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• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  how happy and in awe I am. Logically, I’ve known that this city is ... . One of the greatest joys, I think, is to have the mundane turn beautiful ... ="225"] my makeshift desk (there's an actual desk, but the view is too

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  lawsuit. This is, by my count, the [annotation note='I have blogged about ... research pursuits. ICE is unable to offer the most basic answers about how ... . Unspoken, but unmistakable, is one more question: Am I welcome? At MIT, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  I have seen much in these past weeks. Here is a small selection ... the dome decoration is here.) It must have taken a lot of work and it ... buildings weren't in the way because I bet the sky is beautiful... and thus

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  -smelling room is either: a room lacking any perceptible scent, or a room having that has just a slight fragrance. Avoiding bad smells is pretty ... someone is cooking an especially aromatic dish, making sure my door is

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  implementation of this order is still under review, its prospect has caused a lot ... order. I excerpt from it below: MIT’s tradition of national service is ... Nanotechnology, is essential in our work to serve the nation and the world. MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  until all the flour is incorporated and the dough is smooth and elastic ... ): obtain mushrooms of various types. shiitake is pretty good. obtain ... . ginger is important. garlic can also be nice chop everything up into

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  ) Powerlifting is saving my life (RIP The Toast) 2) My officemates are food ... mean to be an admissions blogger? Here is the opening paragraph from the ... blogger training: The mission of the blogs is to allow our bloggers to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  the class I was teaching. Which, by the way, is not a bad final project ... is to bring together global experts in areas ranging from cryptography ... around the world. Heading the initiative is Brian Forde, former senior

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

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  in the humanities, arts and social sciences. Q: What is MIT INSPIRE? A: INSPIRE is the first and only national high school competition that ... (2015), we awarded over $48,000 in prizes. Q: So if a student is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  !). For those of you who are not as Potter-oriented, this hack is the scene ... figure out who (or what) is behind it all.     (Note: This is a stuffed ... completely and totally made my day and my Halloween, and I think is now

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  slow-cooking ribs at least once a week 2) My Google search history is ... ? Here is the opening paragraph from the blogger training manual that Lydia ... mission of the blogs is to allow our bloggers to express to the world what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  . Reuse is a mailing list for giving things away. People email out ... most of it is pretty mundane. The author of MIT Reuse Poetry takes Reuse ... Appearing shortly on the bench outside of the first floor nautical museum is a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  ISEF, here is a description from the Society for Science and the Public ... program of Society for Science & the Public (SSP), is the world ... million in prizes. The Intel ISEF is the premier global science competition

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  Ahh my IAP is going to be so cool!!! There are quite a few things. First of all, IAP is MIT's Independent Activities Period, where MIT ... Joan - ALL THE MUGS! IT IS SO EXCITING! We signed up for the class right

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  ). My research is on the microbiome of the female genital tract, and my lab is in the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard. Thinking back ... and is wrapping up his PhD in Astronomy. There’s also Mike Xiang, who

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  The college admissions process is often compared to dating. It's a ... is stressful, try waiting for 1,419 replies.) The deadline has come ... you've made a choice that is right for you. The only thing we ask in

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  -picked to assemble the best possible team to climb the mountain which is MIT. I have to tell you, this is one hell of a team. Every year I tell ... painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  semester. 2.008 is a Design for Manufacturing class offered to Mechanical ... engineer, this is really important because ultimately everything we design ... real. Of course, this is MIT, where we believe the best way to learn is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  [context for the non-MIT folks out there: a pset, or problem set, is ... typical pset might only contain 5 problems, every one of those problems is ... tell me how easy their homework is - how it really isn't that much

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  with: 1) Associate Advising 2) MedLinks (1) is the reason that I'm on ... . This is my first year doing it - I got to meet my 23 advisees today, and ... is similar to the Associate Advising program, in the sense that it's a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012