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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  next to the window with the sun coming in, idolizing my new computer. I ... resource right at my fingertips. You see, MIT offers free MATLAB to its students. And if you knew how expensive this software was you'd be relieved

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  's entry) to the Club Med in Punta Cana and everything was wonderful except for a brief run-in with Hurricane Ernesto on our second to last day. The ... have to study. But now, hopefully, I'll resume exercising in MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  graduation will be in two months; that I’d get to have one gloriously carefree ... sticky buns are really good, and all I want in life is to sit here and ... process, so I can’t even identify how I got to my current gloomy state

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  work. I moved to a shared house in Los Altos Hills (subletting for a ... would get to work "if it rained". "So, what if it rained?", they said ... lived in the lodge then. It had been threatening to rain all day-- darker

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  worn task chair waiting patiently in the corner. Hi, chair! How do you ... scratch off the "m" in "team" on the door to 10-085, giving Building ... wonderful and fun, but it was getting late, so I decided to head back to my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had the chance to go to games one and two in Chicago this past weekend with my ... I grew up in Elgin, IL and I'm a huge White Sox fan (sorry Astro fans

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  archetypes, if you will: [annotation note="Because of how I chose to divide the ... .01: Introduction to Hacking. A student's grade in 19.01 is based on three components ... you're taking one. Because everyone in MIT has to take them, it's more

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Hanhan Wang: EECS, robots, and more! What it’s like to study electrical engineering and computer science at MIT

  

  , a senior majoring in Course 6 to learn about her experiences with the ... Python programming and circuit theory in order to control a robot. The ... localization – how a robot can figure out where it is in when you place it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  helpful to you. We had a great crowd in Miami. The Miami meeting was one ... have never wept in front of a crowd before, but yesterday I did get pretty emotional. To those of you who joined me in the moment of silence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  student, you sort of get used to being one of the youngest. Everyone else is either also in college or a recent graduate working on their startup. Even ... changed when I went to Next Gen Summit. I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  to help me get food in the cafe. So, I'll be fine. In any case, it ... like to do your laundry in New House? Sam: Sure. Me: Okay. Wear a suit ... Update: thanks to Sam, this now exists. www

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  the word. literally, african american refers to people who live in or ... realized that if i tried to chime in and say what everyone was saying... i ... at the same time i struggle to put my experiences out in the world for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  waited for the bus from NYC to Boston in a cramped doorway whose grimy ... sprouted like a mushroom in my lung. “Dangit Jess, we're getting old.” You ... -festooned establishment in Uptown Manhattan that pampers to the effete relaxations of the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  Hudson's wedding in Aspen, Colorado.) Last weekend, I went up to Seattle ... ceremony, the priest asked all of the MIT people in the audience to raise our ... 's collective thunder. The priest also described how the groom proposed to the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  back in to help manage the closing show. I tell you this terrible, shameful tale only to communicate how good these ribs are. They will make ... , do you know how to make ribs?” Now pause and try to help me understand

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  , travelled to all parts of Boston in a mere 4 hours, had fun at REX events ... 't limited to pizza), spent a night in the New England Aquarium, and finished ... because you know they'll be helpful to you one day in the future, but you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  I am reading so many books! getting back to my bookworm roots

  

  aren't famous for how much spare time they have and nothing to fill it ... ) minutes and then go to bed. But if I start a book, that book is getting ... [annotation note="I'm kinda lonely in NYC lol. Post on that coming soon..."]not a lot[/annotation]to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  You'll get another new entry today as I work on my 20 page paper. But ... . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of the "Gilligan ... " but "Friderick." 3. The male emperor penguin must hike 80 miles to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Wrapup Final thoughts on Campus Preview Weekend 2006.

  

  't attend? For those of you who couldn't make it: What would you like to know? It was great to meet so many of you! See you again in the fall =) ... For those of you who attended: How was it? What was your favorite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2006