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• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  ’ve come to think that home for me is not a place, not yet. It is the things ... growing to like the new house. I would come to prefer it, with its proximity ... shops, which I would come to love. I wonder sometimes what it would be

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Salut! A look at Grenoble

  

  I get to work with liquid helium every day! It's very cool (...see ... the Eiffel tower to almost seeing Francois Holland (it's not every ... 've come to call it my home away from home, MIT!  

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 26, 2012
• 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 unshakable resolve in the face of insurmountable odds. It is, in ... can be lost to it. The missing plays of Sophocles will turn up piece by ... can guarantee that it would look like complete gibberish to you. In the

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

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  , though, the real reward is supposed to be incurring a love for the subject ... say it made me uncomfortable is an understatement - it gave me a chance to look at the one-track mind I'd developed and wonder if it'd be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  always, back to the grind it is. At least Zürich (and Switzerland) warmed ... proximity to so many different countries make it so easy to hop on trains or ... embarked on a journey to warmer, sunnier lands down south. Two weeks before

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  is what I thought would happen - it's hard to find a UROP if you start ... the time. As it turns out, the name is simply part of this 50s ... nerdiness is futile, so I might as well be unabashedly proud of it. The second

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  , have coordinated their Problem Sets to be due in almost symmetrical time intervals on the same day. I call it Dark Thursday. Learning at MIT is hard ... be exhilarating. It pushes one to the limits of intellectual capacities

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  ." I guess what I'm trying to say is, if I had to go back and do it all ... to your web browser, and the best part is pictures are now super-easy to upload. You know what this means? Photos of kitties! This is

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  time to peel, and forget about it in a 350 degree oven for 90 minutes. As ... while I'm thinking of it, that brings us to... FIRST ANNUAL TURKEY VS ... you had to say, out loud, the symbol "ln x," how would you pronounce it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  to control Black and brown bodies, is the same. I was especially ... groups outside of it to pressure leaders and push for change. I’d recommend ... unfamiliar city, and I avoid running after dark.  The night is ours to burn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  semester to create an outfit out of––you guessed it––trash. From collecting ... is basically what it was. There was even a Trashion geotag on Snapchat ... local businesses. It was obvious that Trashion was dressed to impress

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  different ways an forced myself to have a go of all it and blah blah blah But ... , did the best that I can  I moved up to Maine until I couldn’t stand it ... know is surprised to hear That I have an internship.   I

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  started last year with 50 girls, 2 teachers, and 1 city. This year it is 600 ... be used to maximize happiness, called Gale-Shapley. Here is a picture ... science education, especially to young girls, is a cause that everyone

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  goals have clearly shifted quite a bit. This is partially due to a year of ... instead of wielding it, and I will attempt to write the next paragraph without including the word "I," to compensate for its overuse in this one

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do ... : 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack Something, following the proper etiquette (Hacker's Code of Ethics) which is

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  take a picture of you (and any MIT '12s with you) and send it in to me ... case you haven't seen the trailer or the commercials, you can watch it here: To celebrate the movie release, I am declaring this weekend to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  , whatever. Anyway, I want to know - how hard is MIT? Because I keep hearing it ... ' post, but then it stopped being brief, so I decided to post it here ... keep saying high school is easy? I don't think it's easy. I actually

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  MIThenge today - not to worry!  It's predicted to happen again tomorrow, 2012 ... If you hang around MIT long enough you'll begin to notice some ... written about on the blogs, though, and this is one of them. The central

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  of faces and experiences makes it all worthwhile. * Came home to find ... soccer or the patience to watch it, but seeing a goal finally being made ... (recommendations?). Basically, it’s the time to become a Renaissance Man! – someone

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  way there. It was dark when we finally got to the campsite. We were ... . And, after four hours, we finally made it to the summit!!! It was so ... opportunity to observe one of those flags up close. It felt so good

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014