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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  be aware of. Reading those essays by Paul Graham and always thinking ... I wrote to a few of my friends, but I hope you find the material ... ://www.xobni.com/) which was founded by my friend, Adam Smith. They got their start through

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  Way back in September, I had the difficult, difficult task of writing ... of them. i came into mit wanting to be a 14-2 (mathematical economics ... .E.M.E. degree. i have enough sayings that you can make a soundboard of me and no

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  happened since; I'm sure I could write pages of excuses about why I haven ... personal yet protective of my friends' and family's privacy, and I refused to ... perfectionism by now. MIT has forced me to become much more comfortable with

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Blogarhythms! All-blogger a cappella? Nope -- a CPW event!

  

  something similar. Update: I have been informed by the Council of People Who ... Congratulations to the MIT Class of 2014! I'm a little late hopping ... worry (not that you were). Since I've gone and missed most of the period

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  one of the reasons I chose MIT. I'm celebrating by wearing a Homestuck ... of the reason you'll choose MIT. Maybe it'll be a sudden moment of ... be special for you, too, for being one of the reasons you choose MIT.

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT-vangelion (Pi Day 2023) 3/14/23 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  could also check out some of the highlights from Isabella ‘24’s You ... by the fact that MIT needs an anime adaptation. We have a mecha ... most cartoonish way. The creators of this video also enjoy [annotation

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  Image courtesy of greggavedon.com   The following is a guest entry by Elaine L. '18 This entry was originally published on Elaine ... intimidating, so I have put together a complete guide of all groceries near MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  ’s Random Hall weekly-ish study break. In honor of Pi Day Irina O. ’15 and ... pies, piedentified (joke by Irina’s boyfriend Alex). The top row is ... , walking a while, and a good night’s sleep. Regardless of whether or not

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2013! this is how i do this

  

  . However, the definition of "blogging" has expanded over the last decade, both within and without our office, from an heritage monoculture of long form essays to a heterogenous blooming of writing, cartoons, GIFs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  (by day of the week) into cooking teams of 3-5 people. I'm on the Friday ... multiplies the list of ingredients by whatever fraction necessary to feed the ... ." is from a musical written by MIT students that I performed in. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  of an adventure. For instance, I came here straight from the country ... schools definitely made up for my lack of city smarts. When I conduct information sessions, I am always amazed at the number of international visitors

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  the last exam was (just kidding, it's not always bad...just...a lot of the time). Often times, my neighbors will drop by when I am napping and ... room in the middle, there are always lots of people in our room. In the

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  , MIT is like "I WANT WEIRD STUFF, GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME!" Of course, MIT has its fair share of boring buildings as well. Take, for example, building 56. It sits right at the end of the infinite, next to the NEWLY

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing ... of you who aren't familiar with The Colbert Report, there are some ... seeing Prof. Diaz talk without being interrupted by Stephen Colbert, check

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  This is partially a plug for a friend of mine, but it's also a really cool system that I think some of you might like. Ksplice is system for ... behavior. As a maintainer of linux.mit.edu, the SIPB Linux dialup server

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Wow KABOOM!

  

  I should NOT be writing this right now because I have a ton of other ... as to what your next year of school may look like). I have two psets ... I meet my prefrosh Chris '12 for CPW! In theory, by this point in time

  • by Snively '11
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe company? A runner's choice of running shoes is a very careful and ... book Blink by The Tipping Point author Malcom Gladwell, but read the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  see the numbers on Wednesday night, when Elliott got voted off? Each of the three top contestants received 33.xx% of the votes - statistically ... 'm wrong: American Idol has a finite number of phone lines. The phone lines

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Going for the Au An MIT alum will compete in Olympic skeleton.

  

  in the Dallas suburb of Plano, the Dallas Morning News has the full story. Images of Pat Antaki from skeletonsport.com, photos by Tea ... compete in the luge-like, super-crazy event of skeleton, where he will race

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  hours a day? When I get back, I'll give you the play-by-play of each day ... Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice ... (the out-of-towners are exploring Boston) so I'm taking a minute to say

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005