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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let ... thoughts and feelings that exist in the MIT bubble. It's a little long but I ... Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Students Operate On Hawaii Time! MIT's learning environment supports a wide range of learning styles and experiences.

  

  -Perez) and I engaged in an online experiment: we took all of the lectures for 6 ... audio engaging and dynamic, I would give an actual lecture - replete with ... lectures. In support of this, we created a monitoring system that would let

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  while, and I would look down at their page over my absurdly high nose and think, "PSHHH." "Pshhhhh," I would think. "If I had the honor of being an MIT blogger, I would not post as sparsely as a Donald Trump's hair. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  recall how the topic came up, but as we were talking, I was applying ... 'Reilly animals would make a great component to a Mystery Hunt puzzle. I brought ... awe of Josh's ability to slip in the clue months beforehand. I feel bad

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... institution)? If you have, I’d love to hear about it in the comments section ... When most people learn what kind of work I do, they often speculate

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  whipped up in 20 minutes and got inspired so now i’ve decided to take this ... to say it might have been the best food that i’ve had in a while. we ... explain this to all the schools i applied to and figure out how to explain

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week: Anjum Sharma A salute to one final senior.

  

  500 firms. Living Groups: Freshman year in MacGregor House "I Entry ... CEO and Chris as Chief Engineer. In sophomore year I lived in Baker ... minor in 14 [layman's terms: Management Science with a minor in Economics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a ... on its stand (in the yellow box), the half-soldered PCB I was working ... [/annotation] for this semester before I realized I would have two desks, which has

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  that everyone would want to do, I was told at the event that many clubs ... can be part of an MIT community even after I graduate, regardless of how ... comes another confession of cultural ignorance, I did not know what cream

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are ... check in occasionally so I'd suggest you pick an event where you can meet ... ago. A great place to find a parent to talk to would be in the Parent

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends ... spent in lab at my UROP. I work at the Computational Fabrication Group in ... technologies. As a mechanical engineer in a computer science lab, I'm relied on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves ... Devices and I worked in the Manufacturing Engineering Lab. So, see that ... Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  in our names and sizes. I realized right away what they had done. They ... course, this did not happen. I wrote a message in the blank space to the ... , I did the same, pointing out the complete lack of transparency in the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... committee this year even more than I have in past years. Maybe that's just ... . Simon: When you do math in public, how do people generally react? Is this

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Events

  RecomMITted On Ring Delivery and the halfway mark

  

  . Why I gave up the opportunity to go to school in the same department as ... sucks when instead I could've be basking in sun taking naps on the quad in ... , with the tools I need to take on anything. Would I have felt the same

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 2, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  I thought I would share: 1. At a networking event, always wear a ... program which teaches sophomores about leadership and work-place dynamics, I ... say "My name is Joe, and I have three dogs," while that line might be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  saw how girls in my sorority would leave for a weekend and return as ... history of being a feared team in the NEWMAC. I’m sure the friends and ... it.  I learned that MIT was a jock school by living in it. I saw my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  in the stereotypical self-introduction. Hi! I'm Evan. I'm in the Class ... stereotypical MIT Course Sixer. I live in Burton-Conner, along with way too many ... anything on the walls that would come off easily, took a day off of work (I

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  ; I would probably be crying in a hole right now if you weren’t here ... I’m in my room, clacking away on my laptop, my fingers slowly ... -set I turned in one Ed Sheeran song before the deadline. Needless to say

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  in Internet Explorer. I'll try to fix this soon, but in the meantime, I ... 15 dollars later, Ben '10 and I were on a last-minute, cheap-as-anything-in ... to Not Choke” sign in the faces of boba-slurping patrons. I love the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009