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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  . course requirements, how to plan a career in physics, finding a UROP) I ... ." Eek. Maybe I'll waltz in on Sept 6 and say "ALAN! Hello, Alan. Can I ... random proctor and explained the situation; he suggested that I was in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  Last week, I blogged about 7.00: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic, a biology lecture series on the coronavirus that anyone in the world can freely attend. One of my colleagues sent me a notice about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  how to deal with all this guilt. or hi, i think i’m crazy, can i talk to ... , which i planned to go to, because i was too tired. i spent the time in bed instead. i spent eighteen hours that day in bed, not all asleep, listening

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  , etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... ; Academics   How to Study (well, how I study...) Putting the Organs in Organization (how I organize) Organizing Your Notes  (you will have tons) The

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  , last pset, last lecture, etc). I can’t help but feel a bit displaced ... . I have never regretted my decision to take a year off and study in ... the whole “I took a year to study in China, but I studied Chinese, so it

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  MIT. I'm always interested in how such successful people get their start ... , "How much?" I said, "$25,000." This was back in 1964. He said: "Oh, no ... insights into patterns in raw data. The idea excited me so much I took my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  everything I read in 2022. The Secret History, Donna Tartt (5/5) The Secret History is, of course, a famous book, particularly in certain circles. I ... in.   The City We Became, N. K. Jemisin (3/5) I’ll start off by

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  , come on in, the water is just fine. In my first piece I addressed ... this piece I want to address specifics - in particular, down and dirty ... . Here are a few myths/traps. How do you know that you can't afford MIT

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  campus, so you can also be involved in incredible projects like this. ... I just took a break from reading to watch some of the webcast of ... is one of the most inspirational projects I've ever seen. It makes me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  fatigue in my legs. YOU CAN DO IT, I screamed to myself (in my head, not out ... know that I’ve put in the best that I possibly can today in whatever circumstances I find myself in, then I can rest easy tomorrow knowing that

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  'd raise my SAT verbal scores through the roof - to this day I can't remember ... . Not really, but yeah, I'm getting paid. BUT in my defense, I blogged all ... -than-perfect SAT scores aren't in that category. Karen answered this pretty well: "I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  neither one can hide that I usually live my life lost in abstract ... and Big Hero 6, and in the spring he teaches "How To Make Something That ... , which just about covered an entire 24x36in cardboard sheet. I filled the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  like it would work pretty well. You fuel it by buying 2 x 2 in cartridges ... business. Although I guess my sentence could still be technically correct ... parthenogenesis. Anyhoo, the last time I posted, like, a gazillion years ago, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  particularly difficult during the month of December. Anything I can't buy in ... applesauce.[/annotation] To be done by whenever really, but I haven't posted in ... -mandatory class work when I've got anxiety about my academic future kicking me in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Smaller than the eye can see but with the potential to change the world: nanotech!

  

  nature, you can be in practically any science/engineering major and get ... powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in ... nanotechnology, it’s quite understandable that many students are interested in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  I’ve learned to accept that my life can be in shambles. Being a human ... ="Also how I navigate campus, unlike some people we know"]I navigate memory ... place where it occurred; I remember the directions to my aunt’s house in

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Renewable Energy in Spain

  

  technological accomplishments being made worldwide and how connections can be ... minor in Energy Studies MIT-Spain Program 2011 My project was aimed ... detection of inefficiencies, which is important in the manufacturing process

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  -science space in Paris. I helped to curate an upcoming art exhibition ... "the future of water:" how can we conserve it? How can we ensure that more people have access to it? How can we ensure that it will still

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  .01L so I can take 8.02 in the spring so I never, ever have to touch ... hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... promises in the beginning of the year that I have not kept. I said I would

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  every iap at mit. i took the class in 2020 and was an instructor in 2022 ... how to write code quickly. isn’t it a biological miracle how you can go ... personal site and hackmit project, that i gradually got enough reps in to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022