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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  to take in life, and how we should do things that we like, not necessarily things that we are expected to do, etc.... and then when he spoke ... that there are still no answers to the most basic questions. Physics

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s snowing, and “It’s Raining” K-Pop and Prof. Henry Jenkins.

  

  It's snowing here tonight, so when I got home I decided to curl up on ... -like ability to leap through puddles while performing his hit song, "It's Raining"). He wants nothing less than to break down barriers, build cultural

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Evil Institute of Technology Mystery Hunt, Day 1.

  

  job to stop him! At 12:17pm today, hundreds of hunters gathered in ... sign to gather our team, the Rubber Duck Hunters: I saw lots of people ... throughout the weekend. Finally, here's the answer to yesterday's puzzle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  imagine. (Not to mention my gas stove, which I don't know how to ignite ... West to get there. GAHHH). We all got off from work pretty late, but decided to celebrate our first day on our jobs by going out to a restaurant

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  among "Outstanding Faculty" in the Business Week Guide to the Best ... -foundations of institutional change. In order to change practices that comprise their work and family lives, organization members need to modify the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  parents' forum) where parents were discussing the pressure to load up on AP classes. It was a good entry, and this was going to be a comment on it, but I decided that the comment would be too long. Because in addition to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least ... been touched on yet. "/> Our CityDays project involved going to the ... advantage of our free rides on the T, we went to JP Licks. Susan Hockfield

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  to be at all! Everyone works hard and studies, but they hang out, party, have fun...the people here are so down to earth. Everyone's got a nerdy ... people will actually laugh and won't shun them to the library. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  being witty and down-to-earth. I am never afraid of talking about my loves ... love going to the ballet, eating famous Boston ice cream (such as ... Looney Tunes cartoons Advice about applying to college/MIT: Pay attention

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Beyond the Iron Cur…I mean, Mass Ave

  

  Campus and West Campus, a distinction that, at least to me, always brings the Cold War to mind in entertaining ways. Here's the difference: West ... of campus tend to fit more easily into the "stereotypical MIT student

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  In my last entry, I left you with this teaser: "I will reveal the #1 place to watch the fireworks in my next entry." Without further ado... 1 ... awesomeness that make me glad to be at MIT (not to mention projects like this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years ... schedule!) Needless to say, it's pretty awesome. Tonight is our one night off

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  fast approaching. Today, Friday, April 29, is the regular deadline to ... for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to ... cost, I recommend taking three SAT IIs in June. I encourage you to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  some students abused his time by never actually submitting the letters to ... letters written by other teachers. To deter this, he now charges $20 per ... abroad have figured out that they can call our shipping company to figure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  speaker talks and gallery shows + other cool stuff yay

  

  This semester, I’ve really been trying to take advantage of MIT ... Architecture department tend to host or promote a lot of these events, in addition to more large-scale happenings at the List Center for the Arts, the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • March 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  blog to show that there *isn't* a 'best way' to choose where to apply ... ; Several months back, I realized that I wasn’t “toying with going to grad school” anymore — I want to try for a master's. I’d been playing with the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  at the time, so i learned a lot - every time i wanted to visit a new ... district is confusing to navigate because a silly surveyor decided to align ... was never cleaned up properly, how the government tried to relocate

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

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get up in 3 alarm snoozes. There’s a two-step strategy to this: first, say a really bad word to activate the limbic system of the brain (science

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  challenging classes I’ve ever taken. It’s a natural followup to MIT’s Introduction to Algorithms class, and dives into the heart of designing and understanding often complicated solutions to important computational problems

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  admissions counselor fashion - I'm going to use this last pulpit opportunity ... excuse to NOT to maintain our friendship.) Ok - Dear Prefrosh, There are still some little things bugging me that I want to say before I leave, so

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013