. i've been a ... now she's at the center for civic media, working on projects that ... ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE LEAGUE the CENTER FOR CIVIC MEDIA the MEDIA LAB

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  preparing for all IAP--6.01, Intro to Electrical Engineering and Computer ... everything to shut down for two days, though my roommate and I determinedly ... soft, and just forces you to shut up for a minute. I’ll sometimes just

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  guys come out for the parades: That's a pirate ship in downtown ... unsuspecting passersby of his beer and chips, and smile for pictures. So if the ... makes Seattle the city it is. For lack of a better word, it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Not in Kansas Anymore oh, wait...we actually are. Day 1 with the MIT Design/Build/Fly team.

  

  you sprightly prefrosh came rushing into MIT for the one and only Campus ... and headed out to Wichita, Kansas for the 18th Annual AIAA DBF ... carefully lined with soft things and packing foam, was waiting for us

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  about an hour south of Tokyo for a company called Toray Industries. Haven ... email calling for cover letters to apply for the job. This is how MISTI ... their connections and try to find a placement for you. MISTI will also get

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  Ideas, so I approve. East Campus has been buzzing and punting for the past few weeks in preparation for this weekend's events.  You can see the ... found things to do, like observe the meat eaters preparing for their

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  strike. Obama has imposed heavy sanctions, while Romney has bashed him for ... expert on hand.  Just the other day, I sat down for lunch with Dr. Jim ... international nuclear politics for an hour.  Among the topics we discussed

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  (in addition to still blogging for MIT Admissions - sorry eager blogging frosh-to-be, my spot's still taken, but we're looking for more bloggers ... able to work close to home is a plus for me, but in my case, it still

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  The other day I learned something new. After being here for almost ... -Things-That-Distract-Me. But on this day, Chris not only had to give me hard time for not knowing ... perfectly reasonable direction for that conversation to take," I just want say

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  metaphorical plot, it's a true inspiration for my secret pipe dream of becoming ... about having just tested negative for strep. One and a half weeks later ... deadlines for me, and antibiotics had me walking around again without falling

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  spots on the hockey and lacrosse teams for any other opportunity at MIT ... encourages strong relationship building skills. Practice for most sports begins at 5pm and goes for an hour or two until 7pm at the latest. For both my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  admitted who don't mind the expense of traveling to boston for the weekend in exchange for free food. Which is totally an okay thing to do, by the way ... as elimination round 2, and was hoping for Survivor-esque challenges

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011