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• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  software. Or getting pointers on how to commercialize research from someone ... variety of programs in place to help startup founders get the funding ... , because you get to see where all the creative energy of the student body

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  somehow made it to Back Bay in time for us to get on the train home. Do ... excellent time! The one thing her post is missing is a section called "how to get home when you oversleep and you have a morning train to catch" so I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  farewell to my fifth semester at MIT. It's kinda creepy how time seems to be ... sometimes this semester I wanted to throw my hands up and give up, but in my ... 'll be nice to return to flip flops and a tshirt as I bask in the warm

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  accustomed to all sorts of odd situations in lab, but it took a while to get ... my time in Japan comes to an end I find myself wondering how I'm ever ... would be hard-pressed to find a piece of technology as varied in usability

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  , I have to say that that probably takes great moral fortitude in its ... university in the US - perhaps even the world. i usually can get MIT signal in ... + humanities major in a school full of engineers, so I never had to sit down in a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  hold the jump button to jump higher. You can move while in the air. You ... it on and off when you need to. I used it for two of the rooms in the ... 's a beautiful attention to detail, with how Madeline's hair changes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  could to get a better look at was was so alluring a distraction in the ... As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water ... friends asked me how I was doing: The passage was so narrow that I had to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello world!

  

  , and MIT Pro-Choice, and am a chapter coordinator for How to Get Around ... field is an exaggeration. Right now, I want to get a BME minor. I'm not a ... 'd like to go to grad school, but right now I'm not sure in exactly what

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  ’t intending to get an orange bike. I was just looking for something in decent ... whiteboard care to dotted lines on blackboards (i can make circles in both ... only if] true" and "i can only count to 3" and "i haven't seen you in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  to get party hats, but I couldn't find any at the store, alas. Dorm ... , and send in the form to be run in the housing lottery. The form is ... the option to stay in your temp dorm if you want, although you shouldn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  . I don't want you guys to go getting the wrong impression about me ... fit it in with playing sports. You obviously want to have some fuel to ... . Unfortunately, the Engineers lost the game, but I did get to snap some cool

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  in the garage and I use it to get to A to B. My car at college rests in ... things. Coming back to Texas allows me to think about how my MIT ... , most people from my high school decided to stay in Texas for college for

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  old. You do not need to finish every problem in the Big Game to get to ... I love to play with big weird words, so writing in Up-Goer Five makes ... to make the numbers add up right in many different ways at the same

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  biology class that they need to pass in order to graduate. What could this ... an incredibly nerdy thing to go to an optional lecture in my spare time ... and was inundated with opportunities to hear from celebrities in science

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  all this time, I never cease to be thrilled to get to finally meet all ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... great resources so don’t be afraid to ask them about their experiences. In

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  programs you are interested in, and try to see how well MIT is a fit for you academically and culturally. How do I get around campus? What if I want to go ... lost walking to Pika late at night in the cold, and was unsure how to use

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  ; I don’t know how to swim. I got two and a half laps in when I realized ... ![/annotation] You are required to swim 4 laps in the pool without stopping, with 3 ... in a pool deep enough for me to have to swim since I was, like, 8. So

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  . See, I'm starting to get interview invites from some of the graduate ... , I need to make travel arrangements. I'm supposed to be in LA in two ... rate, they need to get to me soon -- I just checked the Boston-LA flight

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I ... and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say ... a professor from MIT, here in Cambridge!!! How awesome is that

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... to run in. But it’s getting closer, and each uptick in temperature is ... ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023