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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  various versions of inflation, to test against observations, and ... read the lecture notes and asked if I could meet with him to go over the ... excuses to hang out with him. Either way, we made an appointment, and at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to network and ask questions. There are keynote speakers at the ... for my early flight and didn't get to sleep until after 2AM, so that was ... on how best to age, cut, and cook beef. Amazing dinner. After dinner

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  : James "Big Jimmy" Roberts and Howard Brown. My annual donation to MIT ever ... as a cook, his role became much more rich and important as social ... and an example to countless young men, who found comfort and perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  't perceived, and broken down to its component parts. in a general sense, maybe ... collection of black and white shapes. on the other hand, to me, it appears ... to see the gestalt, please look at this. in this sense gestalt and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  the class, and to show that you were capable, you were required to come ... welding, which is more versatile but harder, and I hadn't practiced much ... is bad). So I came in to D-Lab and did a lot of practice welds, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  not, and (if necessary) when would be a good time to call back. Most of ... 'm currently a freshman at MIT, and I was calling to say congratulations to on being accepted to MIT! *cue awkward laughter and/or shy "thanks" from the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  marched up to a group of proctors, and tapped one of them on the shoulder. He turned around, and some gears at the back of my mind began to turn ... place. I freaked out, and grabbed the girl next to me; a shout-out to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  developments in biotechnology and chemistry and will be analyzing that data to ... talked about what specific information I needed to start making links and ... challenge me to take a step back and take a look at the whole summer and apply

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  for other people to cook better food and deliver it to them). Much of ... Entry: A Night in the Lounge The first opportunity to chill and eat with ... sources tell me that D residents have a similar vibe to B and F, but that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the stuff, the jobful and the seeking return to MIT and I get to see some of ... season with Alex S. '13, who was here to represent Boeing, Irina O. '15 and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to ... will reveal themselves once more. Mathematical discoveries glimpsed and ... 'll teach it!" So, I found 5+ people who were willing to quasi-commit, and now

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  altogether. Recently I purchased a bicycle, to help me commute to and from ... (?) inch telescope and set it up on Glacier Point to observe for two nights ... I was born in the province of Sichuan and speak the Sichuan dialect

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  facilities are open to anybody, and some only open to certain communities ... example, and a zillion astronomers who want to collect data with it; during ... , and why all of this means that you will be able to get the scientific

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  I've been blogblocked a lot and I've been really trying to find ... to go to semesterly lotteries and enter your name in and only about 10 ... bit. I'm hoping luck will be on my side and I'll be able to pursue the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  it rains and I get to wear my rain boots When it rains and I get to ... Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to ... layers on back to back to back to back and my life seems to go from pset to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  upperclassmen, I said screw it and turned all my attention to getting as much free ... super fun and hilarious -- and at the very least, you have to admit that ... the morning my freshman fall and would often stop at verdes to shop in a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Working at a Toy Company! I promise you, my job was cooler than yours.

  

  great time. As interns, Ian (the kid who works next to me) and I were ... striping and everything, no stencils at all! We also armed ourselves to ... Wheels and pretty much made all of the rest of us feel insignificant. Those

  • by Snively '11
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  saved the day yet again and told my classes to push back a few project ... over after a few days. 2. I am old and need to get a real person job. I'm getting flown out to NYC soon for a full day of being wined, dined, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college ... long time. What are you going to do? Me: Hmm, I don't know, chill and ... music I listened to was painfully narrow and my goal in these four weeks

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  -blocking girth and...er, sleeping habits, I suppose. (Yes, I happen to be a less ... its way like sweet nostalgia to my ears, I’m in good and plentiful ... lecture, and with my exceptional ability to get lost in any and all

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010