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• Blog / MIT Life

  Setting up a Global Warming Research Center…in Antarctica Meet Zahir Dossa ’08 (Courses 6 and 15; Nu Delta), who could sell you your…

  

  there?” “Why not solve global warming on the continent that ... to change the world in the same breath. I’ve never met anyone who ... come here from that moment on. Over the past three years, he’s

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  , I get to haul a soggy pile of clothes from the washer to a dryer on ... , dropped isn't the correct word. I neglected to [annotation note="I am so, so ... seminars to attend. It all takes time. That's part of the reason I dropped 6

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  about not succumbing to stress as the semester gets progressively harder ... time to cook more than once a week anymore. On weekdays, I'm working ... . It's pretty consistent. On weekends, I either take a few hours to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  to MIT, I wanted to be the first man on Mars--or even one of the nerdy ... opportunities to get hands on rather than just brainstorm ideas. Fireflies, the ... graduating with a CS degree. It was hard to go a day at the Institute without

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  the concrete blocks we were going to stack on top of it. We couldn ... ’m excited to give you the full story of the complete mess that we made. Here ... sugar and flour, and 7 large cans of shortening. On the way back, Kristen

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  trying to predict the future than fully enjoying the present. I write this ... than I did now that I can look back on and think about the different ways ... workload, afterschool clubs, and varsity sports, the amount that is on a

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  I was not seated on a jury today at the Middlesex Superior Court, so ... tomorrow evening. While waiting to be called from the jury pool, I had plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  . And so one of my goals this year is to work on decision making. As the ... to me was: What do you want to work on during junior year? Junior Year. Wow. I’m already half way done. I only have two more years to make the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  , everyone will hang out in the hallways when they want to socialize, and on ... to keep, and current ones shouldn't get hung up on the things that must ... experiences on the Burton Conner Transition Team, which is responsible for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  finally back from Maine, where I managed to survive on only dialup AOL ... Swapna '05, at least I had internet cafes. To all of you on dialup, I sincerely apologize for the large size of my blog banner. Holy cow. To be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that ... of "tickets" to be able to do the thing you want to do, you have to ... , which ends with To be or not the choice seems clear enough but Hamlet

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  : "Today is the last day the world will only have 5 Harry Potter books to ... around the office hoping to waste as much time as possible. I count making 17 trips to the coffee machine. After work finally ended, I met up

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  , on the ferry to San Juan island.[/caption] I can't express how tragic ... I've never been to Seattle before. One of the things I love about ... surrounded by the trilling of mountain streams. By far the best hike I went on

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  established Davidson Academy, coming to Nevada residents courtesy of the folks ... the news of its opening gave the Times an excuse to write about gifted ... scarcely enough programs to serve them. "We are undercutting the research and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the Boston Pops is ... concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a ... , I've watched the fireworks from many locations on and around campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  want to fabricate really bad, fake narratives loosely based on the ... doubles up unable to continue. Vader raises his arm and a flask on the table ... across STARKILLER: The Jedi Bendu Script site, which purports to. Now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  'm totally satisfied to believe the human body runs on magic. Try it out, it ... them leaves quite a bit to be desired. On a tangential note, I've been ... whole other blog) and if this course is to be believed, the Germans spend

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  on the crosswalk? Well... I honestly had no idea the first time I ... spoil the location of them all! If you're on campus, see if you can find ... Some of you that frequent the blogs may remember that last year

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  HackMIT, in our 2017 theme: Hack to the Future. On social media, the ... had the chance to learn some web dev with my friends, meet industry ... post update on the upcoming HackMIT!   --   Hey there~! We

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  out? The website just says 'July'..." We expect to receive this year's paper application within the next week or so, and will have it on hand to distribute to on campus visitors. Shortly after that, we will begin mailing the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006