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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  lighter + lighter fluid, and a sleeping bag. This is where we spent the night: This picture is misleading, because it makes it look like it was ... way more slowly. My theory is that, this way, my brain has more to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  but this year is different. Last year I attended the 25th reunion of my ... . That class is special in its own way just as the ones that have come ... really is just a nice memory. So after waking across the bridge last night

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  ; “People of Beaveria!” said Schmillius, “It is time for us to cease this ... ://decisions.mit.edu/verify.php and enter your username and password. The verify page is available now ... 'm afraid their language is clearly long dead and totally indecipherable, even

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working ... disks is a two-man job Photo: Jessica Ong From Sydney's Entry: "Indian ... general, the food is much spicier than I’m used to, but I still think most

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  ’t decide between studs and danglies in the morning and all I could say is yes, that is precisely why I paid money to have holes put in my body. And then ... up. “Is this going to hurt?” I said. “No,” he said, “it’s a marker.” He

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  writing about the show. World of Wires is such an intriguing show. I did a ... the investigation spirals out of control he discovers that he is ... simulations into reality, and vice versa. World of Wires is an all

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  . A ray caster, if you care, is one of the most basic conceptual layers ... -level gist of it is pretty simple; on a low level, we had to build in tons of ... like we were FPOPing just yesterday, but Qiaochu is graduating a semester

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  (This post’s tagline is ironic because I’m actually kind of hosed.) I ... tell me what the bug in the upper right corner is (and how much of a bad ... vacation, there is a place where I can wake up to cold, fresh air and fall

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  This is a summer of new things for Maggie Lloyd. I rented a car for ... ’t have any free MIT wifi. But the biggest change for me is this: I am not ... . There was only one problem. Saying I want to be a “cancer researcher” is

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? If you asked somebody what 'for' was for, what would it be?

  

  my punny ways are a lot stronger when I'm around them; this entry is ... (see below), MIT is currently celebrating its 150th anniversary; it's an ... to learn to fly and is looking at taking pilot lessons over the summer

  • by Cam T. '13
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  her message was that she wasn”t saying our personal use of technology is ... way could be severely hampered if one is constantly in the act of doing ... night. And it is staffed by paid employees, volunteers, and a faculty

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  than others. If your work is getting frustrating, sometimes all you have to do is shift your point of view, and things will feel much better ... stop drawing free body diagrams; this is an exercise in introspection. No

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  Welcome Here campaign. For those of you who don't know what this is, the ... major, believes this is because there's still a lot to do. "Even within ... ’t necessarily understand or even agree with certain aspects of my life, is

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  applications is due in mid-December. Mid-December! I have plenty of time to work ... things than work, silly. (2) This is why you should back things up. Don ... person that could help out. Perhaps this is just a testament to how many

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  here, at MIT, with these people." MIT is challenging, there's zero ... admissions bloggers, Dave wrote: "MIT is a singularly wonderful place. As Stu always says, that’s because of the people." It seriously is. I honestly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  is about. Or you may be entering into everything with an open mind and ... from the light source. It's a phenomenon that is so epic, particularly ... department at MIT is notorious for their (Stuffed) Monkey and a Gun demo, which

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  Carin '13. Better late than never, though, right? Here it is at last ... time working with an organization called Gawad Kalinga (GK). GK is an ... manila, those islands are trash. The left side is a GK village, the right

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  .mitadmissions.org/topics/life/student_life_culture/blogger_application_2010.shtml">Blogger Application 2010 is due to me by email by Monday ... have to say, though, a neck brace is THE way to travel. Know those ... . That said, it is unbearably beautiful: My brothers went white

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  – which is an eternity in cyberspace (sorry ‚òπ), I: * Finished 1st year ... and all the fans in pandemonium of national pride is pretty exciting – I ... finish one!!! This will be the one: The theme I picked (from a hat) is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  - and the safety net that is Pass/No Record :( Part IV: Winter Break ... a 5.12 poetry competition, from which one of my favorite excerpts is ... count is all wrong Nanobeaver, Newman, retroanalysis Solvents, selectivity

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010