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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  for the past few months. Well, I’ve been in Cambridge, same place that I ... in Iceland for the summer (unpaid internship, of course). I bumped into ... on in the Garden State. I had just finished an article bemoaning the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  .  "Perfect!" I thought to myself, "I did MIT, I can do this! Besides, I get 6 medals if I do this one!" I registered in April and began my training. I ... increased my distances until I was ready to run my first half marathon.  In

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  I had a quick, whispered conversation in the audience: Ranjeetha ... does it feel like to be one of the richest people in the world?' I'm way ... academic question, and then - "So I'm curious...how does being such a rich

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  . I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts, but most recently I'm from Houston, Texas. I'm *definitely* majoring in ... Biomedical Engineering. (My mom hates it when I revert to MIT-speak; I can

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  In last week's blog entry Diversity or Merit? I included the ... air-quoting so hard I might sprain a knuckle) in their admissions ... - broadly defined - for college to matter.   I hope that this quote is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  A story from a few years ago: During the 1994 World Cup, I lived in ... , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My ... , I bought posters of him in Little Italy, NY, and even went to an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad ... ="aligncenter" width="438"] I couldn't have done it without them![/caption] My team ... placing third, with a total of 103 climbs! I climbed the Green Building a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  I have a real-ish job I can spend more time out in the mountains that ... my disappointment when I'm eagerly waiting for a huge storm to blow in ... -ish snowstorm. Of course now school is in full swing and I'm running full-tilt to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  emailed me, "i cannot imagine how difficult comparing 17000 applicants ... MassArt should she come across a Time-Turner in her dorm. I hate hipsters ... supplies. Kirsten plans to major in 2 and 20 to make robots that can gently

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  exterior. Ok that's a tough one. Let's see if we can zoom in a bit: How ... studying here reminds me that I'm pretty fortunate to have had the ... down in your work day in and day out. Of course, CPW brings out the best

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Saturday, 12/17/22, 12:17 PM ET

  

  check now to make sure you can log in smoothly. If you need to reset your ... when I'm not overflowing with creativity, I've found that being sincere ... checklist, which will now be turned off. In order to reduce any extra stress

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  event, here are 20 things that I’m grateful for in my dorm. 1. I live there Can’t say I’m not grateful for that. Moving on… 2. The bathrooms My entire dorm research process summed up in two sentences: I then started

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  -to-day lives, I was interested in exploring how I could use my background in ... , with a focus on privacy policy. I was actually studying in Switzerland ... important?[/caption] Hello, hello! I finally have WiFi (most of the time), a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  , watching it being made, watching animated food being made (particularly in ... than expected! So, we've been in the kitchen a lot the past two weeks ... pasta shape -- we just used whatever was in our pantry. And to add some

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  I possibly can. It felt like a maze that was impossible to get lost in ... ;   Last semester, I took (3.094) Materials In the Human Experience ... there, I took this chance to briefly lock the frosh up in one of the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  discuss it in person. Sometimes, things can get misconstrued or ... , we are taking 6.910 Independent Study in EECS!  We really wanted to ... offered in the fall. So constructing an Independent Study seemed like our

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

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  a blog is, and 2) how blogs can be used to demystify the admissions ... are reading this, I hope you'll say a quick "hi" in the comments section ... more about options for international students. Coming in, I knew about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  armies and a slave named Caroline Terry. In case you're interested: As I ... 't think I've seen a snake that big, except maybe in the zoo. Or in the first ... back in the day, when a little green tree snake slithered over my foot. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  't figured out how to be everywhere at once. We can't visit every high school ... officers themselves, were different and special in their own way. However, I ... during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1 ... blogger training manual that Lydia and I send to all the new bloggers during ... write about things you do at MIT. Admissions officers can write about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016