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• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  ALBUM: i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so ... bridge > memorial drive WORK: the mediacloud team @ the center for ... learning is like money laundering for tech - by maciej ceglowski "We should

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers

  

  before about FIRST, which was a transformational experience for me as a ... Woodie started teaching at MIT in the early 1970s. For decades, 2.007 has ... E put up a great video outlining the history of 2.007 (or, as it was once

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2016
• Blog / En Español

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  competitive industry with ultra-low margins. It would be easier to come up with ... by Visa and MasterCard for currency conversion to Volaris. In return the consumer gets transparency and convenience. “For a low cost

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  haven't yet replied: As soon as you've made up your mind for sure about ... 's okay, we know you're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  have a lot of work to do (as has been the case for, quite honestly, the ... out and shook up my routine a little bit the other day. Before heading ... 'd park myself and do some hardcore, pomodoro-style studying for 7.05. I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Attention local high school students interested science and engineering! Have you heard about BeaverDash?

  

  just under a month, there will also be an opportunity for high school ... Dash is an event specifically designed for high school students and is held ... set for Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. The topic of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Get It Done Keep On Keeping "On"

  

  deadlines coming up for our admissions process, especially if you are applying ... Hi all! A few updates over what is, for us, a long weekend. First, I ... in a play, and organizing a student rock concert to raise money for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  proud of this video! We practiced sooo much for this performance. It ... bags underneath their eyes for quite some time now. Saturday (the day of ... for all the teams. MIT Natya is one of several dance teams on campus; I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  due (halfway there!) Powerpoint for Toy Design (haven't started ... 've got a physics test I haven't studied for, a 2 PSETS I haven't started, a ... now). But wait, there's more! I'll save the full story for later

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  and exciting life. When I first signed up for ROTC, I thought of it simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn ... . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New ZigZag and more A new episode of MIT's video podcast, and Susan Hockfield speaks out on energy research.

  

  -- to change the world. Up for it? More news soon... ... Hockfield recently wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe entitled A Model For ... of the energy challenge: Adding to the pressure for multiple approaches

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  writing this entry one week ago today. A lot has been up. I designed a ... was delayed for three hours. Sam's Mom has a broken refrigerator. My ... ago Justin Kim wrote: I did this program for a class I'm taking called

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  I am notorious for showing up at the right place at the wrong time. For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting ... Mechanical Engineering who also went to MIT for undergrad. Every week, they

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  make for good song lyrics) Agawam is best known as being the ... did not travel to Agawam for this reason. Instead, I went to an old man ... " YES! So as college students, we're constantly looking for deals, and we

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  imagination, but for those of you interested, here's my take on the lay of the land. (But I am good with pick-up lines) I'll flashback to the conversation I had with my grandpa before I left for MIT: Gramps: "Now don't be a

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Just a Little Patience The latest word.

  

  Johns Hopkins:"For all the regular decision applicants out there, we ask for your PATIENCE throughout the month of January. Please do not contact ... three weeks for us to process all of these application materials

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few difficult weeks in a row when you know there's a break coming up, no matter ... slept for 30.5 hours (and will probably sleep at least 10 tonight

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins Putnam math competition

  

  The results are out, and for the second consecutive year, MIT has won ... Putnam exam is a difficult set of 12 questions, each worth 10 points for a total of 120 possible points. Nearly 4,000 students sat for the exam

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  up: the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area, starting Sunday. I forced Ben to go to 3.091 (Intro Chemistry, solid state version) today, to see for ... music for the five minutes before the official start of class at 11:05am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  school night. I signed up for a LARP just because I'd never tried one and I ... doing, and this is that post! Here's some of what I've been up to :D 1 ... 's pretty common around here for people to use our October long weekend

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022