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• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  of Cambridge St. were blocked off for vendors to grill and smoke their signature ribs.  Winnie is basically a carnivore, and I'm trying to eat more ... forgot my jacket (once again) at the spinjam, so I had to walk back to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  I like to quantify. I like magnitudes and metrics. It's incredibly ... was to write a letter reflecting on what we had learned, and I decided ... were open-ended and I was used to formulaic writing within literature

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  plenty of time to read both the New York Times and the Boston Globe. The ... of offering ''universal access to human knowledge," and, in pursuit of ... the money from those two transactions to start and fund the Internet

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  thought that was funny, and kind of cool, and I wanted to share it with you ... is going online and we have a week to leave. It feels like ... two days before. The paperweight is white, maroon, and teal, designed to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  pretty manageable. I studied as much as I needed to and went to bed by11 or ... stressing out about trying to understand physics and chemistry, I also get to ... —Electricity and Magnetism, with Theory.” When deciding to take the class, the “with

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  . My hotel was right next to a Tony Roma's (great ribs!) and Logan ... into the shower, allowing the hot water to wake me up and wash the ... Michigan or Mass. 10am. I arrive in Laredo, check in to my hotel, and head

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  breakdancing competition at Tufts University and my little venture to Chinatown ... to trek over to Tufts University and catch a sweet breakdancing ... Chinatown (and I live in Minneapolis, the state's epicenter), so I HAD to make

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  enthralled. Then, as I was about to head back to my dorm and call it a day, I ... and started walking towards them. I took a flier to be polite, then ... case study later, I was locked and loaded to return to Michigan for my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  trying to contact the Admissions office regarding your application, and you ... . Interviewers still have time to respond to you and do the interview. Gently ... new interviewer to you for some reason, we will waive your interview and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing! !!!!!!!

  

  . aaaah - i just went and slapped samvaran some more me: is he going to be ... to Ram '13, we - along with Pallavi '12 and Krithika '12 - were about ... time ran out much too quickly, but as I stepped off the boat and back

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  finals and my leaving...) and I haven't been able to resist snapping some ... moved before and now I understand why it is said to be so horrible. I ... (including an 11.30 trip to Verde's for more packing tape) and was absolutely

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  and math classes are arranged after you arrive to MIT, rising freshmen ... .02, Moral Problems and the Good Life, and 21H.001, How to Stage a Revolution ... revolution. **Aside II: It was even submitted to reddit.com, and no, not by me

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  , and wondered why they chose to go to the Southern Hemisphere during ... kisses on the right cheek when greeting and leaving a room and learned to ... students were herded back into the van and driven to a peaceful, secluded

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  material! And now I'm back on campus settling in and trying to feng shui ... York Times, which at one point made me use so much Rails I had dreams about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  this semester. In Course 4 I'm much more used to having some 3-hour long ... because I forgot to adjust for the President's Day holiday, oh well) 21W.735: Writing and Reading the Essay. It's my last class in the HASS

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  ’m finally getting around to writing mine, and as you may be able to tell, one of my classes is 1.00 (or in non-MIT speak, Intro to Computers and ... to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving)- This is a required class

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  , cultures, and so many other things as well, so we wanted to capture small ... remember coming to MIT for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) and meeting people ... . I was really surprised to be exposed to aspects of culture and

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  . Admissions tries to match prefrosh and hosts well, but there's only so much you ... . I did, and I related much more to the culture there than I did to ... you who get in will get to come to CPW. And some of you might have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  get access to our own machine shop, laboratory, and lounge in the ... facility is spacious and unassuming (not to mention home to a small archive ... the original Star Trek movie, and also the main door to the CIC of the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you ... and I'm tempted to cross the room and hit snooze, it's like a little ... unplugged my alarm and pulled my window shade before going to bed at 3 AM

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009