Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  A flash of brilliance and answers to some questions

  

  yesterday in my favorite apron (I made the meatballs, and Adam made the spaghetti and garlic bread -- good deal, I think!). I've made meatballs twice before this summer, and I always have problems with cooking them evenly on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  we made things and want to show them to you 2.009: an iconic mech-e senior capstone class!

  

  webcast. There's also an awesome accompanying liveblog by Janet G. '27 and ... fall, I suffered a brain injury and stepped back from my role for the ... , supporting my team the way I had hoped, and taking a backseat overall—but it

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  Altstadt (Old Town) and the 14th century Landgrave Castle. Then I'll pass the train station, cross the Lahn river, and enter a building across the ... ’t forgotten me, but here’s a quick review: I majored in physics and graduated in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  Yesterday was a big day for the news media, what with the automotive bailout drama, Obama appointments, riots in Greece, and hackers installing ... Latino students paraded through the halls of the dorm playing accordion and

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  and hearts into. It was really sad.  But in the face of such bad news ... happening (at least not in their originally intended form), and the work that ... about one of these events that we were involved with and the experience of

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

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  coast schools anyway. Good news: I aced the PSAT (80V, 74M, 80W) and got ... , and nothing but the truth, so help me God. (Woo, who's been watching too much Law and Order this summer?) In my various unofficial capacities as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  cannon and/or set on fire.   Ma! Pa! Big news from the big city!   This year, my uncle, who hosts our annual New Years Eve party, and ... dad and two brothers for a few days of skiing at Breckenridge. It was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said "If I could start my life over, I would." and he said, "What would you ... that a while when we were walking and later eating at a quiet thai

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  glowing clouds, the news cleverly satirizes many a public policy, and the ... the slight urge to huddle under a blanket with a warm cup of tea and ... third essay prompt on a college app. And it'll probably happen more than

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  44th President of the United States and Beyonce is identified as an ... -boiled icicle" (a well-oiled bicycle); and so on. These became known as spoonerisms (or oonerspisms for the similarly absent-minded), and at this rate

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  was an mit student again. i took four and a half classes and worked a ... about race in education and the school-to-prison pipeline, called notes ... -out-the-vote campaign in newport news, virginia, the weekend before election day. i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  news... A nice article in today's New York Times science section: A ... square miles of the ocean and find millions of fish. Rather than being used ... Pinkett: The Tech: Once you leave MIT and get out into the real world, to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  official news here and here aaaannnnnd here too.     And we ... Massachusetts Ave and Memorial Drive since the beginning of time (i.e. 1938 when ... was a rich sense of community that developed out of this house and it

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  've only received one so far. If you're an MIT '09 and you've had an article written about you (or, parents, your son or daughter), send it along and I ... 2003, the MIT News Office did a series of these articles called "Hometown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  and read the news for a while. And you can never really feel guilty ... in fellowship deadlines and requirements, graduate school applications, and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  conferences, and hosted one conference for high schoolers. These are the ... crisis staff and logistical stuff. For this conference, I was able to vice ... ), and it was an interesting experience meeting these students and seeing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  dance that happens between students and colleges where the power dynamic shifts back and forth several times; one courts the other, then the other courts the first, and so on. We spend time and money trying to identify

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  and Hand," MIT is very big on hands-on projects. To facilitate this ... classes like 2.004 and 2.14 (controls) and 2.671 (experimentation). Luckily ... generator, and an oscilloscope. In other words, there's a high concentration

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn.com/education, but it's been in newspapers and on websites from Kentucky.com to San ... year" between high school and college isn't for everyone -- and that just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  frosh who realized that holy crap, summer was coming and I didn't have ... name tag that blatantly announced my inexperience and non-Course-6-ness ... searched the job postings and email lists for something to tide me over the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018