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• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  . Well hopefully, in the near future, I’ll be on campus to see what exactly ... was interesting to see directly the amount of outreach that’s been done ... at the moment, especially while we are on[annotation note

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  -cat. ...moving on. Anna: I would like to mention that all of the "rest of the ... was to hit the "submit" button on my Early Action applications. Cam ... which list, then: focus your application on the things that matter most to

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch the Tea with Teachers Video Series! and learn about the wonderful students behind it

  

  , we focus on their real lives and the stories they have to share. You ... TEAm to be a part of :D Talia K. '20 Position: On the executive ... ’ll forward your message to the TwT team. Watch more videos on YouTube here and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  from Shaw's on the way back to the retirement home. Even then, nothing ... stuck in your head for days on end, returned to conducted the BSO (he was ... college's sister's uncle's first wife's second marriage, but to people I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  December – and 2010 – I was briefly back in the UK, now my second home, where ... (technically not during IAP) was the chance to celebrate New Year's Eve in London. Even though my friends and I arrived relatively late to the Thames, we

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  could have simply talked to the Committee on Academic Performance to ask ... to determine the structure of organic compounds. This is about as significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was ... difficult for me that it physically aches. that it is difficult to focus on ... week. it is an amazing place, with lots to do, but the weirdest thing

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  advice on the best place to detonate fireworks. So, beach resort folk ... 'm reaching a little with that one. But you should still check out the entry ... (supposedly) the world's third largest shark fin in its lobby. Thanks to Matt Mc

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  to new basketball plays in fractions of a second. it turns out the kind ... think more slowly when under social pressure or if the right way to answer ... actually come up with the most accurate answer on the spot. there’s probably

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  readings, and a reflection on the semester. Two classes down, two to go. Now ... designers and theater people from around the area to look at and comment on ... to our childhoods, you know. On Sunday I trekked over to the student

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  hand in anything with words in, on and/or around it that leaves the ... listen closely you should be able to hear the laughter coming from 3-107 at ... prospective students that borders on the unique and, some would misguidedly say

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  Update on 6/26/2018: in the years since this post has been written ... intended to "tap into the demand for an elite American education from the ... million dollars to found Minerva. The latter comes from the long list of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  half-flight of stairs that connected to the second floor of Stata, so on ... feels like a leading question. CJ: The correct response is “I’ll get to ... around campus, taken from interesting angles, and the goal for each is to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  nice to go through the past and reflect on it from a better place ... the closest I ever got to be consistent. I also made an effort to eat ... ’t struggling to hold my water pitcher when it was full. The thought of getting up

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Building the Yearbook [by Ken Haggerty '11] An inside look at Technique 2010 (shhh!!!)

  

  as much as necessary to work on the book. The book is divided into ... would look when printed. We then started working on the second 200 pages ... ), it was my duty not only to come up with a concept, design the book, and

  • by ARTalk
  • March 29, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  last night working on my ICE-T ("ice tea") problem set. To answer James ... -page paper and a powerpoint presentation on the subject, in four weeks ... , and listen to some Brian Eno while contemplating the meaning of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  .  And the reward? Getting to work on and take some ownership of the ... -six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they ... that I'm here working in the Real World™ (sort of), I've learned to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  't get bored. I hope we don't actually get graded on the second criterion ... students in a couple weeks, and the point of this assignment is to teach a ... background on your topic", stripping down the details but not the concepts in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  to the gas station to grab a few drinks. Fifteen seconds outside, and I ... to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can get one. I put on a light jacket, text a friend who wants to meet at

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  on cooperative control between multiple UAVs. Basically the idea was to ... relying on one larger vehicle to do it on its own. The focus of the project was on the software required to get the aircraft working together, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006