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• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  crufty alums being around in the last serveral days, in part to various other things going on which I will not bother to ennumerate here. The ... culture, but not in the sense of knowing much about its history or being

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  you want to add yours (Doesn't have to be Facebook lol). The tech is ... I will no longer see Professor Winston, one of the few professors who ... experienced someone who thoroughly understood and contributed to the magic of

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  fine.” I pressed further. I had learned not to shrug off answers. I was in the mood to learn more, even if it meant pushing. Me: “Ok, fine. Well tell me about why you’ve been successful. What is the one thing you

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  alone at all. Your first adjustment, then, will be to prepare for the ... updates on the Nor'easter! Pictures will be included to give you an idea of ... centimeter of precipitation - enough to finely coat the Earth's surface with a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  ? Questions from last entry will be answered when I get back to Beantown. Well ... I humbly consider to be the most superior Brass Rat ever. (Hee.) My ... -- not for Jack Bauer, but to represent the fact that MIT majors go from 1

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  I knew my way around. Why rock the boat? Needless to say, I have been ... you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in ... the familiar faces you have grown accustomed to? Most importantly, would

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  . ``Obviously it's not built for the road,'' he said.   I don't know if they were issued a fine, but if so, I'd be more than happy to help defray the ... ; Aerodynamics was the reason the license plates weren't attached to Tesseract

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Inherent Asymmetry Around.

  

  I'm not going to grad school next year, but I am taking the GRE's in ... . From what I hear, MIT students tend not to do as well on the exam as they ... knowledge of a broad range of topics, it will be unlike any test you've taken

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  clear from the fact that I go to MIT, I'm not normal. I'm working on it ... (@dasharez0ne this is a credit not a plug) that made me decide to write this ... from the airport to the stud to pick up my orientation packet. I roll my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ups and downs and extras

  

  for EA will be extended to accommodate things. Also, Grommit (where's Wallace?) commented after my last post about not being able to fit ... know about. Send it to the usual Admissions address and be sure to put

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 28, 2004
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  these essays is to get to know you, the applicant. It's not to be wowed ... prompts for the forthcoming cycle, so I'm posting them. I want to be clear ... you to be strategically nonstrategic in your own essays, and not try to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  the world, I guess. But it's not a weird thing to be a female scientist ... why a girl would be interested in majoring in science. I'm going to ... engineers at MIT, it's also not a weird thing to be a female engineer here

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  . And hey, while we're all waiting for the Opera to show up a little closer to home, why not help the Personal Robotics Group train the next ... One of my housemates here in Boston is a grad student at the MIT

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  social life. i want to be the kind of person everyone wants to date, they ... : it’s really hard to be noticed, so i want to be the kind of person that ... .2540 nanotechnology: from atoms to systems, which is why i am enrolled in the class

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  out to the lounge at one in the morning and see people working. It's not ... the net and the court and your opponent. Not to mention that the way you ... hallways will no longer be painful to walk through. Eventually.

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  important thing: You're going to be okay. It may not feel like it right now ... . Most of this advice is paraphrased from people that I consider to be mentors, because I think I'm still a bit too young and foolish to be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  live in the dorm assigned to you, a permanent room will be assigned once ... unfortunate jokers decided it would be a good idea to deface the remainder of ... Massachusetts Avenue, and happens to be one of the coolest people I know. ;-) I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  - if you aren't the sh*t, you're not going to get into MIT. Having said ... split into two or three, but I didn't want to dominate the homepage. :-) ------------------------------------------------------- Campus Preview Weekend Registration Deadline The deadline to register for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  presenters to the MIT community in the large lecture hall 26-100. We show ... now and then there will be a free showing of a movie that is either in ... twice on Friday night. The other movie will show twice on Saturday night

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  meet the baby bloggers! (some of whom are older than me)

  

  completed applications (and 60 people started an app, but decided not to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known). There were many excellent ... ="this basically means it is my job to be enthusiastic and helpful at everyone and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 6, 2020