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• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  is when I sense some carelessness in a product.” Every Wednesday night ... paragraph.  Because every time I step into 35-307, I'm reminded of how lucky I ... difference in navigating those choppy waters. Lessons I've gleaned: It

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  fluently; I can communicate pretty well in my dad’s regional language, Kafa ... 6 (I can’t remember exactly how) and the rest of the dormitory is ... roots in my father’s nation, Ethiopia, and my mother’s, China. I consider

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  been fantastic in a lot of different ways. I'm back in Cambridge, I did a ... called the "externship" program. i did an externship last IAP, and you can ... ="61573" image4="61574" /] I always have a destination or objective in mind for my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  Remember two weeks ago when I blogged about how excited I was for this semester? Well, in a dramatic turn of events, I suddenly became ... all started last Friday when I woke up with a sharp pain in my butt

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from ... question, “What scale do you use?” In truth I didn’t use another scale, and ... give in though, I improvised, and conceived a personal scale on the spot

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  mustache, for one. I wanted to major in Computer Science and graduate and ... . (Disclaimer: I did always have an interest in bioengineering, but i just didn ... , I was en route to spend another five years at MIT pursuing a PhD in

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my summer break california, nasa, pedestians, wifi

  

  in 2009 (2010?). I can't tell you too much more without upsetting my ... buffalo. There are no buffalo in california as I write this entry though I ... graphs are ugly! I've been learning how to use STK (Satellite Tool Kit

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  , I decided to focus instead on Education. I was planning to work in the ... major options left. And now I’m (almost) officially a double major in ... ’s exciting too. UROP Project: How to Fail Six Imaginary Students In out

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my ... later, I am now pursuing a minor in Theatre Arts at MIT. I, like many ... , but that isn’t to say it is all accomplished alone. In fact, I had an

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  because I was lazy, but because I wasn’t interested enough in the subject to want to dive into the deep end…I was fine with wadding in the shallow ... participating in a pre-orientation program. I did the Freshman Leadership Program

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  energy came through in Rambax’s performance. I loved that spoken ... original spoken word. What impresses me about it is how a person can get into ... [by Nathan Kipniss '14] Last Friday I went to Pulse: “Our

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  thought that it'd be imposing of me to ask if I could get help from her in person -- much to my surprise, she asked if I wanted to meet her in person ... contributed to MIT in so many ways that I wouldn't know where to begin. So, I

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  one. in mit, and undergrad in general i guess, you spend your time ... everything, i'd end up doing nothing. in practice, i enjoyed having lots to do ... with me after work, and it's not like people have dorm rooms i can crash

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  ; Step 1 - CHECK-IN EARLY Before you can do anything else with this guide ... , or FR) NEVER TAKE THIS SEAT. I promise you the person in front of you ... that rivals it. You don't have anyone in front of you that can recline

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  , duh. Still, I have no trouble sleeping on rocks (so you can imagine how ... Münchner, and I immediately thought of this title. The first thing we did in ... bloody severed mannequin hands. I can't think of any way that you could

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  . Content caters in large part to the demands of the audience, who can email ... can immerse themselves in MIT culture via a variety of 'portlets ... features. Oh, I learned so much in the months that followed. First, I

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  ?!??!!?" and "wow, just wow..." I guess I was more focused on being there "in ... picture to describe the awesomeness that was CPW. I can soooo do this ... to make contact with the balls represents how much I was overwhelmed by

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  quiet moments out in the rural English countryside

  

  excited to see how it impacts the environment. i can go on and on about ... ’ve never been able to pick one place. i can see myself living out in the city ... this summer, i’m living in a small, cozy house out in the medieval

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  with something. How about that. I'll probably major in Urban Planning ... (or cornfield, in some cases. Like mine. I'm from Illinois, remember ... . I'm warning you now. With this in mind (the world, not parenthetical

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  will continue living in my basement, in boxes I labelled and taped shut ... in a new place this fall, but one thing I'll definitely about Long ... , which said, "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020