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• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  forwarded me this in the meantime and I had to share. ---------- Forwarded ... On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you ... automatically assume that you're some crazy child genius and an expert in anything

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Though born in Massachusetts, I grew up in the wintry hinterlands of Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the ... other people are freezing I'm basking in the comparative mildness of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  hour in Boston is awful. I should have just taken the T. I might even ... at 12:45pm the following day, and realize I left my pencil case in my ... potential ways to solve the problems. I take a nap, and I’m in Hartford in 2

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  AP Computer Science, i didn’t do any coding in high school ... this semester, in which we learn about what's taught at Sloan and how it ... dancing alone in my room in 30-second spurts whenever i wanted, but now i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  and walking, I traveled through God-knows-where in Cambridge and Boston ... . More leaves spotted in a park along the river. I'd already seen some ... yellow. I'm still unclear how I ended up at Harvard, but there I was

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  in designing the class ring (and plan Ring Delivery, but first things first). There's an extensive entry on Wikipedia; I would link to all the ... semester. It's one of the most recognizable rings in the world, based on

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  wedding, and the advising, and the teaching (I really did) - but in my ... stuff, so I schedule it in. Essentially: there are no empty calendar days ... : white. I could wake up in the morning and think: "what do I feel like doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  more. I was fortunate that my family decided to take a vacation in New ... why I loved it so much here. CPW has been designed with the students in ... a handful of the events created with you in mind for CPW and I hope

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  anything like that classroom in the movie." I actually thought the movie 4-145 was closer to the real thing than most of the rooms in the movie (I ... . The closest in number would probably be the awesome course 2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  long and hard, and I totally remember being in your shoes in turmoil about where I'd end up in just a few months. The only way to give each and ... the day. Where are you reading? I'm lucky I live in the suburbs and

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  started at MIT. I put “smart” in quotation marks because Bevi machines stop ... . That I always end up contemplating what went wrong in the past few ... hours ranting about how much I despise Bevi… but this post isn’t about

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  same values, was quite different from the MIT I would come to know (for ... 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 / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig’s advice on how MIT could best explore its historical connections in this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  as is my house back in California. I remember being gently startled the ... alleviate the dissonance in my mind every time I accidentally referred to MIT ... no home and no place and no thing that is perfect. I love MIT in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  .  Here's the main lessons I took away from his talk: How to know when to ... cost and cycle time.  If the costs in a field have come down recently, or ... start up in that field (see: genome sequencing). Aim for small wins first

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  350 you start to forget how you normally write your name). That's why I ... listening to when I signed that card. 1 of the cards says "IHTFP" in binary ... cards. I made sure to write down what I added to the cards I customized

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  had a dream where I visited Snively at his school. I walked in in the ... CPW hosts This past week, my colleagues and I spent many, many hours ... for you, you can imagine how time consuming this can be. Even daylight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  So over in the world of UROP, things were pretty exciting this week. Now here's how the morning started. I'll admit that I don't read the newspaper or the watch the news as often as I should, but that's why I am glad

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had ... .  I have this friend who, lately, will not stop replacing lyrics in ... find good links in huge articles. I wish I could tell you what articles

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  In my last blog post, I mentioned that one nice benefit of becoming a ... . Trying out new places in my neighbourhood Now that I Live In A Place TM ... the summer as something to do when I was alone in my little New York

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022