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• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  's weird to see a team be better in your absence. At the Awards Ceremony ... before finally converging on the correct method to saw in a straight line ... an entire post to itself. In a nutshell: our team was made up of kids

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  undergrads are destined to get short shrift. Apparently undergrads are less fun ... graduate student in physical chemistry. It's good to get different ... as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  specifically, I live in 2 East, or 2E for short. 2E is like a family to me, and I ... it in another post, but for now, I wanted to give a small room tour! I ... , all our beds are lofted. This allowed us to use a ton of more space in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  in Google with the same intention, Atatiana Jefferson, Alton Sterling ... fact that there was a video showing these men in the act. My blood boiled ... may still be at home toasting a couple of cold beers to the fact that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  much time; at midnight, a blogger moratorium kicks in. To respect the ... interface. I need to tell you a story, prospective students and fellow MIT ... Sunday. It is now 11:04pm on Friday. I therefore have 56 minutes to open a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I ... to get into the only theater in Boston showing Brokeback Mountain on ... to "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by David Sedaris, (hey

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  . If your EC has not gotten back to you, but it has been only a short ... allow you to preview your application as a PDF. This PDF is exactly how ... MIT as a school to receive your scores directly or we will not receive

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  , getting around in the rain safely and protecting your wheelchair from short ... LED rocks and the capacitive touch sensing to detect a user's hand. In ... Floe, not as a product to get rid of ice dams, but to create channels

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  to do an entry introducing myself in a survey-type format. If you have any personal questions you'd like me to answer, just leave them in a ... what does a chemical engineer do in the real world? Well, according to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  , what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic artist in addition to your future audience. As time progressed, our writing assignments grew in length (from a 1-page comic to a 20-page full issue with a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  . I've got the opportunity to get an MIT grad degree in a really mind ... right time. Like Yogi Berra said: when you get to a fork in the road ... frankly thought it would be a short stopover on my way to law school. I was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  . We're now ready to play a short psychological game. A private ... .Imagine a piece of paper, do cross-multiplication on your imaginary piece of ... . Rationale: when evaluating the most direct route to your goal, be it the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  Before we get to the subject of this entry, we have a question! Xin ... contributor's copy of How to Get Around MIT (frosh should use it, it's a good ... character (PC), you're given a packet with several informational sheets in it

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  read parenting books when I was a kid--books like How to Speak So ... of a Skinned Knee--and marked the pages I thought my parents should ... . James' books on "Living the Simple Life" by involving your kids in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a ... people take "externships" (short one-month internships) in industry or ... companies might in some cases have an obligation to experiment on their users

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  arguments of the form you Should have a kid to do your part in continuing the ... forget i am in pursuit of novelty, of a way to separate the moments from ... first three weeks each felt blissfully long, as if i’d found a way to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  and tweaking components to get everything to work like it does in the ... Rumney in New Hampshire. The MIT Outdoors Club (or MITOC for short) has a ... because I have no idea where to start (I know, I know. It's a tough life

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  to NYC for a second-round job interview. The company put us up in the ... , finish your Gauss’ Law pset, attend an info session, apply to those 2 job ... : spelled with a “z” at the end to feel more casual. There’s a whole other set of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  't really get to know other MedLinks very well. After training, you see them ... ...") Of course, this eliminates the chances of getting a second opinion, and most people are quick to say that they're just fine. In fact, if there

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  prioritize togetherness (especially in a place like MIT where it is easy to ... Excellence in Mentoring award given to a professor who serves as an advisor ... feeling when someone is explaining something to you multiple times, but you’re

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019