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• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  can have a regional competition here in the UK for the first time. In ... host a summit for all the recipients. In May, I got an e-mail from one of ... been invited to send two representatives to New York for an all

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  Essay -  this is one of the two classes I'm taking "for fun". I don ... -Nehisi Coates, who writes for the Atlantic - which in the past year became my new ... : Science, Technology, and Memoir - this is the other class I'm taking for fun

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  that I’ve never studied in depth for a company that has never taken ... begin. I work for a limestone company, and before you conjure up images ... prepared for such a monumental task as forecasting Europe’s future in

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  hours in Kendall Square. "Don't you still have that gift certificate for ... answered while reaching for my coffee cup near my slippered foot on the ... something together for dinner for the teenagers who live in my basement (mine

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  of people. The idea of someone yelling at me for taking their picture ... and building a quick assembly bridge for use in developing countries ... designing a new departmental facility for the Course 1 and Course 12 on a new

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  dad and two brothers for a few days of skiing at Breckenridge. It was ... is known by local fire rangers for his 512 cubic foot brush pile blaze ... weeks to assemble the cannon, test it for safety and reliability, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  Lobby 10 this morning/afternoon for Splash 2011!! From 1st floor ... " to "Salsa Dancing". Students in grades 9-12 can sign up for classes and ... -of-classroom mathematical topics if it wasn't for the inspired students who decided to be

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  offense was setting records for scoring, the defense was setting records for ... and held off the Giants for a scoreless first half...but the Pats ... . For example, the degree to which other teams match up against any given

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... nice and dry-- but I was looking for puddles to jump in! There is nothing

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  Jersey, which is very close to home. Planning for summer 2011, I knew I ... for me, I’ll be going to Beijing, China. I’ve been looking at MISTI ... can to travel alone internationally for the first time. Of course I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  cartoon: And another, related reason is that public role models for women ... ). Ladyada owns. She's credited by many with being responsible for driving the ... , participation in a critical discourse, and subversion. Congrats, Ladyada, for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  formation of the United States - for three hours every week and pore through ... our opinions and tell her what the documents meant for ourselves, even ... attention for so long? ;) I wish to offer my congratulations to Professor

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  recitation for the semester - since we don't have class next Friday, and the ... to my class council, 297 members of my class and I* got to watch it for ... organized a Harry Potter event - yup, MIT = cool. P.S. For those of you

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  (Preface: I am also sorry for disappearing. D:) -- So anyone who ... told is actually bad for the computer, but whatever ... CAD, Rhinoceros, 3D-Max and soon to come vray and wufi. I am so distressed for my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  classes were just so-so for me. At the end of last spring, I made a major ... offers. Thus, this semester marks a brand new start for me at MIT. Moral ... factors in my decision process (see below for resources on making your own

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  read purely for pleasure, time to learn a new language, adventures in the ... boarded a flight bound for Mexico City, ready to start my summer in Mexico ... project.   Frogs for sale at the Central de Abasto Market in Mexico

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  For the past month or so, architecture studio has been holding me ... board. Thinking about model iterations for the final project. My ... review for the first project – it was ironically quite cathartic. I hope

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  my KeyboardFace™ wasn't caused by one big epic scientific fail for once ... 've always wanted to change that, we're still here for you too. That said, let's talk about the SAA for a bit. The Student Art Association is one of my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  * for lack of a better title, I have taken the liberty of using the title of the word file Dora sent me. thanks for this awesome blog! :) by ... forsake one of my passions for the full pursuit of the other. But

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  EMTs. Writing a short story for my HASS class was entirely entertaining and made me wish that every class I was enrolled in graded me for my ... . 2. Read - For my birthday, I received some great books, including "The

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010