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• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  to Skullhouse, for a hospital-themed birthday party complete with bags ... managed to wrangle the money away. Then a bunch of people around a poker ... caught up with a few people, and climbed to a couch suspended from the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  . The talk inspired me to do a computer project with my high school teacher, which I made a video demo and sent it to Professor Maes. She was nice enough to write back with a very encouraging message, and we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  Chamberlain claimed to have slept with almost 20,000 women. Since he was 56 at the time of that statement, this would correspond to Wilt having slept ... points in a single basketball game. He did so in Hersheypark Arena, a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  -day week and here's what I've done tonight: 1. gone to a two-hour group ... hopefully do lunch with a bunch of people to whom I haven't spoken since high ... 's a quiz on Wednesday that I really would like to do well on something

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  remember feeling like a failure when I switched from 18.01A to 18.01. I ... remember, every moment, being desperate to come back. I remember a post ... staying up until dawn in a cold November, talking to friends. I remember

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.

  

  's contributions to cancer research. I'll reprint it below: Even without a medical ... development of a technique for delivering chemotherapy directly to a tumor ... professor, Robert A. Weinberg, won one of the largest prizes awarded to cancer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  side, I got to kick back on a couch sipping on an ice tea while browsing ... up when you have to consistently give a speech at every Commencement ... a circle of people around you to help you grow. The 30,000 were that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... consider me to be a pretty serious, goes to bed at 10, enjoys jazz music type ... straight-laced personality was exposed to a weekend of epic proportions. One

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I have a coke?" you'll be asked "What kind?" To me, this seems natural, but ... It's been a while since my last entry. Right now I'm visiting my mom

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  have to cure cancer and save a child from a burning orphanage?"). Anyway, the old series about the now rising juniors is worth a read. Back to ... dream of becoming a rocket scientist. "That is my dream -- to become a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  To accompany today's entry about MIT summer programs, here is a ... these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college ... , rebuilding a car, traveling to Europe or Quebec or New York, or whatever else

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three from MIT! Three MIT Young Futurists

  

  Yesterday morning I was quite surprised and VERY excited to see a ... . If you want to learn a little more about Dorian, check out his website! ______________________________ On a personal note, I must say that in addition to being super

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  apparently caused by a law requiring any restaurant with seating to also have ... to have full internet access from work until Tuesday, so don't expet any great updates until then. Anyways. I've managed to get myself

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  electric shock at times when I tried to power a robot by plugging a wire ... So two weeks ago, I had a lecture from one of the oldest people at ... the Mechanical Engineering Department. Now ever since I was a young

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  Today is an important day. The end of an era, the beginning of a new one. I know that I, personally, have been counting down to this day for almost a year. Today marks the beginning of a change we can believe in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  -drying in the bexley basement. I went to a movie tonight called Vicky ... before heading out to Burning Man which is about a 10 hour drive from san ... The next few weeks are going to be something different. To start, it

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Loose Ends A chronology of happenings.

  

  of 8:00 to get ready for the train. A shuttle + subway ride later, I ... , weren't even plowed, but I managed to score a ham/sausage/cheese omelette at a hole in the wall called the Golden Rooster. This place's claim to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  (paradoxically, we will do more to get a free T-shirt than we will for the amount ... -- it's apparently a common problem to remember sign motions but forget the corresponding meaning when you start learning. We had to scrap a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  fun?" I think this is a very interesting question to pursue. So one ... -nighters six out of seven nights a week. Here's what I say to that; yes, MIT is ... yes WE DO SLEEP. To paint a clearer picture, I'll provide you with a

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  , and some visits to firms like Eleven, THE MEME, and even a hardware accelerator called Bolt. They also get a chance to explore the city of Boston ... took deserve to be shared with the blogosphere! Discover Product Design

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013