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• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  goodness. We got in, whoop-dee-doo. But at the core, it's so much more than ... and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver ... about an old radio that he and his friends found back in the day, turned

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  looking at. The MIT connection is a great way to find an in. You have to ... ? The idea is that you happen to be in the same elevator as the CEO and ... Networking is important. Probably one of the most important skills

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  's update rate. I don't know if what I'm seeing in the Charles is also due to some periodic disturbance in the water, as I don't know much about river ... window, but my daily schedule forces me to face the elements. In the early

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  involved I was in a story, the more my heart and mind seemed to tie ... -documentaries. And I suddenly knew what had happened to the characters in my head, what ... -attack-worthy lies over the next couple of days. And this blogpost is all about the art

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  insanity native to jungles clotted around the siren shores of Winter Break ... roommate received a package in the mail labeled only as “Maxwell's Equations in a Vacuum.” Nary a mark of the sender's identity was uncovered, but a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  so much that i will never get the chance to do, and that hurts in an ... "]la-ing,[/annotation]trying to blog (...the operative word is perhaps 'trying to'), and having responsibilities in a couple different clubs was too much. it's been mostly a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  other organizational device that is acceptable to use in the 21st century). ... . But in the last month, since coming back to MIT from Thanksgiving break ... up in the most succinct and accurate way possible – Warning: May

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  any kind is being comfortable with the fact that most things you make ... standards for Campus Preview Weekend, set to be unveiled in April 2018. The ... place. With the move from in-person to online, I introduced a Limited

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  . Most of the time, the issue was due to my own ineptitude, but the fact ... his room and attended 6.006–Intro to Algorithms, a course located in the ... much more. Their machine room is awesome, too.   This is where the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  there is a LOT going on in the world right now -- perhaps most ... . like, actually, this man is losing his damn mind in a way you have to see ... link you'd like to share, feel free to put it in the comments :) There

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  class. So I proposed the plan to stay in the class until we take the third ... should stay in the class or not. Allan: I was initially very opposed to ... ! Danny: I agree, but it’s so hard for me to take the easy way out. Why is

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  table saw my handful of plastic Ben Franklins and invited me to buy in. I ... dorms, at MIT. There is a narrative, I think, of fitting in to one dorm ... you get to MIT. I've seen how this is true for some. But for me, the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  hanging out in the projects, Cristen headed to the Hamilton Fish Park ... of the most competitive public high schools in the city. Because she ... so much damage. "My aunt took me to Disney World and in our hotel room

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  -President. By the time this is published, I will no longer be in that office, and ... to get involved in student government, because the only student ... be done in the UA. My most satisfying moment this year was when I could

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  necessary to post the cute caterpillar in order to perfectly emulate my ... and hours.  I've mostly focused my research in the past on biodegradable ... got to go to Washington D.C. for a week and I met the most intelligent

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  remains a mystery to me (though I did try to find a pattern in the prices ... compared to the $500 signed first edition. The 500-fold increase is worth it ... ) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  started out thinking of all the fun ways to play with setting it in a modern ... characters; having women involved in the politics makes it much more relevant to today. My goal is to direct a show that gives both the actors and

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT ... going away for me. This is the place I've dreamed of for most of my life ... to me is struggling with the same 8.01 problem I am. I think I'll go

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  ? Does she even go here? The answer is no, I don't go here, BUT I used to. I graduated in June 2014. Now I do astronomy research at the Max ... . And then I went to college and learned that research is where the skills

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  scrutiny is intense, 24-7. I was glad at the opportunity to take classes. I ... try to get them interested in the program.” The others had similar ... later find out I had headed in the wrong direction. An hour later, I would

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013