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• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  (unfortunately I don't have a picture): "One day I went to Nasa! It was fun, very ... screenshot and e-mailed it to him. He was so amused that he put it on Facebook for the world to see, along with the caption "This summer, the world is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  resembling a normally shaped ball. But, to the rest of the world, football is what we call soccer. And to Europe, it's been the focus of everyone ... excited even to make it to the quarter finals. I watched all but one of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  to December 31st of this year. The other exhibit that List is currently showing is entitled Hans Haacke 1967 because it is a recreation of ... system of water which self regulates; it changes from droplets to

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  can pin another bib on Veena '06. Don't let our smiles fool you. It is ... -- thanks for the pictures! It is freezing, but we are happy =) The Boston ... As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  for a while. No need to downplay that. Well let’s talk about it. One ... are right – or wrong. The early setback is really an extra impetus to ... drills in its students – the capacity to fail and get back up ready to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  with the students: with the web, it is much easier for students to learn ... fair bit about MIT. It is for this reason that we tend to visit fewer ... a bit this week was how possible is it to balance the tough academic

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On schools & context

  

  , it is not our goal to admit the "best" students (whatever that means ... private school students. It is to say that, at least from my perspective, it ... , rural and urban areas. It is our job as admissions officers to sift

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  parts, and it is far above my capabilities to explain how it is done. But ... how to describe it, partially because my own understanding is kinda ... these two kicks, I just don’t know which one is more accurate to call it

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  grew up in Valenzuela City. Its longest and busiest road is Mac ... to go to a museum. It was in BGC, which was maybe twelve or so ... first time; for the first time— You learn how to navigate MIT. It’s

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  is going to be run by the smart, passionate youths I saw today, it ... Today has been a hectic day, to say the least. It's only around 9pm ... throughout. It certainly felt strange going to the Career Fair after

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  , students frantically tried to make the most of it. The directorial staff and ... friends to celebrate their work (the few audience members sat far apart). It ... together to run through all the numbers, and it became a night of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  is actually a really exciting opportunity. To my knowledge, there has ... sometimes) So, who should we get to go to this audition? Ben is married with ... , I once had half of an episode described to me and I think it's kind of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  the Boston skyline, it seems that life is good for Berry and he admits ... Institute “adheres to the purposes for which it was chartered and that ... from 160 MIT alums nominees, so to the 5-year term position is clearly an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  IM sports totally rock

  

  glowing. Really, IM sports are the coolest thing ever! It's a great way to ... 'll have to take a picture of it and post it), and I'm so proud of my ... a degree, and lifelong friends, and...) to show for it! Sorry for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  : pretty to look at and nice to listen to (the tagline says it all), 5 out of ... . “This line is for the Melancholia film screening. It’s by ... ’s prelude to the opera Tristan and Isolde. The film is split into two parts

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  and some banter about music. [annotation note="By now it is too late ... long time. It is located in the basement of Walker Memorial, MIT ... this dorm"]East Campus.[/annotation] It is a somewhat unusual "club" in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  , but thanks to Student Support Services it is all getting figured out ... mind also find themselves wandering over to writing. Writing is my minor ... Writing I experiment, with writing. It is awesome - I feel creative and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  , it's actually really hard to answer, for two reasons. First, MIT is ... with friends. The second reason it's a hard question to answer is ... interests, it's really hard to classify anything as "typical." Academically, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random ... one here for you. At the moment, it is actually snowing in the 02139 ... . Accuweather says it's supposed to be 40s-50s and mostly sunny for the rest of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  jokes (out of pity). It is currently the first day of school’s eve, more ... told me that, why yes, it is, in fact rather “difficult”... Sweet! (He ... rollercoaster     It is now the day after the first day of school’s eve, more

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017