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• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  When people ask me where I grew up, I hesitate for a moment before ... you know someone who had a clown for a neighbor. You know, if that ever comes up in conversation or something. While some might say that I spent

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  changed, it's actually possible, so it's up to all of the other students to ... -mail at MIT lit up that day and it was hard to walk outside without hearing ... , asking me to sign petitions, fight for some cause, or complain about the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  've been in Germany for a little over a week now and I've already climbed 509 ... , for the low, low price of 1,50 euro per hour. However, the upper room ... . 2. My job. However, the computer is supposed to only be used for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  computer screen in the coming weeks. For the record, it's virtually unheard of for MIT prefrosh to write guest blogs before CPW. Cam's situation is ... intersection of my life and MIT – which is surprisingly large for a high school

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  breakfast! Usually, that’s a sunny side up egg with three tortillas—one for ... A couple of months ago, I started playing a video game for the first ... cringe for unknown reasons."] RPG[/annotation] in which you play as one of

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  curves are generated from them. Joey, who built up this project for a ... and sends pictures of the sky for signs of exoplanets. [caption id ... camera lenses. This is called scattered light, and it can cover up possible

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  for the conference. It was just that I had to wake up at 6 AM ... about serious science; it's also an opportunity for the MTL community to ... 'm currently sitting in the lobby writing this post while I wait for the opening

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  for Future Course 6-9s Memes Individually, "Course 6" refers to ... sheep brain. After camp, I forgot about neuroscience for a while, until ... enthralled by the vast opportunities that computer science could unlock for me

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  support students living in cook-for-yourself communities. As you'll read ... on all weekdays. On the flip side, there are cook-for-yourself dorms ... sources such as groceries, instant meals, or takeout/delivery. Some cook-for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Your MIT ID PLASTIC! Shiny plastic, at that!

  

  What was I looking forward to most when I arrived on campus for ... HUGE envelope full of colorful stuff for you to drool over.” of course ... floor of the student center to pick up all of my goodies, secretly

  • by Snively '11
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  't discuss the details. After I left the office yesterday, I met up with some ... and share items of interest with your friends and colleagues. For more ... ========================================== It Matters Which Way You Slice It: Risk Management for the 2005

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which ... fill out some paperwork. Your project may also qualify for special funds http://web.mit.edu/urop/students/mit/awards.html, for example last year I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  up for the June administration of the exams (and, yes, pay the College ... Today, I'm back in the office (but only for a day) after doing three ... classrooms around the building. It was pretty busy for the duration of the two

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  .   feels like it snuck up on me like — ha! — got you   ... this is different this has been a build up a wave   I haven ... okay and *deeply* grateful for the people that supported me through my

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  where companies set up booths to display the latest gadgets they are ... media affiliation), but I was able to get in on the last day for free (!) by registering as a student. I was there for hours and didn't see even

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  going to sleep after them and waking up before them to get all my work ... class is infamous for taking a lot of time to do the work (but like I said ... was the right choice for me. I've really enjoyed coming home to an

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  up quite readily from those around us. And now, while it is more ... had it easy overall. Growing up I spoke English from birth, and the few ... ;advantageous" for being recognized. But the decision to write in German wasn't

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  adjusting the debt limit was brought up by various legislators. Sen. Schumer ... legal requirement for the government to continue paying its financial ... : When I visited Borders last week for their liquidation sale and saw Prof

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  my mind reeled to remember the name for it. Then all of a sudden I ... though was that though it was about 10F degrees outside, it warmed up to a ... .) I immediately gained a new appreciation for why we all wore helmets

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  ¡Es-pa-ña! ¡Campeones!

  

  celebrations for your enjoyment. I met up with my friend Martin and we ... up huge TV screens so that thousands of people could watch the games at ... time with the thousands of people chanting. Here's another video for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 5, 2008