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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  Service Center. In my 'Two Videos' entry from December, I briefly mentioned ... Dubai to Ahmedabad. Half-asleep, I then got in a taxi and drifted in and ... . Half the time, I gave up and broke into giggles, amused by how ridiculous

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  extensively by Ceri in her excellent post MIT Mini Maker Faire, I won't go into ... , which my friend John P. '17 placed first in. You can view more photos ... to compete in these three hackathons: HackMIT, Hacking Arts, and MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Winter Break Reading List "Take a look, it's in a book, it's reading rainbow"

  

  interest in bioengineering and medicine. I'm reading this for "fun" yes. I ... catch my eye, we'll see if I can make it past page 10. If I'm not hooked ... So with all this free time on my hands (not as much as I originally

  • by Bryan
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  engineers may use in their career in order to measure certain properties, such as velocity profiles in a pipe or internal pressure of a soda can ... did not get an in-class demo of this, but it was fairly awesome if I say

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  In spirit, not much has changed over the last three years. Hi. I ... optimization. I live in East Campus with a ginger cat named Reese, who takes his ... At 8:57 AM on December 15, 2007, I was admitted to the Massachusetts

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  I just presented some intercultural communication challenges in the ... term, or even one or two in the fall. I guess it depends on the four-year class plan of the department in which you plan to major. I'm being

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  I'm in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone's throw from the ... backed by data, I went to my hotel room, counted the words in those essays ... stunned by how complete the correlation was between length and score. "I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  that non-concert goers may never understand is waiting. I wait in line, a ... how long I waited to get that spot. It'll be the artist, the date, the ... was pleasantly surprised to be around 4th row in GA pit for 5sos. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  matter is, as much as I love being in the Bubble Universe (where else can ... -year-old-brother) likes to come up here is to play in the Simmons Hall ball pit: (I’ll take what I can get.) Additionally, every once in a while it’s nice to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank ... happy ending. The past is a lesson learned. I share it with you... I can ... unpredictable times in the evening. I’d immediately sit down to compose frantic

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  Did you know that you can't double-major at MIT? Okay, I'm just ... , because I should be listed as a year 3 student with a second major in VII ... . Personally, I came in with a meager 27 units of credit (and didn't pass out of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  expressed in an open letter to the Chancellor, which I suggest you read for a ... uniqueness. I can name a number of fellow students who have taken time for ... I phrased this in a way that is obviously sarcastic, since I feel like

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  Orientation 2006 and the status and future of Orientation. It's finally in its final draft pending approval by the UA Senate. I'm proud of having contributed to it. Your Orientation experience can really shape your MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  and beyond. The best advice I can give you for the interview is to be ... early. If you're reading this, what are you waiting for? In other news, I ... action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Welcome Back! a fresh coat of paint, and a fresh batch of bloggers

  

  have we. Let me explain how. How (and why) we redesigned In 2016, we met ... .org better. New bloggers! In addition to our new website, I also want to ... I hope you like what we've done with the place. Seven years ago, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 13, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  everything he did. I had admired him while a FIRST student in high school; when ... twinkle in his eye. We're both morning people, if I found myself walking up ... of centering humans in all technological endeavors. The only time I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Breakfast in Paris, Lunch in Geneva, Dinner in Milan Hop on the train and check out some sights leaving France, traversing Switzerland, and entering…

  

  I set out from Paris' Gare de Lyon to continue my journey using France's famous TGV (train

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in ... first year, you don't pick a lab in grad school until you're ready. When I ... undergrad, except that I have less work to do, I live in an apartment rather

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  Lego League. That was the first time I remember being in a school ... a little self control to not literally gasp. I will stress that in my ... in her blog post, discrimination can be pushed forward by other women

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  Morgan, my UROP supervisor, is that I can go bother them anytime I want. I ... than grad students, or something (I don't know why; I work half as much as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005